Refinishing "twist" barrels

[jaxenro]

Picked up a old muzzleloader double shotgun marked "Twist" on the barrels I want to take a stab at refinishing. Any ideas to bring out the pattern of the damascus to best advantage in an original manner?

 

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Picked up a old muzzleloader double shotgun marked "Twist" on the barrels I want to take a stab at refinishing. Any ideas to bring out the pattern of the damascus to best advantage in an original manner?

First off have you research your SXS , who made it , what shape is it in and what is its worth , realize that doing this yourself could effect the value greatly . If after that you still feel you want to do this

There are several ways to do it bill Brockway

 

[jaxenro]

Captchee
thanks for the information. The gun is an old $50 clunker I picked up to practice on, needs locks and a few other parts. Refinished it probably won't be worth much, except maybe to me, but then again I can't do it too much damage at this point either.