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Soooooooo. if I go to a meet, will I get "boo-ed" for a rifle that is la-natural?
Zonie, how do you finish off your guns?
Zonie, how do you finish off your guns?
To brown or not to, that is the question
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I would build it to suit you.
If someone is stuffy about how you built or finished your gun they have problems not you.
If you want to enter some pc contest then go with the before mentioned advice.
I realize you want it to fit into a certain time period but I dont get people who want to point and nit pick every detail. If that keeps up no one will ever pop there head up to say I did this or built that in fear of the pc police trashing them.
If someone is stuffy about how you built or finished your gun they have problems not you.
If you want to enter some pc contest then go with the before mentioned advice.
I realize you want it to fit into a certain time period but I dont get people who want to point and nit pick every detail. If that keeps up no one will ever pop there head up to say I did this or built that in fear of the pc police trashing them.
flashpanner: I agree. Build it to suit you.
I believe there were very few if any builders during the period your gun represents, who had pre made and finished the barrels before the gun was ordered so no, the barrels were not automatically blued or left in the white.
I believe these guns were custom made per the customers desires. If he wanted it charcoal blued, left in the white or browned (appearently known about in 1781) he would have recieved what he ordered.
To answer your question I usually brown my barrels.
My Bastard gun is in the white and my latest pistol is rust blued.
I believe there were very few if any builders during the period your gun represents, who had pre made and finished the barrels before the gun was ordered so no, the barrels were not automatically blued or left in the white.
I believe these guns were custom made per the customers desires. If he wanted it charcoal blued, left in the white or browned (appearently known about in 1781) he would have recieved what he ordered.
To answer your question I usually brown my barrels.
My Bastard gun is in the white and my latest pistol is rust blued.
I second (or third) the motion to do what pleases you.
As demonstrated in earlier posts, bluing, browning, and in the white were all options in the late 18th century. Since no one in the c. 1780 ads describes browning as the newest and latest revolution in metal finishing, it's safe to assume that, while it may not have been the most common, it was an established technique at the time.
The tone of some of the other posts above once more reminds me of the gun store owner and collector who, after being shown photographs and written descriptions of 18th century rifles that didn't conform to his view of what such guns should be, told me that, "Those guns may be original, but they aren't correct." The arrogance of such a statement almost takes the breath away.
As demonstrated in earlier posts, bluing, browning, and in the white were all options in the late 18th century. Since no one in the c. 1780 ads describes browning as the newest and latest revolution in metal finishing, it's safe to assume that, while it may not have been the most common, it was an established technique at the time.
The tone of some of the other posts above once more reminds me of the gun store owner and collector who, after being shown photographs and written descriptions of 18th century rifles that didn't conform to his view of what such guns should be, told me that, "Those guns may be original, but they aren't correct." The arrogance of such a statement almost takes the breath away.
One thing that goes hand in hand with the finish is the profile, if a straight barrel is used it would indicated a later 1800 +or- and most any of the finished would do, but the gun would not likely pass for a Rev War piece with regardless of the finish used.
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