Birchwood Casey's Plum Brown works quite well and is easy to apply. Looks wonderful on BP guns.
NHrifle, thanks I after seeing Flys gun above I am debating blue.
Greetings
Nice find. Super price ! Fleamarkers are treasure troves of interesting objects..
Now that you have seen a blue one, maybe go brown on yours. If you do not like it the surface colors are easily removed with any rust remover.
Last kit I built was a Hawken that I Browned.. It really had a great look to it.
Mike in Peru
"Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
Male Guanaco out in dry lakebed at 10,800 feet south of Arequipa.
Seen one browned with string or thread wrapped in a pattern once then browned it gave a really neat damascus look to it. Not sure how the guy did it but it really made a nice looking finish. He had a lot of loops twist and "nocthes" randomly done. It was a 20mm muzzle loader barrel replaced on a vulcan gun.
plumb brown works great. Biggest thing is to follow the directions. Temp control, and the finish is wonderful.
Oh, and ditto, I want one. In flint, complete with that nifty belt clip. Maybe a rat-tail stock for fun.
Thanks all for the advice. I appreciate it. I think I am going to brown this one and see how I like it.
Fly, that double derringer is pretty neat buddy.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |