| In good condition, these guns are
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| | the barrel - the tang - runs into the
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| valuable antique collectors' pieces.
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| | stock. Remove the tang screws and any
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| Others that require a bit of work can
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| | retaining bands or pins. The trigger
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| often be cleaned and restored by
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| | guard, butt cap and ramrod pipes are
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| amateurs. Cast-metal parts or wooden
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| | screwed or pinned and must be removed
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| blanks, which can be shaped to replace
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| | with extreme care. If the screws do not
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| damaged or missing stocks, can be
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| | yield to penetrating oil, leave them
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| obtained from specialist suppliers. Even
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| | alone - it will be a job for an antique
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| old gunpowder explodes, so be sure that
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| | restorer to drill them out. Barrels and
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| any gun being repaired is not loaded.
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| | other metal parts can be cleaned with a
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| Insert the ramrod, or a length of wood,
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| | mixture of oil and paraffin. Re-polish
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| into the barrel to check if there is any
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| | all parts with progressively finer
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| obstruction. If there is, remove it with
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| | abrasives; finish with jewellers' emery
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| a modern shotgun-cleaning rod that has a
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| | or crocus paper. Some barrels may have
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| screw tip, or use an ordinary steel screw
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| | been blued to prevent rust and, special
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| soldered to a stiff piece of wire. Screw
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| | bluing fluid can be bought from a
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| the rod gently into the obstruction and
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| | gunsmith. Try not leaving fingerprints
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| pull it out like a cork. Wash the barrel
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| | on the barrel as this causes
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| with hot water and dry it.To dismantle
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| | rusting.Clean the stock with steel wool
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| the gun, first half-cock it, then remove
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| | and linseed oil. If the stock is broken,
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| the screw which holds the cock (in the
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| | mend with epoxy resin mixed to a paste
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| flintlock) or the hammer (in the
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| | with matching stained sawdust. If the
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| percussion type) and slide it off.
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| | stock is beyond minor repairs, a new
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| Unscrew the pan-cover pivot and screw
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| | stock may be fashioned with an entirely
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| securing the spring beneath the pan:
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| | new piece of wood. Small dents in the
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| remove the parts. Unscrew the holding
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| | stock can be extracted by using hot steam
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| bolts or screws and remove the
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| | from an iron. Place a cloth over the
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| lock-plate. Several screwdrivers may be
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| | dent and apply the hot iron.Powder flasks
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| needed: the blade must fit each screw or
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| | were made in hundreds of designs and
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| bolt slot exactly so as not to burr the
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| | several materials. However, the majority
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| screw or bolt. If they are hard to
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| | of antique flasks were made pear-shaped
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| remove, applying a bit of penetrating oil
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| | and made from tin, brass or Britannia
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| will do the trick. To dismantle a
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| | metal. Metal flasks were usually made in
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| flintlock mechanism, loosen the four
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| | two halves soldered together. If the
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| screws that hold the mainspring, sear,
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| | seam has parted, find out what alloy the
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| searspring and the bridle. Compress the
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| | flask is made of before trying to
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| mainspring (in a small hand vice), take
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| | re-solder it. A simple test is to put a
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| out the spring screw and remove the
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| | few drops of water in a cup and add an
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| spring. The pin at the rear of the
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| | equal number of drops of nitric acid,
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| mainspring engages in the lock-plate and
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| | obtainable from a chemist. Put a drop of
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| the other end of the spring engages in
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| | the solution on the metal to reveal the
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| the toe of the tumbler.Remove rust with
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| | colour. Red-brown indicates bronze;
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| fine emery paper or powder. Make sure to
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| | yellow and yellow-red, brass; dark grey,
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| remove all abrasive powder after
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| | pewter; and bright silver-grey, Britannia
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| cleaning. Smear all parts with petroleum
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| | metal. To polish the antique flask, use
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| jelly and reassemble. Press the tumbler
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| | the technique appropriate to the material
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| down to the fired position so that the
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| | it is made of. Many powder flasks have
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| end of the mainspring goes over it. Put
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| | very fine detailed etchings, embossings
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| the cock on and pull it back to the
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| | or engravings that give them their unique
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| half-cocked position so that the tumbler
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| | look. An antique gun without its
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| toe compresses the mainspring. Refit the
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| | matching or specific powder flask loses
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| rest of the pieces in reverse order to
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| | its appeal when antique collectors are
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| removal.To clean the barrel, first remove
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| | looking to add to their collection.
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| it from the stock. A metal extension of
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