Blackledge Longrifle  
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IMG_6019.JPG ...about two hundred years of surface crud.

IMG_6019.JPG
...about two hundred years of surface crud.

Capture Date : Sat 19 Mar 2005 03:22:24 AM PST

  IMG_5991.JPG original conversion from flintlock to caplock, probably around 1840.  IMG_6012.JPG The longest gun I have ever worked on, 60 1/2  IMG_6013.JPG The barrel was 44.5  IMG_6018.JPG ...is it brass or steel under there?   IMG_6019.JPG ...about two hundred years of surface crud.  IMG_6024.JPG ...my objective, restore it to functional use while maintaining the normally aged appearance and condition... don't mess up William Cole's workmanship!    
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