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Post by Douglas Blair on Jun 30, 2004 20:50:23 GMT -5
Speaking of brown, which kind do you use. I use the rust kind which is made by Laural Forge. I don't like the stuff put out by Birchwood but it a lot faster. All you do with it is heat the barrel and swab it on. The final finish leaves a lot to be desired IMHO. You can also blue a barrel with the rust brown by running boiling water or steam over the barrel before you card it off. It makes one nice blue finish.
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Post by Doc on Jul 1, 2004 0:46:36 GMT -5
I am hooked on Whakon Bay browning solution. (I think I spelled that right). I just had a gun shop go out of buisness close by my house and I bought all he had. It was 50% off so I could not pass that up. I ended up with 9 or 10 of the 2 oz bottles. Enough to last me a long time. I have read several post about using vinager or mustard. Have not tried that yet, but I would not put Whakon Bay browning solution on my hot dog either. I can say I do not like B/C Plum Brown, you have to heat it up and I get a non uniform finish, looks like it has streaks in it. I am sure some other folks have good luck with it. It just did not work for me.
Keep Yer Powder Dry
Doc Will
P.S. I bought one of them new fangled digital cameras, I am going to try to post some pics in the near future. I have been reading the instruction book on that thing and it just may be smarter than me.
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Post by Douglas Blair on Jul 1, 2004 8:07:05 GMT -5
Doc, boy I sure know what you mean about the camera. These computers and things which go with them can really make a person feel dumb. At least they do me sometimes.
I sure hope you can get the pictures uploaded as I would sure like to see them. There must be something wrong with me as I never get tired of looking at guns. ;D
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Post by lonewolf on Oct 13, 2004 3:35:53 GMT -5
I would like to here from guy that did brown there barrels and m/l parts ,whick below would you recommend
I may look to do a older kit from t/c flinter renegqde model
DAVIS GUN METAL BROWN,
HOMER DANGLER BROWNING,
LAUREL MTN COLD BROWN
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Post by shunka on Nov 20, 2004 18:15:39 GMT -5
I fear I cannot speak of Davis, Laurel or Homer, having never used any of them. However, I used most of the other stuff available, and I must say I am extremely disappointed that WCY is no longer able to make the Waukan Bay (sp?) Bowning solution, as it remains, in my humble opinion , the single best product for achieving a proper old-timey finish. I fear that the Plum Brown and Cold Brown from the usual places deliver a most unsatisfactory finish. One of them in particular actually makes the steel look coppery colored ... :-(
further down in this forum, somewhere, you will find a formula for the Aqua Fortis followed by a response by the Gentleman Himself (WCY) detailing his alchemistic mixture ... :-)
If are you are at all able to replicate WCY's chemical concoction, I would highly recommend it over all others. It is truly the only thing to use, and when I finally run out, I shall have to mix some up myself, and the dickens with the autocrats!
best
shunka
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Post by Birddog6 on Nov 20, 2004 19:41:40 GMT -5
I like the Wahkon Bay solution also. I do the 24 hr method & card with a Dixcel wheel & it does a fabulous dark deep brown. I hope some day William starts producing it again someday....
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Post by shunka on Nov 21, 2004 0:52:00 GMT -5
I fear that unless William decides to move his domicile to a State that practices less rigid control, we will not see production of Wakhon Bay products from WCY again. It is my understanding that the overly restrictive controls over the manufacturing process by his local officialdom led to the demise of his fine and necessary product .. :-( On a lighter note; regarding the spelling, I finally dug out my 4 year old TOW calatogue to get it right. Then I did a web search for Wakhon Bay, discovering that it is a lovely little inlet on the great Mille Lacs. Then I was motivated to search for "Wakhon Bay Tru-Brown" and found half the hits were in German...  Interestingly, "Wakhon" or "Wakan" are two of the several spellings of the Souix word meaning "Holy" . It is used in "Wakan Tanka" which is often literally translated (rather poorly I might add) as "Great Spirit". Since Wakan in all three of the "Souixan dialects" (Lakota, Nakota, Dakota) translates to: Holy, sacred, powerful, mysterious; and Tanka normally translates to : Huge, Great , enormous, (as in Ta-Tanka : Huge Creature = Buffalo) . Some translations that have been readily accepted by the people are "Great Mystery" or "Supreme Divinity ". When something is described as "wakan" it is said to be "holy". Thus the product we all admire is from the "Holy Bay" of Mille Lacs in Minnesota. best regards and more things you never wanted to know from shunka |
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Post by Birddog6 on Nov 21, 2004 9:24:17 GMT -5
ha ha ha ! I agree... ( with the last sentense ! ha ha ! ;D)
His explanation to me was "The new chemical EPA restrictions make it too costly to produce".
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