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Re: Sometimes Even "Bubba" Gets it Right
Reply #15 - Oct 25th, 2017 at 10:54am
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Local Boy wrote on Oct 25th, 2017 at 2:01am:
Beautiful rifle Dads Krag!  Nice clean lines and wonderful finish make for a hansom shooting piece.

Did you do the bluing yourself or have someone else do it?

BTW: "Bubba Gets it Right" might be a fun name for a gun smith shop.

  Yes it is "rust blued". Post #4 has a picture of the 1st rust cycle. I got the desired hue after 4 rust/boil/card cycles. Sometimes it takes more.

It is my 3rd rifle that I rust blued. The 2 previous were 98 Mausers that were extensively "sporterized" to the point of being custom rifles that were restocked, 3-position safeties, Timney Sportsman triggers, the whole 9 yards. Only the action and barrel were retained on one and the other utilized a commercial action with a military take-off barrel.
  
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Re: Sometimes Even "Bubba" Gets it Right
Reply #16 - Oct 25th, 2017 at 1:13pm
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Local Boy wrote on Oct 25th, 2017 at 2:01am:
Beautiful rifle Dads Krag!  Nice clean lines and wonderful finish make for a hansom shooting piece.

Did you do the bluing yourself or have someone else do it?

BTW: "Bubba Gets it Right" might be a fun name for a gun smith shop.



The metal was "rust blued". The last pic on post #4 in this thread was taken after the 1st rust cycle. The metal is rusted using a solution that (hopefully) gives an even coat of rust. It is then boiled to change the oxide and then it is carded to reveal the black oxide underneath. The 1st cycle usually reveals a charcoal gray color. That rifle took 4 cycles to get the darkness desired.

This is the 3rd (CF) rifle I have built/restored. All had similar wood/metal finishes.


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Top: Completed 2014, 8X57IS, VZ-500 commercial Yugoslavian intermediate length LR M98 action with "butterknife" bolt handle & lever floorplate release, $45 K98 take off barrel custom contour, 3-pos M98 style safety,  Timney Sportman trigger, English walnut Oberndorf Classic stock. 2700 fps 200gr Speer Hotcore. Leupold 3-9 X 33 compact scope. Shoots < 1/2" 3-shot groups @ 100 yds.

Middle: Completed 2016, 8mm-06 Ackley Improved, 1943 J P Sauer & Sone K98 action, 1904 Portuguese Vergueiro bottom metal with hinged floorplate, trigger bow release, lengthened to 3.450" internal magazine length, 98/29 take off barrel cut back to 26" custom contour, 3-pos M70 style safety, Timney Sportman trigger, 1/4 sawn black walnut classic sporter stock, Pachmayr "Decelerator" recoil pad. 2900 fps 200gr Speer Hotcore. Kales 3-9 x 42 "American" scope. Shoots just over 1/2" 3-shot groups @ 100 yds

Bottom: Completed 2017, 1899 vintage 1898 Springfield 30/40 Krag. Early 20th century sporterized, 22" barrel, Bishop black walnut Monte Carlo stock cut down to replicate the original modified military stock, Pacific K-2 receiver sight. 2580 fps 160gr Hornady FTX.
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Re: Sometimes Even "Bubba" Gets it Right
Reply #17 - Oct 25th, 2017 at 1:15pm
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Re: Sometimes Even "Bubba" Gets it Right
Reply #18 - Oct 25th, 2017 at 3:51pm
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Wonderful skills you've been blessed with!

I'm always interested in the journey folks take when restoring a firearm.

Thanks for sharing.
  
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Re: Sometimes Even "Bubba" Gets it Right
Reply #19 - Oct 25th, 2017 at 11:49pm
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Local Boy wrote on Oct 25th, 2017 at 3:51pm:
Wonderful skills you've been blessed with!

I'm always interested in the journey folks take when restoring a firearm.

Thanks for sharing.


Sometimes a job well done consists of several skillfully corrected screw-ups.
  
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Re: Sometimes Even "Bubba" Gets it Right
Reply #20 - Nov 25th, 2017 at 1:03am
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This is the third time I have reread this thread, it really is a lovely rifle.  It never ceases to amaze me how gracile and pleasing to the eye the Krags can be. 

  
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