Absolutely wonderful, it’s amazing to me that the Pinfire has such a following. Even after 150 years, people still adore their pinfires. Wonderful video, great restoration, keep up the wonderful good work.
Thanks for watching! To me the pinfire system is very cool. Centerfires and rimfires are still around today and cap and ball revolvers are reproduced. Pinfires are forgotten or just a footnote by most firearms history enthusiasts. And most regular gun enthusiasts have never heard of them.
@@rakumprojects Yeah, it's a subject in the ever long firearm history book that I've dabbled in but never highly sought after until now. Entirely interesting and unique part of firearm heritage.
Those parallel jaw pliers are sweet. I have a smaller pair in the form of needle nose pliers and use them a ton, I'll have to hunt down a larger one like that.
@@Preyhawk81 It's a combination of a few factors : -> a lot were produced (at least a few hundred thousand) -> the ammo is impossible to find and a pain to reload -> they were usually pretty poor in terms of quality
I noticed when soaking parts in kerosene overnight, the water of course pools to the bottom and if the parts are touching where the water pools, it will form rust VERY quickly. Like a matter of a few hours. So for my soaking tub I am going to have to make a screen to keep parts up off the bottom when I toss them in there and can't get to them quickly. I know they make parts washing tubs with spring loaded screens but the screen won't stay down to allow you to soak the parts. You have to hold it down.
Looks like it turned out great! One comment I have is since this revolver is in the white, I think evaporust would have made more sense than boiling and carding in this case.
Thanks! Usually whenever I use evaporust it leaves a dull gray finish on parts. I don't know if it would have done that on the highly polished surfaces of this revolver but I didn't want to risk it.
@@rakumprojects That is sound reasoning. In my experience the dull gray cards right off on polished parts, but parts that have been etched by rust are still going to have a rough surface.
Is there any advantage to boiling the rust as opposed to just polishing it off? I’m personally not a fan of the splotchy bluing, and would’ve either removed it, or blued the whole thing. Granted, i know next to nothing about the subject
Single? Odd I don't know of any single actions....you scored. Yes the brass brush worked. I am lazy if I get a bore like that I screw the brush to a steel rod I made up and fit it to a drill. It really scrubs well.
Absolutely wonderful, it’s amazing to me that the Pinfire has such a following. Even after 150 years, people still adore their pinfires.
Wonderful video, great restoration, keep up the wonderful good work.
Thanks for watching! To me the pinfire system is very cool. Centerfires and rimfires are still around today and cap and ball revolvers are reproduced. Pinfires are forgotten or just a footnote by most firearms history enthusiasts. And most regular gun enthusiasts have never heard of them.
@@rakumprojects Yeah, it's a subject in the ever long firearm history book that I've dabbled in but never highly sought after until now. Entirely interesting and unique part of firearm heritage.
Really nice and proper conservation!!
Those parallel jaw pliers are sweet. I have a smaller pair in the form of needle nose pliers and use them a ton, I'll have to hunt down a larger one like that.
70$ for a belgium ELG 9mm Lefaucheux is pretty good in the US ! Pretty nice restoration.
why are so old weapons so cheap? No historical worth?
@@Preyhawk81 It's a combination of a few factors :
-> a lot were produced (at least a few hundred thousand)
-> the ammo is impossible to find and a pain to reload
-> they were usually pretty poor in terms of quality
I noticed when soaking parts in kerosene overnight, the water of course pools to the bottom and if the parts are touching where the water pools, it will form rust VERY quickly. Like a matter of a few hours. So for my soaking tub I am going to have to make a screen to keep parts up off the bottom when I toss them in there and can't get to them quickly. I know they make parts washing tubs with spring loaded screens but the screen won't stay down to allow you to soak the parts. You have to hold it down.
Awesome video thank you so very much for sharing the revolver and your talents! ❤
these guns were turned out in there thousands in belgium up untill the 1870s most were double action . here in europe they are quite common
Looks like it turned out great! One comment I have is since this revolver is in the white, I think evaporust would have made more sense than boiling and carding in this case.
Thanks! Usually whenever I use evaporust it leaves a dull gray finish on parts. I don't know if it would have done that on the highly polished surfaces of this revolver but I didn't want to risk it.
@@rakumprojects That is sound reasoning. In my experience the dull gray cards right off on polished parts, but parts that have been etched by rust are still going to have a rough surface.
Is there any advantage to boiling the rust as opposed to just polishing it off? I’m personally not a fan of the splotchy bluing, and would’ve either removed it, or blued the whole thing. Granted, i know next to nothing about the subject
On this gun the results look splotchy, but on a gun that was originally blued, boiling the rust will produce an even blue-black color.
I have 1 question, we don't have carting wheels like that in South Africa. Can a scotchbrite belt be used to speed up the steel wool process safely?
I think a scotchbrite would be too abrasive. I'd use steel wool by hand if I didn't have a carding wheel.
Single? Odd I don't know of any single actions....you scored.
Yes the brass brush worked.
I am lazy if I get a bore like that I screw the brush to a steel rod I made up and fit it to a drill.
It really scrubs well.
Were you able to date this example?
Not with any more certainty than I said in the video. There's just not much to go off of with these
im wondering is that a first edition?
Shure looks like it’s double action to me
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