I bought this off a mate...

[Flow 18]

A Falcon FN-19 single shot in .177 for a very good price.

 

It was in a right state before I started work on it. It was covered in camo duck tape, obviously hiding the mess of a rifle underneath. I removed it to find the bluing was almost non existent with rust everywhere, the stock looked like it had been dragged around on the floor, and the silencer was rusty with badly faded bluing. Also the glue form the tape was everywhere.

 

This is the photo my mate sent me;

 

 

 

 

Its a shame I didn't take photos myself, before, and during the restoration (I will next time).

 

And here she is now;

 

 

 

 

 

The photos don't really do the metal work justice.

 

First off I used 320 grit wet and dry to remove all of the bluing and rust, then 400, 800, 1200, and 2000 grit. I finished it off with .0000 wire wool, then machine polished it to make it nice and shiny.

 

Next I removed the clamps, trigger guard, trigger, and silencer, primed them, sprayed them gloss black before lacquering them.

 

Then I machine polished the stock to bring it back to its former glory.

 

I'm really pleased with it, let me know what you think.

 

Thanks.

Edited July 13, 2012 by Flow

[AR177 588]

Very nice

 

ATB

 

Adam

[porkycrook 466]

Cracking job on every bit of the gun.

[stealthy1 3,964]

It may be a bit shiny for fieldwork, good job though

[hugo1 31]

that looks a bloody bueaty and that stock looks great must say that looks a pro job

[Lewis Ste 245]

Would make a nice hft rifle that, looks nice not my type of style tho

 

Well done, lewis

[birch bark 0]

STUNNING !!! What craftsmanship , well done !

[tomano1 80]

Nice pice of restoration mate high gloss finish

[neil82 1,080]

good work on the stock, nice job on the metalwork as well but i would have used satin black spray on the metal, what did you do to the stock?

[carp man 1 219]

nice

[Pelletpower 203]

Looks nice mate ! Well done!

[Elliott 436]

Wow, well done!

[Rake aboot 4,935]

What are you using to rustproof the metal.?

 

The gun looks really well finished.

[The one 8,477]

That looks very nice mate

[masmiffy 82]

Looks very nice and a steal at the price!

I still use a .22 Titan manitou (see avatar) and wouldnt swap it.

May well do a stock job on it soon, get rid of the gloss finish they used and just oil it!