valboskie 39 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 it has been an epic battle last a lot longer than i had hoped but the pictures are finally done on myWebley Falcon project.the rifle was found in an attic it had been there for nearly 30 years and was in a bit of a state 1 Quote Link to post
valboskie 39 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 first thing to do was strip off the old bluing and check out how bad the pitting was.it was worse than i had hopedafter many hours i had got to this stage 1 Quote Link to post
valboskie 39 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 it was now time to start the stockafter stripping off the old varnish the stain had soaked deeply into the end grain and was a battle to get most of it outi tried bleach and oxalic acid and it still would not totally shift 1 Quote Link to post
reaper6 84 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Liked it on the other side and i like it on here Quote Link to post
valboskie 39 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 finally i got it all stained then the bluing process started this was not down to me my mate donald this for me he slow rust blued the riflethis is the pictures of the finished rifle 1 Quote Link to post
valboskie 39 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 some more pics 2 Quote Link to post
valboskie 39 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) On 29/09/2014 at 19:08, reaper6 said: Liked it on the other side and i like it on here i am chuffed the way it has turned out i have a webley vulcan ready to blue and an hw77 and as well all ready to go Edited September 29, 2014 by valboskie Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 excellent job Quote Link to post
Daz39 962 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Fist rifle I ever shot that! Webley Falcon, wow, very nice job. Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Well done mate great job do love a restoration 1 Quote Link to post
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