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markiver54
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
This is the reason I bought steel instead of brass. The brass rifles are beautiful and period correct, but I'm the type that would cringe every time I put a scratch on it. Maybe I'm just weird.
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RanchRoper
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
I think ol' Badger would have a stroke if I stuffed that in the scabbard...
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
My Henry has a few character marks on it now, just from wear and tear, and packing it horseback in the bush. All good.markiver54 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:26 amThis is the reason I bought steel instead of brass. The brass rifles are beautiful and period correct, but I'm the type that would cringe every time I put a scratch on it. Maybe I'm just weird.
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
Yeah, I polished my BB brass once. Now, it has a nice patina going on.
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markiver54
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
I hear Ya RR. Just that it would not bother me as much if I got a ding or scratch on my BBS as opposed to brass.RanchRoper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:11 amMy Henry has a few character marks on it now, just from wear and tear, and packing it horseback in the bush. All good.markiver54 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:26 amThis is the reason I bought steel instead of brass. The brass rifles are beautiful and period correct, but I'm the type that would cringe every time I put a scratch on it. Maybe I'm just weird.
By no means upset Badger though!
Yours is a beautiful rifle!
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
The upside to brass is it's fairly easy to repair minor scratches.but I'm the type that would cringe every time I put a scratch on it.
Not so with blued steel.
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markiver54
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
I also considered that, if hunting, I don't need anything flashing in the woods. 
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Re: Brass butt plate coverings
You could hunt with one of your non - flashy guns and keep the 'flash' to the range or non-serious hunting such as varmints.I also considered that, if hunting, I don't need anything flashing in the woods.
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