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Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
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Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
Are they steel or some other material? Was wondering about that since I haven't seen one in CCH .
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
On the rimfire Henry lever guns I believe the receiver cover is called Zamac. Most folks seem to call it pot metal but I don't think I would go as far as to say it is that bad. There is a few guys on RimFire Central that has done some experimenting with cold blue and some liquid jewelry cleaners if I remember right and didn't get a real case colored look but made them look pretty good and definitely made them take on a different look. I did a removal of the black paint and left it the bare aluminum look and like it much better than the black orange peeled paint.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
Forty they're not steel but I dont know the name of the material. Good on bandit he showed up and posted right as I hit the submit button
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
I like that look to Bandit just to chicken to try to do something like that as I usually end up making it worse.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
Thanks for the info Bandit and Al. I was thinking a .22 carbine with the octagonal barrel and CCH would be a nice match to my centerfire collection.
Talked with Bobby Tyler and he won't touch the Rossi lever rifles for CCH work...too much mix of alloy....as in cheap steel.
Talked with Bobby Tyler and he won't touch the Rossi lever rifles for CCH work...too much mix of alloy....as in cheap steel.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
The receiver and cover are made from Zamac. Think Hot Wheels.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
Forty I did something similar to Bandit, I stripped the the receiver cover and barrel band. I let the cover tarnish a little then put a clear coat over it.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
Gene “Sir Henry" has done some re-finishing on some of his Henrys. I like the look he has achieved.
I really should spend some time on my half a Henry to make it look a bit older.
I really should spend some time on my half a Henry to make it look a bit older.
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
That one I also stripped that varnish stain off, and put like ten coats of Tru oil on it.RetiredSeabee wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:12 pmGene “Sir Henry" has done some re-finishing on some of his Henrys. I like the look he has achieved.
I really should spend some time on my half a Henry to make it look a bit older.
It brought the grain out in the wood and looks ten times better to "me".
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Re: Receiver material of the rimfire lever rifles?
What did you guys use to strip the paint off that didn’t hurt the smack?
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