reverendfranz
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I bought this on thursday, A Belgian 1960 New Model Army, SN 4123, but Mykeal's post reminded me i should put up some pictures. I also would like a little advice, as I am new to both black powder and the Centaures, I purchased a Pietta from Cabelas a few weeks ago, (after looking for a Belgian and not being able to find one ) but haven't shot it much. The Centaure looks to be in ok shape, though it was very dirty when i bought it, and i still need to clean it up a bit. It has a touch of what looks like surface rust at the muzzle, though the rest of the barrel looks spotless, and there are two patches of spotty bluing (which i dont really understand, as mechanicly, there is very little wear) and a very large spot of missing bluing on the cylinder. What is the best way to clean up or treat the rust at the muzzle, and should i reblue the gun or cylinder, or leave it as it is?
The grips are in pretty good shape, but are varnished, as far as i can tell, is there anything i should do to take care of them, or should i strip them and oil them?
Also, what size caps are recommended, as i have a tin of number 11 Remington caps for the Pietta, but they dont seem particularly tight on either gun? im not really sure how tight they should be, or if i should just try to get two sets of new nipples to insure uniformity between the two revolvers.
The pictures aren't too fancy, just snapshots, but i wanted something to send with the FROCS survey and took these today.
The last picture is of it with its Italian brother.
Any advice or guidance is appreciated.
The grips are in pretty good shape, but are varnished, as far as i can tell, is there anything i should do to take care of them, or should i strip them and oil them?
Also, what size caps are recommended, as i have a tin of number 11 Remington caps for the Pietta, but they dont seem particularly tight on either gun? im not really sure how tight they should be, or if i should just try to get two sets of new nipples to insure uniformity between the two revolvers.
The pictures aren't too fancy, just snapshots, but i wanted something to send with the FROCS survey and took these today.
The last picture is of it with its Italian brother.
Any advice or guidance is appreciated.