'45 Longbranch

[krinko]

OK, I lied about taking pictures with a better camera---we'll have to make do with these.


Here's the overview---really nice blue on this one...


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The receiver flat...


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The buttstock is walnut and it has a steel LB buttplate, but it also has the stamped swivel and I'm not sure LB made those. Wood isn't marked.


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Here's the restored bit and the original bit side by side---one of these was stripped with oven cleaner. See if you can tell which one.


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All in all, a very hard to find date in outstanding condition. Now that it's properly bedded I'll take her out for a test drive---if it every quits raining.


-----krinko

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[ajcarey]

Nice one Krinko.





I figure that the wood on the left got the Oven Cleaner treatment. Now that convinces me to never use it.





Also, thanks for holding onto the rain out there. I got some shooting in this weekend without getting drenched.





aj




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[Niner]

Nice pictures Krinko, doesn't look like you need a better camera.





Oh.... why is it that everytime I see Longbranch I bring to mind a middle aged babe with died hair who works in a saloon and her name is Miss Kitty?

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[ajcarey]

Niner,





The answer to your question is because you are an senior middle-ager who watched too much Gunsmoke in your younger days.





AJ




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