My Good Deacon
In my callow youth, being cheap frugal and all, I would madly cut anything down into whatever I thought I wanted at the moment...
Lately, I have noticed a number of things that I had cut down, would be worth a small ransom now if I had only left them alone... To wit ... A 1917 Remington Eddystone, an original percussion double barrel, several early ( pre 1920 ) 1911 slides ... At the time they were cheap and plentiful ... Now ... Somehow they are far more desirable in the original, even blemished or professionally reblued, condition.
I have ALWAYS wanted snubbies... So I chopped a lot of stuff.
One of my most recent desires has been a snubby Webly. I lucked into a .38-200 service pistol years ago
But set it aside (thank gawd) , later gave it to my Dad, who wanted a Webly, and recently it came back to me from Mia Poppa ( I got too much crap, he said) ....
Plus, it is a Real Webly, not an Enfield.
And I got lucky again, after several years of diligent searching and scored a complete Webly barrel and cylinder assembly! So now I can safely cut the ickiest one, and have a lovely boxed two barrel set which will achieve my Sherlock Holmes fantasy desires... I already have the Calabash Meerschuam and only need a Dearstalker. Now I need a good 200 gr .360 mold...
As Coffin keeps saying, it's your gun, have fun, get the hacksaw!
But lately I am thinking
Always modify the cheapest part
Get a replacement first, and mod the replacement
Take your time, the part will eventually show up - even if it is from one of the outfits that sells chopped up gun parts on GB.
and a two-barrel cased set is soooooooo much cooler!
yhs
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