Building my 2nd Kit- Traditions St. Louis Hawken

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Continuing the project, I learned a lot of lessons about filing. The hardware is pretty bland, I tried to follow Wayne's notes about wedding bands, and took some notes from my father on adding facets to the trigger guard. Lots of respect for all of you professionals, this is tough but fun!

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With the buffing done on our brass pieces, we’re ready to move forward to the next step. This is a step you don’t need to go to if you are happy with how the sanding and polishing of your pieces look. You can put your polished pieces back on your gun and continue with assembly. I wanted to try a bit of brass black on my brass pieces to age them and dial the brightness down. I’m using Casey Brass Black, something just about everyone seems to use, so we’re going to see how it turns out!

Read the full article today at NMLRA.org/news/stlouishawken-05