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Offline Booger

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H.E. Resley Rifles
« on: November 10, 2021, 07:15:39 AM »
I picked up these rifles at an estate sale. One is a bench style gun in .54cal weighs 19.7# with a Tower lock and Redfield sights.  It is marked H.E. RESLEY.  The second gun is a .50cal single wedge pin with a patch box and inlays. It is marked A.H RUDOLPH No. 134 Bryant, Texas 1868 on top of flat. Then on side is marked H.E. RESLEY A.R.B.  It’s lock has no markings. It weighs in at 12.75#.  The third is a huge Hawken style rifle .62cal  It is marked Bridger’s Pet  24  and H.E. RESLEY.  It has a Long’s Lock out of Denver and Weighs in at 14.78#.  They all three needed a little TLC but cleaned up good.  Bores all look good. I just thought some of you might enjoy seeing them.  “Judge” Resley was from Ft. Stockton and I grew up about 45 miles from there.  I was very excited when I saw them and knew I had to have them.













































































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Offline Daryl

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Re: H.E. Resley Rifles
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2021, 09:54:07 PM »
Nice wood on that first one and the Hawken looks pretty good too.
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Offline T*O*F

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Re: H.E. Resley Rifles
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2021, 02:10:42 AM »
Looks like he was a big fan of Maple Magic stain, aka CrO3.
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Offline mikeyfirelock

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Re: H.E. Resley Rifles
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2021, 04:48:52 AM »
I noticed the chromium stain right away also.   I built a few guns in the 70’s and 80’s using it.     They all turned green.   I quit using it ( and the Schoyen browning solution I whipped up in the pharmacy one slow day) due to safety concerns after we had small children.    I don’t recommend it if anyone reads about “what we used in the “old” days.
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