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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Flintlock Rifle Pan Polishing Project - Chambers Siler Lock
« Reply #25 on: July 26, 2018, 07:56:40 AM »
Pans are lined with gold, and occasionally platinum. It was formed and soldered in. Electroplating would not last.

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Offline redheart

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Re: Flintlock Rifle Pan Polishing Project - Chambers Siler Lock
« Reply #26 on: July 26, 2018, 07:58:40 AM »
Quote from: Hungry Horse on July 24, 2018, 06:02:06 PM
If I were going to go through what it takes to polish the pan on a Siler lock, I’d order the lock from Jim with the brass pan, and make it easier on myself.

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Oh man, this is a really bad week!
I'm gonna have to agree with Hungry Horse again! :o ??? :'(
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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Flintlock Rifle Pan Polishing Project - Chambers Siler Lock
« Reply #27 on: July 26, 2018, 05:07:12 PM »
Hey Red, how does being right for a change feel?

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Offline redheart

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Re: Flintlock Rifle Pan Polishing Project - Chambers Siler Lock
« Reply #28 on: July 26, 2018, 05:19:50 PM »
Quote from: Hungry Horse on July 26, 2018, 05:07:12 PM
Hey Red, how does being right for a change feel?

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Pretty good! and it's so easy.
All I have to do is agree with everything you say. ;D
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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Flintlock Rifle Pan Polishing Project - Chambers Siler Lock
« Reply #29 on: July 26, 2018, 05:30:30 PM »
Please, please, please, give this information to my wife. I’ve  been wrong for forty nine years, with little hope of any change.

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Offline redheart

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Re: Flintlock Rifle Pan Polishing Project - Chambers Siler Lock
« Reply #30 on: July 26, 2018, 08:46:15 PM »
Quote from: Hungry Horse on July 26, 2018, 05:30:30 PM
Please, please, please, give this information to my wife. I’ve  been wrong for forty nine years, with little hope of any change.

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You're on your own with that one! ;)
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Flintlock Rifle Pan Polishing Project - Chambers Siler Lock
« Reply #31 on: July 27, 2018, 04:30:33 PM »
Quote from: Hungry Horse on July 26, 2018, 07:56:40 AM
Pans are lined with gold, and occasionally platinum. It was formed and soldered in. Electroplating would not last.

 Hungry Horse
On English guns that I have observed there were burrs raised in the pan and the gold peened into it, no solder.
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