My Lockdown project

[enfield2band]

You appear to have a very well equipped workshop that is better than the average hobbyist or model engineer.

Did you make the sling swivels on a former or did you do them in a die on a fly-press? I know from experience that bending something like that by hand is very difficult to get even on both legs/sides.

The barrel appears to have Belgian proof marks and the bore at 18.8mm. Why was it necessary to have it reproofed?

[MrChipShoulder]

I annealed the steel to glowing red. I then made a 6mm x 25mm flat steel plate with rounded ends and marked out the half way point on the rods and plate. I then clamped it in my vice and formed the rod around the steel plate using a big hammer and brass bar as a drift. I then made up a brass wire form and used it as a guide to bend up the last bit. As you say, getting the legs at the same length and angle was very tricky. Out of the whole build, I felt making these swivels was the most out of control and time consuming bit of the whole thing!

My workshop is nothing special, just the basic model engineering/modelling type stuff. Nothing too surprising to be found in it, all the normal stuff.

I bought the Fowler quite cheap and it had been messed with and dressed up (poorly in my opinion) to make it more presentable. The gun does/did have a Belgian proof on it and a club member did suggested I just shoot it. However, due the price I paid and it's overall condition, I felt it would be a very good use of £90 to simply reproof it for piece of mind. Those that know me in my club know I don't do anything by half. I value the bits on my body quite highly and wouldn't want to see them splashed all over the range if I took a chance :-0

Barrel is 16g (0.670", 17mm)

One must always remember safety first with firearms!
Money can't buy new body parts.

Now I have full confidence in the barrel, so will my club and any future owner :-)

[MrChipShoulder]

My wrist plate came back today engraved
So once it is set back in to the gun, that's the whole job finished.
Thanks, and I hope somebody found it interesting at the very least?

https://ibb.co/JxZgwDy
https://ibb.co/Hq2rj9z
https://ibb.co/VTYb14Y

[TA6319]

thats very nice work, I bet you cant wait to try it

[harry mac]

Just think. All those rattly, ratty old fowling pieces you see in antique shops and auctions, all looked as good as this about 170 years ago.