Casehardening continued

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Work has been very busy so time in the shop has been limited but this weekend I took 3 days to play in my shop and finish a few projects.

I relined a Marlin 1893 lever in 32-40, Blued the barrel, casehardened the action and fit a buttstock.

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I also rebarreled a Highwall into 40-65, blued and casehardened it. I have to say it was very rewarding to spend some time in the shop again.

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misterplinker1 said:
What type of wood?
Is it plain water with a bubbler in the barrel?
Looks great.
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It is a mixture of charcoal. The wood is hardwood BBQ charcoal I grind, not briquettes, it is lump chacoal. It also has about 33% bone charcoal and some wheat charcoal I made. The water is from my tap but I use a fish tank bubler for 2 hours to aerate the water prior to dunk.

It is hard on wiskers! No beard in my near future.

IMG_8858.jpeg I wear welding cap and grinding shield and welding gloves. I tape the gauntlet sleeves down otherwise burning charcoal goes down the sleeve and gives me little burns.

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Thanks for sharing, that's a great action shot with the hammer in hand and mushroom cloud/flame!

:)

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Beautiful work, bud. That Marlin is gorgeous.

Tell me more about relining 32-40. I have a '94 carbine with a railroad tunnel for a bore. Never seen a gun so shot out. Looks volcanic in there. I'd like it refurbished back into 32-40 rather than hogging it out to 38-55.

My regular guy is hesitant. Have you had success relining larger calibers?
 
The TJ liners work really well. They aren’t cheap, however. Nine35.ca imports them but they are $12/inch plus to have to drill the barrel out, chamber and crown. In these old calibers the liners are the best option.
 
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