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  1. That's it, just push the trigger firmly forwards to change to the top barrel. Its only a very slight click that you feel rather that hear. It reverts to normal when you re cock the gun.
  2. Just a thought, do you know how the barrel selector works on this gun ? Quite a few don't.
  3. Its an IJ 27 and its the later model because of the single trigger and probably fixed chokes, but not one of the last ones with multi chokes. The Model 12 had through bolts in the fore end wood. Try to fit your existing fore end iron to the new wood as it can be a bit of a faff (Though quite do-able) fitting new ironwork. Good luck.
  4. Where else would you find in a chapter titled "Mutton" such detailed information concerning the same, "Put a bullet, or humane killer bolt at right angles through the sheep's skull, in the centre of the forehead and an inch above the level of the eyes". A delight to read !
  5. A little progress with the Beretta, stripping, inspecting and reassembling the action. Everything seemed in good order apart from some wear marks on the sear pivot pin which was easy to re-make and fit. The images show the separate pivot pin for each tumbler and what looks like a possibly replaceable firing pin end on it. Once I had made a new mainspring compressing tool ( from a section of Yew log which I rescued from a bonfire years ago ! ) it all came apart, and went back together, easily. The top lever spring was a small, button topped coil spring (blue arrow) and the bolt was secured to the top lever shaft it by a shaped screw in pin. It was very easy to remove the bolt without disturbing the top lever components. Whilst I was in there, I tapped out the hinge pin after removing the small retaining screw on the front of the knuckle. There was some signs of wear there as expected and the next job is to make and fit a larger one to re fit the gun back on face. Last of all will be to tighten the bites, probably by re making the bolt as I cannot find a laser welder nearby prepared to do the work. I just need to get the choked opened out and all will be finished. I have decided to leave most of the discolouration ( Patina !) on the metalwork and the knocks and dents on the woodwork as , to me , these reflect its history and passage through its 85 years. A final note, does anyone know the function of the grooves on the standing breech pictured below. Some think its to do with preventing pierced primer blowback into the action but I'm not convinced. Another question. When I was re fitting the sear springs I noticed, obviously, that as they were tightened the (trigger) pressure required to lift the sear was increased. Could this be a method of adjusting trigger pressure ?
  6. An update . There are couple of mechanical issues to deal with, re-hinging as its a couple of "thou" off the face and tightening up the bites a fraction but today it's a small repair to the stock under the trigger guard where one of the wood screws has stripped its thread. Straightforward but satisfying. I enlarged the hole a little, made a dowel the right size and about 1" longer than required, scored a groove along each side to let air out and glued it overnight with Titebond. The exposed bit of dowel I used as a sight, together with a couple of pieces of tape to make sure that I drilled at the right angle to get the screw sitting neatly in the metalwork. Trimmed the excess dowel away and drilled a new hole. Stained the new wood to match its surroundings, waxed the screw and that was that. I have left a touch of timing to tighten up on the screw to allow for any settling in future. More to come as it happens.
  7. We take a house on Tresco, south of Old Grimsby and the Blockhouse at Borough. Lots of boats of all sorts come into the moorings there.
  8. Harris in April and September, Isles of Scilly in June.
  9. Light , steady snow here on the Pennines.
  10. It is all a bit ancient and quite tricky to make sense of the translation but I just found it interesting to read what people from quite a different culture had to say about their issues concerning their guns . A sort of Eastern Pigeonwatch in many ways.
  11. That's a pity, it works fine for me. Perhaps someone technically minded could tell me how to make it work ?
  12. As some may know, I'm a fan of Baikal SxS shotguns and recently bought a very early IZH54 which was made before they were titled "Baikal" and were designated "Izmech" after the factory name. In the course of my rummaging around the Internet looking for information I came across this site. Allowing for Google translation, its quite an eye opener for the way they discuss gun related matters and how they relate to life there. https://forum.guns.ru/forummessage/147/752811-m26128981.html
  13. And yet, I never tire of this. A classic.
  14. The book is on its way here now ! He's quite a controversial figure among the Colt collectors in the USA. https://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RL-Wilson-Case.pdf
  15. What a remarkable resource, that's a New Year essential. Thank you for that.
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