Pictures from Jack Huntingtons shop 9/18

[steve]

I was in Jack's shop today checking out the progress on the 480 New Vaquero project. While I was there, he had a few other projects (not mine) handy, so I snapped a few pic's. These crappy pic's do not do these guns justice, they are even more beautiful in person!

Custom BFR's, these are a couple of bruisers. The top is a .50-110 and the bottom is a .50 Alaskan. Both have re-shaped grip frames.



Next is a Bisley 475 Linebaugh with a 5 1/2" octagon bbl, hard chrome finish and nitre blue accents




This one is a real beauty, it's a Bisley 500 JRH with a 4 3/8" Colt Anaconda barrel. It's one of a kind, Jack said he wouldn't do another Anaconda barrel on a single action. The amount of work that went into it is amazing. If anyone is interested Jack said this one is for sale. I have too many irons in the fire or this would be mine.









And last, these are the work in progress pics of the 480. Since I last posted pics, the cylinder has been chambered and the English walnut grips are done except for the final coat's of oil.

[cmh]

Anxious to see that 480 of yours when its done I likr that Anaconda barreled bisley real well

[whitworth]

I know the owner of the octagon barreled .475 Bisley and he is going to be thrilled with that gun! Nice pics, thanks Steve!

[cddogfan1]

Is the hard chrome more durable than stainless.

[whitworth]

Sept 19, 2013 6:54:33 GMT -5 cddogfan1 said:

Is the hard chrome more durable than stainless.

From what I understand, it is.

[bradshaw]

cddogfan 1.... hard chrome plate is not not durable than stainless. Hard chrome is harder. It is thin compared to standard chrome plating. Hard chrome is popular on firearms for its molecular thinness, which doesn't affect dimensions the way nickel and chrome do. You can wear through hard chrome, which is not a question with carbon or stainless steel. Hard chrome provides excellent weather protection and wear resistance between parts. The wear resistance is not an issue with serious firearms grade stainless steel. Colt had M16 chambers and/or bores hard chromed across the street from Sturm. Ruger on Lacey Place in Southport, Connecticut. Bill Ruger, Jr., used the same facility to hard chrome the barrel face and forcing cone on an SRM prototype .357 Maximum. I immediately abraded the hard chrome on firing Remington experimental ammunition. When I say "immediate," tiny dots of flecked chrome appeared on the corner of barrel face and cone is the first six shots.

Mikhail Kalashnikov chrome lined the bores of his AK 47, against corrosive primed ammunition and to preserve reliability in the field, fully aware the rifle would be issued to masses of illiterate soldiers. Beretta and other makers have for years chrome lined shotgun barrels against fouling and wear. Some of these platings may be thicker than hard chrome. Which leads me to suspect the term "hard chrome" is more about application process than mineral content, as chrome is by nature hard.
David Bradshaw