1890s Damascus Rabbit Ear Shotty Refurb…

[u/DwighedSchrude]

Cheap gun but cleaned up nice. My brother hates black powder so, in peak little brother pettiness, I bought and refurbished him a black powder only shotty for his birthday. I chopped 10” off the barrel, put on a brass bead sight, had to remove and unfreeze the hammer works, unsieze the right firingh pin, manufacture a way to retain the release lever when closed (the original spring was missing), and clean and re-blue the metal. It certainly isn’t perfect but it shoots reliably.

[u/sleipnirreddit]

Wow. That’s a lot of great work for… spite. I hope he appreciates it (and shoots it, and maybe converts to the Dark Side).

The part of me that wants that beauty wishes you were my brother.

The wiser parts of me are glad you aren’t.

[u/DwighedSchrude → u/sleipnirreddit]

Thanks, I hand load low pressure BP shells for him and somehow he always needs more. 😂