My Project Gun

[Indian Outlaw]

I purchased a Cimarron Forged Frame Rem Navy and am in the process of lightly antiquing it.

Here's what it looked like out of the box (world's worst photo, I know):



Here's what it looks like now, with the finish stripped and the grips refinished:



Next step is to give the steel some color.
 

[Riot Earp]

I like the way you refinished the grips. It should provide a better hold.

[Indian Outlaw]

I left the grain open to give the wood a bit more "grip."   

Four coats of Watco Danish Oil. Might do another coat next week.

I painted the gun with Perma-Blue paste, which tends to rub off if dust lands on it.   But that was the plan all along. That is, let the bluing rub off through normal handling to reveal a nice gun metal gray (I hope). 

Will post another pic tomorrow morning, minus the conversion cylinder, which hasn't arrived yet.

[Indian Outlaw]

Not a good picture, but you can see some of the blue hues.

[Curley Cole]

lookin good...

Here waz my first attempt at antiquing a gun. It waz an EMF Dakota "Californian", which waz a kit gun, no finish, so I wanted to make it look old. The gun in the pix under it is Doc Holidays gun and danged if it don't look almost the same...Gun still is a good shooter.

curley

[Indian Outlaw]

Finally, an outdoor picture.