Next time, instead of salt you should use washing soda, it's more effective and more importantly, doesn't create deadly chlorine gas during the electrolysis process.

If this were red dead redemption style he would have just rubbed some oil on it

I was hoping that you were gluing the stock together so as to use it as a template.

If I could find the rest of the video that would be awesome, but since I can’t I guess I’ll never know why you ended where you did

Ah man. I kind of hoped by the description that you were going to make a new handle from scratch

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO PART TWO !!!!

Fantastic work as ever my friend. After many would have given up, you persevered and came out with an amazing result. Well done! :)

I really enjoyed the restoration! I thought You’d make a new handle, after watching the video I’m glad you repaired the original handle. You brought that shotgun back to life. Great Video!

Restoration seems like a lot of fun, and you make it look so easy that I want to try it myself. Great job!

Where do you get things like these? These prices are amazing, especially for what you’re getting.

I have been doing this type of 'Rescue' for about 50 yrs. The job you did here looks good. You got lucky with the springs, screws, pins and hammers. But you already knew that. My goal is to bring all the guns back to shooting condition. When I get one with this much damage to the wood I epoxy it as you did. The only other step I take is under cutting the wood from the inside and epoxy 3/32" stainless steel stiffener rods to reinforce the 'break point'. That sort of pin is not visible from the outside. But ensures the stock will not break again during firing. I am currently doing an L.C. Smith 20ga. the stock came to me in a large zip lock bag. Thank you for the post. Many people do not realize how much skill, and talent goes into this type of repair.

Every time I watch one of your restorations I am impressed even more.

I probably wouldn't have used that stock as I wouldn't necessarily trust epoxy to keep it all together IF you were planning on firing it. If it's just a show piece, than that would work just fine. The outcome and aesthetic are wonderful! I liked it

Have always meant to ask, how do you keep track of how everything goes back together?

You know what? I liked the rustic look to it more. It looked like something you'd see in a Mad Max film. Great restoration.

Better to use sodium hydroxide (lye) as flux for electrolysis. Tablesalt (sodium chloride) also produces chlorine as it breaks down which corrodes the metal. After electrolysis, neutralize lye by dipping parts in diluted vinegar, scrub clean with water. Excellent job and definitely $20 well spent.

Great great resto. All my love to this guns

There isn’t a part 2. So is it finished

I am a huge John Wayne fan and in the film El Dorado Mississippi purchases a Sawed off double barrel from Swede that looked like this. Also John Wayne always referred to the double barrel as a greener.

very well done! I didn't think you'd use the original wood pieces..question though, do you recommend looking anywhere in particular to learn how to do the electrolysis rust removal process? Would like to know how to do that correctly. Thanks!

Lol Wow, what amazing handy work. I never owned a gun before..but this makes me appreciate the craftmanship of guns. How you clean the barrel and mechanisms etc

I'm really impressed, great work 👍

That is absolutely amazing!

The boat guys call that wood degradation "iron sick."

Just found your channel, love this! beautiful work!

@Andre Will Do It Are you using Acraglas for the pistol grip and stock? Or are you using a different type of Epoxy, Normally for Stock Repair you'd want to use Acraglas to repair chips, glass bed the gun, as well as fix splitting. Normally when you have a stock split like that you'd want to drill small holes into both broken halves and insert a dowel as well as Acraglas to keep it strong if the intention is continual use. Anyways Nice Video!

I'm guessing this isn't the UK. You'd get five years inside if you got caught with a shotgun cut like that!

I love how you repair the wood instead of just throwing it away and making a new piece like so many restorators do.

Amazing piece of history. Great job.

I gotta say, I applaud your efforts to fix that thoroughly destroyed stock. I would have taken one look at that and just made a new one.

Very few restorations do I watch more than once. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this one. I love this shotgun. It just has that cool factor. Love that you kept it as original as possible.

Soaking the steel parts in vinegar for few days does real good job of getting rid of rust, soak wood in acetone few days gets all old oil and finish off

Impressive what a bit of walnut dust can do. Great idea!

Holy smokes.. got that much crazier when I realized that wasn't just rust, but powder and shot! holy crap.. and that looked like a helluva lot of powder!

My friend bought a similar double barrel wall hanger that was only slightly cut down. It had one barrel that was also loaded. I usually check everything first thing. I have had ones with cleaning tips from cleaning rods stuck in them. Some that had just balls rammed down them. On cracked stocks I like to piece them back together by drilling holes and putting in metal pins. I usually use pieces of metal coat hangers. This is a type of repair that was used in the old days. Though most of what I work on are wall hangers that will never be shot or have no real value collector wise. A lot of times the stocks broke because someone shot both barrels at the same time. That is very common with double barrels. Love the videos!!!

Heck I would have paid 20$ for it!

I used your drill method to clean out the barrels on my double bore sweet sixteen but I used a brass bristle brush. Of course I shoot mine. The bores shined like mirrors. No defects at all.

The worn gold look can be done at home by heating your part with moderate heat and using a soft brass brush. With the fastest and most even results from a brass wheel on a bench grinder. Great video as always.

I feel as though the guys that know nothing about guns do a better job restoring them than those of us that do.

Owl update fuck I cant wait love the way you help people is amazing;)

I want this gun before the resto. Can't wait to see it done

FYI: FIRST Thing to do with any muzzleloader is check to see it it is loaded. Use a dowel and see if it goes as deep as the nipples (or vent if a flintlock) if it don't it is loaded. Just because the load is 50 ~100 years old or more DON'T mean it won't fire. If loaded soak the breach in hot water for a couple hours, then pull the load. Second: You could have used a penetrating oil and a wrench to remove the two breach plugs. Would have made it a lot easier to clean and inspect the bores. I couldn't watch you work on the locks. I'm gonna guess you lack the proper tools; A main spring vise, for example, sense you lacked even a wedge puller. All in all, from what I did watch, I pray you use it only as a wall hanger. If you ever decide you want to use it, have a gunsmith who kniws what he or she is doing go through the locks, triggers, and barrels. A new set of nipples (cheap) would be a good idea, as well. The original looked bad, as in clogged and possibly hammered down. The threads are probably 1/4 by 20. They do make musket nipples that will work, (uses "top hat" musket caps, for a hotter spark) or for standard number 11 caps. Track of The Wolf has flash guards (choice of plain steel, brass, or German Silver) for both musket nipples and number 11 nipples, that help prevent powder residue (highly corrosive) from getting into the locks, and help prevent burning to the stock in the area of the nipples.

The nipples that the percussion caps fitted onto are removable. They had to be replaced periodically. That lets you use air or get a solvent in to remove old carbon fouling. There are wire brushes in shotgun calibers for getting at the interiors.

Incredible work 👍🏻 !

The weapon looks as though it has spent more time in use as an improvised war-club than as a firearm. Even so: you have achieved vastly more of an restoration with it than I would have considered possible. Extreme;y well-done, sir! Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell, New Zealand.

"THIS is my....BOOMSTICK!"-Ash Williams

OUTSTANDING!!! I think I would have walked on this one 👍

wow man your videos are awesome!!!!! respect to you and your skills and your patience!! superwork thanks for sharing this

I don’t think you spent too much for it - look at what you learned from the project! As Sonny from “A Bronx Tale” said: “$20? You got off cheap!” Another great video, my friend!

Wow that was SUPER rough condition. That wood was almost dust. I have seen worse, but not by much.

Hey, I am doing a similar restoration right now, though luckily my stock is only on 3 pieces. I wanted to ask what you used to clean the wood before epoxying it. I tried to just do it as is, but the clear epoxy turned grey and pealed right off. I think it was too much oil and dirt in the old stock.

Soaking the whole thing in a solution of approx 1to20 molasses to water for a couple of weeks will remove all rust and paint and will make screws and nuts easy to remove; it only affects rust and will not harm metal with the exception of aluminium alloys! ( My mate thought that he would clean up his wife's frying pan with this method; all he was left with was the handle ! ) It will leave lockwork, triggers and springs functioning. I was shown this method over half a century ago and have been successfully using it on many of my restorations.

absolutely beautiful

What an absolutely compact and beautiful way to say "Eff you. And everything within ten feet of you".

i think i would have remade the stock , it broke in half at a point that sees a lot of stress , i dont think the gleu and epooxy is strong enough , as fot the pitting on the barrel , i wonder if you can fill those in with lead then sand smooth and blacken the same way you did now

I enjoyed watching you restore it using the original stock.

I am truly amazed you saved that stock.

Im amazed you even managed to fix the wood grip i thought that thing was long dead

He didnt put the hammers back on, this shotgun would never fire

I can't believe you managed to get that into any kind of decent state. I thought you'd have to remake the wooden frame.

Black paint is (was?) put on sawed off shotguns of people living in western Brazil & eastern Bolivia to protect them from rust. Sawed off shot guns are for Jaguars and ant bears in close quarters and thick vegetation when there's no time to aim.

I enjoy these on my son's tablet. ASMR this bad boy lmao 😂

God job. Just why you don't re built the hood part without the steel piece with multiples screws. I think is not made originally

Twenty bucks !?! I would have doubled that even just for an awsum wall piece. Will you shoot it ? I MIGHT do such a thing....Carfully...Great luck. Awsum vid.

Wonder why you didn’t remove the percussion cap cones and clean them of rust and clean the ports underneath them.

Well it may be "simple electrolysis", but to me it's one of the most interesting parts.

Another masterpiece

My dad was in the military for 12 years and im pretty sure that he held a sawed of shotgun close to that

Ping the barrels if Rust gets in the rib between the barrels it'll slowly eat it's way through them hang the barrels loosely off something and tap them if they ring like a bell they're fine if it sounds like tapping dead wood they're beyond fixing

Now that's a lot of patience, nice work!

Beautiful work. Where are you located? And do work for yourself or do you get these as jobs.

The toilet after eating Taco Bell 5:05

May I ask where you buy these weapons

Could you share how to do that simple electrolysis please. Do you cellphone charger for the power source?. What to link to positive and negative?. Is that baking soda you use for catalysis?

very nice job! where did you find odstraňovač starých náterov? :D

One question where can a fan of the guns of the old west find this type of firearm that doesn't fire but has a few working parts that make sound please let me know cause I sure would like one.

6:02 sounds like a struggling chipmunk

The ATF: wait, that's illegal

NNNNOOOOOOOO !!! I wanted to see the whole shotgun video !!! Let us know when you’re done making the part 2 of the restoration.

Another Cool video! Thank you.

Is there a part 2? Can’t see it anywhere.

How long do these take you?

Where do you go the most to find these projects? Flea markets? eBay? Antique stores?

Soaking the obviously rotten parts that might be used as a template or restored in a penetrating epoxy, just so they don’t fallen into little pieces upon disassembly, then maybe make a mold out of plaster of Paris to make replicated units and take those metal parts to the guy with the Cnc milling machine and have several made in stainless steel and stocks in composite or laminated colored wooden pieces, you could create a new form of sexy.

you can build an electro plater at home with some simple easily available tools. to get the nickle to stick you have to copper plate it first.

I thought the process of electrolysis removed all of the rust the first times? If that’s true then why did you have to take the 0000 steel wool and say you were going to use it to remove what’s left of the rust?

Whenever I've got something that's all dirty and rusty like this, I soak it in white vinegar for a few days. The acid eats away the rust and stuff

Looks like a magnet fishing find 😁🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Guns are what is the time you kind of want to use a really fine wire wheel if you have it

Do you think it is still safe to shoot or just became a display gun?

Only you can take a shattered sawn off and completely restore it, outstanding!!!

holy gun stock batman. what fun.

I’m enjoying your work. Nice job on that boom stick . Tell me do you buy all these projects or do some people bring them for you to work on. Not bad for 20 bucks.

When you first looked at it before you bought it you should have known it was too much

Nice job on the stock restore. Something tells me it's not gonna last long after a few gun butts to the noggin though. I'd imagine whatever is close enough to the sawed-off it isn't gonna survive that blast and bashing isn't gonna be needed.

Very good restoration bro 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

Brilliant.

Blackbeard called, said he would like his Blunderbuss back.

The metal plate is the coolest part of the gun!

Why didn't you make a new wooden holder?