I cleaned up the barrel markings on my Pietta 1851 Navy

by A K Church, Thursday, July 27, 2023, 03:53 (421 days ago) @ JimT

In the Civil War reenactment, and maybe the general muzzleloading community, term for something not period correct is "farb". So recreating the appearance of an original piece is called defarbing.

Customer brought in an Italian repro M1841 "Mississippi Rifle". I know in the 1850s, some were polished bright, rebored to .58, and fitted with 2 position flip rear sights to conform to the 1855 rifle specs.

Well, I thought he had one of those in unusually good condition. It had actually been professionally defarbed by an outfit called Lodgewood, who I see are still in business.

It was impressive.