Question on bronze plating a mountain howitzer

[moose53]

Does anyone remember who plated a mountain howitzer here a while back ? Turned out beautiful. Thanks  moose53

[Cannoneer]

Gary Michie built a full scale mountain howitzer that he had bronze plated, and 'bpsteve' did the same with his half scale mt. howitzer.

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php?topic=166910.0

http://64.120.52.50/forums/index.php?topic=102175.0

[Double D]

Told ya some one would know!!!   

[moose53]

Thanks for your quick answer , I found that a lot of the shops in the northwest don't do bronze plating anymore . I was interested in tracking down who still did . moose53   

[BoomLover]

Moose53, there is a shop that did brass and bronze powder coating a few years ago, located between Coquille and Myrtle Point, on Highway 42. It is a good tough finish.  Don't know if that would give you the same result...I'll try and check it out and get back to you, if your interested. .... BoomLover

[irishman]

I've seen some great applications of 'powder coating'. As far as bronze plating, you might look up bronze plating of baby shoes. It used be a big thing.

                            Michael

[Cat Whisperer]

WHat about folks that do spray metalizing?  (Spraying the metal at many hundreds of degrees F on a slow turning lathe).  It's often done with stainless steel, so bronze would be a matter of changing out the wire feed and getting the coating thickness right.

[moose53]

Gary Michie was kind enough to send me some service photos of his howitzer . The photos show something very well that I had over looked . Black powder makes a mess of polished bronze . If you don't want to polish every time you shoot, powder coating may be the way to go . Spray metalizing may react the same as plating when it comes to keeping clean.

[guardsgunner]

There was a confederate mt. riflle done in spray bronze last year. looked pretty good. Think the guys were from Canada.

Bob