Devongunsmith Diaries #43 Denton & Kennall Sidelock Strip-down Service

Devongunsmith Diaries #43 Denton & Kennall Sidelock Strip-down Service
The rusty sidelock actions on this gun needed a full strip down to clean, polish and lubricate before re-assembling.
The Devongunsmith Diaries concept was conceived by me during lock down, and the premise was to be able to perform work without a fully set up gunsmiths workshop, but rather, using just the Cottage Kitchen Table, a few hand tools, some cordless tools, a table vice, and other small DIY tools.
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0:00:00 Intro
0:10:00 Strip down & remove rust
0:19:50 Clean Parts
0:25:00 Reassemble & Grease
0:38:46 2nd lock serviced
0:47:00 Timelapse
0:50:00 Refit Locks
0:53:00 Testing
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[@specdel]

Yes looks very similar to my Arrietta. As usual a super educational video. One of the most usefully instructive parts is demonstrating one’s own limitations! More than once considered disassembling the locks and now glad I resisted the urge to. I’m sure I would end up spending about a week exploring the workshop floor in search of those little springs.

[@devongunsmith4698]

I have an Arrietta in for some work. 👍

[@specdel]

@@devongunsmith4698 Mine has ‘Andrew J Cochrane Wisbech’ on the rib but has a 1929 Spanish proof mark with an Arrietta logo on the flats!

[@devongunsmith4698]

@@specdel yes the makers traditionally made a generic standard gun for the local iron monger or hardware store if they bought a batch, with the trade name of the store. this happened in British Birmingham gun quarter a lot.

[@stevemaynard9003]

Denton & Kennel when they were in business, had a shop in Somerton, Somerset, not far from me. Nearly all their guns were made in Spain and at the cheap end of the market. They looked great but they did not have the greatest reputation for reliability. They advertised widely in the shooting press, but went out of business many years ago.

[@devongunsmith4698]

Thanks for your contribution. very interesting. 👍

[@thomaspaine5091]

nice video Devon very educational

[@devongunsmith4698]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@krisprice1233]

Fantastic video very informative , i have a Denton and Kennel silverpoint looks very very similar to the one you have here . Unfired untill last year cracking little gun .

[@devongunsmith4698]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@posei3960]

Suggestion, if I may be so bold? To stop the hand vice locking up 'early' I put a couple of washers and some grease under the wing nut. It never did it again

[@devongunsmith4698]

Good idea! I will implement that Mod 👍

[@posei3960]

@@devongunsmith4698 it’s caused ( I think) by the screw thread not being at 90° to the wing nut base so it binds on the edge 👍

[@devongunsmith4698]

@@posei3960I believe you are correct. I noticed it binding up.

[@paulheiser1]

Fascinating stuff, any idea who would have originally supplied the action in the white?

[@devongunsmith4698]

Almost certainly Spanish.

[@rob-nb7oc]

I hate to see a shotgun that neglected.

[@devongunsmith4698]

It happens too frequently.