Mechanically and operationally, I've built a half dozen of them and tune and fire them pretty regularly. I don't do refinishing, but can help you out with operational and maintenance issues.
There's your mechanical answer Asmo, I have played with a couple but nothing serious.
I can handle the parkerizing however.
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