Dandee Reproductions and Gunsmith Works

05/24/2026

Two 99Fs. One chambered in .308 and the other in .243 getting a new lease on life. Stock work credit goes to Sean Rowland.

07/28/2025

I have a number of oldies but goodies that I will be listing out on Guns International under Dandee Reproductions.

07/10/2025

A combo that I am definitely interested in.

Baird, Texas, Webley & Scotts have returned to the U.S. In this series, we discuss the Webley & Scotts currently available at affordable prices to American wing and clays shooters.

07/04/2025

Finished up the 99 EG for Bernie McNamee. It needed just a bit more work sealing up the tang.

06/30/2025

I tried something different in as far as bluing with this 1945 production EG. There was a substantial amount of red rust on the receiver and barrel. I carded off as much of the rust that I could but I felt that the old bluing or what was left of it needed to be stripped off completely. Normally I would just run it through degreasing and then put it through either hot #7 salts or hot SteelKote salts. With the amount of prep and polishing that the metal needed, I decided it would be best to take it through rust bluing. With this one, I tried something different. For the initial bluing, I took it through 5 cycles of Mark Lee express blue - heat, apply, card with steel wool, repeat (5x). After that, I took it through an additional 5 days in the damp sweat box and let this Virginia humidity do its thing. Over the 5 days, I applied the Rust Blue American solution - apply, let it sit for 24 hours, card it, repeat (5x). I probably could have extended the process a few more days with the Rust Blue American solution, but after 5 days, everything was looking good. As much as I hate rust bluing, with some of these old 99s along with other old shotguns and rifles, it’s the best course of action to take. I have a little more work to do on this rifle for Bernie McNamee in strengthening the tang area a bit more overnight with applying resin. Credit for the beautiful checkering work goes to Sean Rowland.

06/28/2025

Finished up with a 1913 production Savage 1899 .22 Savage HP takedown. Stock set came back to life and I put the metal parts through old school rust bluing with the use of a damp / sweat box.

06/15/2025

I picked up a couple of oldies but goodies today over in Maryland. The one on the left is a German Simson & Co single shot .6mm bolt action and the one on the right is a Westernfield 46A .22 S, L, and LR five shot bolt action. Should be fun projects in the future.

06/11/2025

Here is an old Damascus Ithaca Flues that I was able to restore and put back in use. Rust city for this old SxS when I got started on it.

06/11/2025

Here is an 1861 Springfield that just recently went through a good cleanup and a stock refresh.

06/11/2025

Here is a nice Savage 99 T that I recently finished. Credit for the stock work goes to Sean Rowland and his time and effort in making the stock set along with checkering it.