He does, but I've forgotten it. Lawrence Del Grego at 315 894 8754.
As to "hurt value", not necessarily. It would depend on the condition the gun was in before refinishing. Some posters here have forgotten that at the Julia auction two years ago, there were a few high grade guns that were determined to be high original condition by experts such as significant Parker collectors and consultants such as LaRue and Dillon. Restoration gunsmith Doug Turnbull identified some of those guns as having been redone by him and that was disclosed at auction. The guns sold in the same range as they had been estimated to sell for before the Turnbull disclosure. So for those guns in that instance, restoration properly and flawlessly done did not hurt gavel price and placed those guns at par with original high condition guns.
The devil is in the details for restorations.
Enjoy your gun and have fun with it.
Bruce
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