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Unread 10-04-2018, 02:35 PM   #21
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David Trevallion and Dan Morgan (Woodstock VT) are the only two guys I would let work on the stock of an English gun. Morgan did a butt transplant on one of my Husseys and the work is invisible.

The break in the wrist of the Purdey was probably the result of snapping gun closed with too much force. I saw the same thing on a 28 b Purdey. The wrist of English game guns is the most vulnerable part of the gun. Shoot 10's of thousands of rounds through them - no problem. But snapping the gun shut too many times and this is exactly what happens.
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Another very well respected and H&H trained stocker is Paul Hodgins in Utah. Unfortunately, he has a lot of work.

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The most difficult and complicated repairs on broken stocks that I have seen have been repaired by DT and Dave Wolf. Unfortunately, Trevallion is retired I have heard.
Dave Wolf recently repaired the wrist of an 0 frame VH 20 for me. It had 9 compound fractures both along the wrist, and across the wrist. I asked that the repair be done, and the stock and forearm match, but still look "age appropriate", as the gun has some provenance that I want to preserve.

The repair was utterly invisible.
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If the professional resurrection of a hugely historic 20-bore Purdey is of interest, it will certainly be worthwhile to read the lead story in this Fall's Double Gun Journal, coming soon to a mailbox near you...
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