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Unread 03-03-2011, 10:01 AM   #11
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Thanks Bruce........does DelGrego have an email address ?

I know the restoration hurts the value but I now have a gun that fits me and I am not afraid to shoot.
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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.

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I believe that Ohio Case Color Co. does bone charcoal case coloring.Maybe they do cyanide too?
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I believe that Ohio Case Color Co. does bone charcoal case coloring.Maybe they do cyanide too?
That's what I thought too. Eric
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I have heard that Ohio Case Color Co. is out of business--and has been for a couple of years now, something about the proprietor having health issues. Is this erroneous info?
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I believe that Ohio Case Color Co. does bone charcoal case coloring.Maybe they do cyanide too?
They NEVER did case case colors that duplicated Parker colors. I called a few years ago about a project and was told that they could not reproduce Parker colors.
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Jay,I agree and I think that their colors were a little too vivid. But on the other hand I have seen a few of their case color jobs that have aged and they look pretty nice. Better than quite a few other attempts I have witnessed.
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I agree with Jay and Dave too. The Case Color Company of Ohio better replicated colors we generally see on original Marlin and some Winchester lever-action rifles.
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I'm not convinced that this CHE has been refinished with cyanide coloring, looks to my eyes to be those bone charcoal case colors that come out of John Gillette's shop, Classic Guns, Inc. Here's a link to a few more pics of this gun:
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...?f=71&t=250591
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