Are opinion changing on restoring a shotgun?

[Mills]

Restoring a gun to make a profit is a losing game, just like restoring old houses, old cars or almost anything else. I am restoring a DH 10 gauge that was beat to hell. Fortunately, I did not pay much for it, but I will still have a lot more in it than it is worth. I am doing it for the satisfaction of bringing an old gun back to life.

[C.O.B.]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

I am doing it for the satisfaction of bringing an old gun back to life.

THATS exactly why a restorastion should be done, to give a fitting speciman another 100 years of field time.

[Bill Murphy]

If it weren't for the need for restocking, I would have my blued 28 gauge redone. It is a great gun, but no one appreciates the fine gloss blue on the receiver. It has a rare N.F. Strebe Gun Works recoil pad, so I'm guessing that my old friend Norman Strebe probably blued the gun as well as restocking it. Norman's shop is about three good baseball throws from William Wagner's gun store where the gun was originally sold in 1900. As I recall, we determined that this gun was the seventh 28 gauge sold by Parker Brothers. I would have to reread the PP article to be sure.