What do I have?

[Bruce Day]

Clean and re brown barrels $300

Clean, glue and refinish wood sparingly $300 if done outside but a skilled amateur can do it him/her self.

Lightly clean rust bloom off action frame. N.C.

TIG weld barrel hook and file to put on face. $200


What does "the ride of your life mean"?

This is a gun that was in poor condition, everything covered by a fine bloom of red rust, the barrels had to be re browned, the rust picked off the frame, the badly fractured wood was in pieces and had to be glued and pinned back together, some parts rechecked and the stock refinished. My guess is that its worth more now than when it was found in the chicken coop and worth more now than the cost of acquisition and repair but I'm no expert.