Cleaning?
 

Hello all, I am wondering about cleaning or what all I can do to the VH that I have w/o doing any damage to the vale of the gun? Yes I am making sure the gun is well kept and oiled. Recheckering? Adding a bevertail? Looking for a butplate(not chipped)? I am just using Rem oil and hopes to clean.

Todd AKA
Candyman

Adding a beavertail forum is not going to help the value. It will hurt the value.

If you want a BTFE, One could be fashioned for it and the original forend wood put away for safe keeping and that way no alterations would be done to the gun and it could always be put back.
But that would only be advised if you like shooting with a BTFE. When it is on the gun, it would not add value unless it had the original forend wood with it.

Recutting checkering would not hurt value, especially if it needs to be done. And if done properly, it would improve the value if the original is worn. it could be done so that it does not look like it was touched.

If the buttplate is broken, replacing it would help it since it is something that is broken and needing repair.

And as far as cleaning. You do not want to do anything that will damage the original finish on the metal or wood. Nothing abrasive. And if the finish is original, it would be shellac. Shellac is disolved with alcohol.

B. Dudley,
Wow you do great work, I was just at your gunstocks page. Thank you for your time and professionalism. Looks like you do a lot of work in this area. Also might I inquire about the cost of recheckering?

David,
I will send you a PM regarding this.