Robert...Roland has done several guns for me in the last 20 years..including gold work. When he lived in South Florida, he was about 10 miles from me. He does a lot of work for Colt..and..as I recall did the colt for Pres. Bush. If he is too busy..look up Rod Dilling in Lake Placid...

Proper engraving recutting would mean annealing the metal, polishing, recutting and then re-case hardening the frame. I would estimate that all may cost you upwards of $3,000.

Some would recut it in its hard state with carbide cutters, but the results can be less than desirable in my opinion.

Where are you at in S FL.? I am in Jensen Beach.

After removing a layer of what looked like clear cerakote and a layer of a rust neutralizer, the barrel had external pitting completely covering the length of both tubes.
I know that whether to refinish or not can be subjective, but this barrel had been terribly neglected by a previous owner, and “restored” by someone. It needed a lot of help.
Striking and polishing is the part of what I do that I enjoy the least. It’s dirty and makes my hands ache.
Here is a “during” pic with 95% of the pits removed, in the white, finally ready to start the process. I measured periodically, and this 2frame had plenty of thickness.
Have patience, and I will have “after” pics in a couple months.

It's hard to believe those are the same barrels Breck. Nice work!!





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Almost in tears I am so happy. :rotf: Thank you so much for posting this and the beautiful job you are doing. Glad I got the gun back from my brother in-law. Remember it as my dad's in the 50s. But never saw him use it.
I have all the patience in the world. :corn: