Let's see some wood
 

We have looked at dogs, (no birds though?) and tips so lets see some of the stocks that hold it all together.

If I did this right...NO guarantees these are as follow
1) CHE 16..Bernard also:)
2) CHE 20
3) VHE 28
4) BH 28
5) DHE 12 Trap

The last pic is actually the VHE 28. Like I said NO guarantees, Hell it's a wonder I got hese up:banghead:

GH
 

Just an old GH.

COB..... I can't believe you did it!...:shock: Good on you....Just goes to show ya old dogs can be taught new tricks......:rolleyes: Nice lumber on those old girls. I will try to add to your album after I go burn some powder.

1882 Quality 3 top lever 12ga

I'd like to see the rest of the BH 28. Is it one of the first 28s?

This is my father's VH, now mine. It's the one that got me involved here when I first started looking for replacement barrels. Big mistake. Bitten by the bug and suffering some serious "itis".

The stock was really rough, so in the late '70s or early '80s, I re-did the wood and stripped and cleaned all the metal. This wood saw a lot of hunting after the re-finish. It is hand rubbed oil (Lin Speed was the brand). Probably at least 20 coats, cut down with 0000 steel wool between every coat. The wood fared better than the barrels ultimately.

Cheers,
Jack

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/cpg1...s/HPIM6785.JPG

Bill the BH 28 was made in 1930. Here are some additional pictures. DelGrego redid the colors sometime ago.

Linspeed
 

Jack, I really like Linspeed finish. Here's a '98 I refinished (my first) about 55 years ago with Linspeed using the same process you did on the VH. Every few years, a few more drops hand rubbed in brings it up to "speed".

Also, here's a l&r of a butt stock (not Linspeed); can you guess the grade?

Nice grain Fred. I'm not great at guessing. It is a simple checkering pattern, squared off at the end. On that alone, I'll eliminate ABCDGV. Is it a Trojan with a capped PG? I have not seen that checkering pattern before but there's a lot I haven't seen in this life.

Cheers,
Jack