[George Lander]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

George I need to shop where you shop.

Agree if the barrels are salvageable you can do it for less then 11K. However Gournet (or someone of that ilk) is going to charge a good bit to rengrave and restocking with high grade Turkish will certainly cost 4K because the blank is going to cost probably a grand. Now if someone is capable of doing a lot of the work himself then that changes the dollar investment considerably. If one sent it to Turnbull I don't think my 11K figure is far off.

Tom: It's not a close comparison but the last restoration that I had Jim Kelly do for me was on a 4 bore E.M. Reilly doublegun that had rested in an attic with a leaking roof for quite a long time. The stock & action were "as new" but the barrels and forearm were rusted on both ends inside & out. Jim restored this gun for, I believe, @ $2,500 including honeing the bores, recutting the engraving and rebrowning the barrels.

Best Regards, George