Brian: Option 1 is me, myself or I..... (pending time as I have a day job and it's a nightmare setup to get right) I know enough when to bow to those that do it every day (trading time for $$). I'd rather spend my spare time engraving.
Option 2 is YOU or Fred Wenig's old company. I got to know them pretty well from my days in Illinois and running over the border. The are no longer the company Fred used to run which has me concerned. Lots of the old crowd is gone. I do know several of the guys personally, but unless I have that 1:1 contact, she's coming to you.
Tom: Amen X10. I gave them a very hard run over (under the loupe and submerged looking for bubbles). Solder is solid, bbls ring true and zero pitting! Not even scratching inside the bores. I was starting to think hone job. The bore scope showed it wasn't. (win!) I don't think she was shot much given the level of very old grease inside the action, hinge pin, extractor, etc. Zero pitting on the face, firing pin tips look new (no scratching/scuffing), no wear marks inside the action from parts moving and a lot of color inside the action also. Outside was wire wheeled. (uggh) The condition of the guts is why I said "yes" to this one.
I have to say my objective isn't a HARD restoration (hanging tag level), but something the boys can enjoy when they are my age. Right now there is a small "fight" going on between them over "who gets" this one. That's part of the reason I'm looking at re-engraving into a high grade.
Dan
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