GH Is this a candidate for restoration

[Side X Side]

I purchased this 1911 GH Damascus a couple years ago. Is this a candidate for restoration. All serial numbers match. The top lever spring is broke. There is a crack in the stock but does not go very deep.

Dick L.







Brazed area on end of barrels










Crack in stock

[Dean Romig]

Dick, the cost of restoring that gun will be more than the gun will be worth when it is finished.

I don't mean to sound harsh but that's the reality of it.

[Side X Side]

Thanks Dean. Wonder if it could be made a safe shooter.

[Bruce Day]

There are a lot of decent GH 12ga damascus guns available for under $2000 that just need cosmetics in the stock and barrels finish. Start with a good platform, it will be far less expensive in the long run.

[Side X Side]

Thanks Bruce. I have spare parts for my future GH. LOL

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but its got turnips

[Dean Romig]

Calvin, those are some of the most rotund "turnips" I've seen. I think they're delightful! Thanks for pointing that out.

[Side X Side]

Originally Posted by calvin humburg

but its got turnips

Sorry I am lost on this, guess it was a inside joke.

[Dean Romig]

Richard, it's not an inside joke at all. The ducks engraved on the earlier hammer guns as well as the hammerless have been referred to as "flying turnips" because of their shape. I think it was Ed Muderlak who first coined the expression in his first book "Parker Guns, The Old Reliable" and it stuck. Yours are some of the finest flying turnips I have seen with the exception of some done on early Meriden Fire Arms guns. They were probably engraved by the same contractor as both Parker Bros. and Meriden Fire Arms were made in the same city.

[Side X Side]

Rotund is a good description of them as well as me!