VHE 20
After reviewing 20 some pages in this forum, one opinion stuck with me. I believe it was John Campbell who said that "some guns are worth preserving, but not restoring." Such would be the case of this little VHE 20 #179466.
The original 28" barrels are now 26 1/2" and measure cyl/cyl. It is in rough, but not terrible shape, and is shootable. The ejectors are as strong as the day it left the factory, and has shootable dimensions for me--LOP 14" and 2 3/4 DAH, 6 lbs 1 oz. The frame was extremely dark, but did not appear to be blued, the barrel bluing is scanty, and the bores a little rough. I had the stock pulled off the frame and had a couple little cracks acraglassed to prevent any further problems.
In the last picture, I used a scotchbrite pad and Hoppes to clean up the frame. It still could use a little more elbow grease, but now is a nice silver.
At some time, I will probably have the stock refinished/recheckered and the barrels reblued. For the time being, I will shoot as is.
What would you do?
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