Another Basket Case

[edgarspencer]

Fellow member, Keith Bedard, had his Grandfather's Nichols & Lefever stashed away in the back of his safe, and, on my suggestion, decided to send it to Brad Batcheldor. It just came back, and to say I was wowed would be an understatement. It left in the condition of George Purtill's grade 2. Broken stock, reinforcing plates screwed on to hold it together, cobbled up trigger guard, and just plain ugly.
On receipt, Brad told Keith the gun was rare enough to warrant a full restoration, and that is an understatement. Some people balk at the cost of doing such work, but assuming they own a gun as messed up as this one was, for little or no money, It's easy to justify the expense when you consider that no one would walk by a gun on the shelf in any shop for such a bargain.
Keith did his grandfather proud, and Brad made it happen.