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Unread 01-16-2025, 07:33 PM   #1
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Have.a nice 12bore pair.Maker mid grade fancy back BLE.Churchill rib/ect..Its never been refreshed.1950s should I have it restored sic.GW
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Why do you want to refinish it? Is the checkering gone? Barrel blue really thin?

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If someone would be kind to let me text pictures. GW
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The English have a different opinion on refinishing than we do. It is quite common to refresh the guns after a few seasons. This can be a simple application of wood finish, to entirely doing the gun over, including bluing and case hardening. it's pretty uncommon to see a best gun in a ridden hard, put away wet condition.
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Here are pictures of Grayson’s pair.













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I wouldn’t refinish this pair. They look pretty nice.

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A light application and rub out of Johnson's Paste Wax on the wood and barrels would do wonders for those guns. A refinish would be a big mistake.
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