Take advice from someone who has "restored" things in the past: I have restored 6 cars to concours condition, one of which scored the highest ever for the type of car. While the restorations no doubt made the cars worth more money, I never made money. Always cost more than you could get for it. You generally don't restore something because you'll make money. You do it because you like projects, want to perserve history, like the satisfaction, want to drive yourself crazy, etc. and of course, have money burning a hole in your pocket.
Greg, being a part of the collector car world, I know there is a lot of interest in "survivors" but how they defined survivor is really a term of art. A "survivor" to them is what we would call a high condition gun, ie all original with 70%+ condition. Like Parkers, those cars are very rare. In the car hobby, a survivor is not an old worn out car found in a barn. That is a restoration project that no one thinks twice about.
Brian, I agree with you about maintenance which guns need. My point that one who wants to partially "restore" a gun adds little to it.
The gun world is unlike the car world, and thus may not be a good comparision but it was all I could think of. Some say never restore, but I see no warm restroing some guns. I wouldn't personally bother if the gun didn't have its original stock and barrels as at that point there is nothing to "restore".
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