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[Bindlestiff]

Originally Posted by James Michael Moyer

One other question and this is not the answer I wanted but still not going to ignore advice if it continues BY QUALIFIED gunsmith, of course. I've taken both guns (both demascus) to a local gunsmith. Without hesitating and with no inspection he said never shoot them only because they are demascus. I asked "even with special shell" he said no. My intentions are to shoot these guns sparingly year to year. That's what they r meant to do in my opinion. I want to take care of them but use them also. THe gunsmith admitted without hesitation also that these guns are not his specialty and I respect that. So my plan of action has been, order the letters, make sure there is no provenance that would make me not want to do certain things, send them to qualified gunsmith for inspection/repairs to bring them into shooting shape, get thumbs up or down, shoot them if possible, then decide to restore or not in the coming years. Is that the correct way of thinking? Most seems to be big on this Brian guy as a gunsmith and said it just takes time to get gun(s) which I am fine with too.

As I pointed out above, look at the links on the main page. I just looked over the FAQ link and saw that this question may be answered in FAQ #1 in the "General Parker Knowledge" section. I forgot that was there....