Restore, refinish, or leave it alone?

[Troy Marsh]

Thanks so much Jack. I have no desire to try to do any of this myself. I've already spoken to Brad Bachelder, who gave me an estimate of 2-4 months turnaround time. Pricey, but you get what you pay for. If the wood turns out like I hope, maybe I'll invest some more in the barrels. We'll have to wait and see...

And I agree that shooting them is fun. I still remember killing my first deer, a 7 point, in October, 1974, with my 20 gauge DHE.

[charlie cleveland]

im glad you got that buck with your 20 ga parker....i like to here stories about deer hunting with the double barrels... i killed a doe last year with a 8 ga hammer gun parker o grade...used 00 buck 24 pellets to the load....range estmated 50 yards 7 hits in deer...clean kill...what load did you use to get that buck... charlie

[Troy Marsh]

#1 buckshot at 10 steps. I was 10 years old, first time on a stand by myself. There was no such thing as "still hunting," only running them with dogs. I heard the dogs bringing him and didn't appreciate how close they were until the old boy popped out of the woods right in front of me. We were so close that our eyes locked and he froze for a split second, broad sided, just long enough for me to get off a shot. I can still see his eyes like it was yesterday. My second shot missed as he wheeled around and headed back the way he came from. We found him about 20 yards inside the woods.