Restored CHE

[quote=joe souther;37134]I sent photos to Classic Guns but I have not heard back yet. I would just like to know what it looked like before the restoration. The engraving is still sharp and the wood too metal fit is good.

Here are other photos:[/The first foto- showing the bottom of the receiver- if you look closely at the left barrel side you can see a slight gap in the trigger plate fit to the receiver, and that the machine screw slot has a slight "wiggle". Possible this happened in the restoration- just as heat follows cold in movement, heat input in ferrous metals will always flow from the thicker mass to the thinner edges- tricky bit of business here. Didn't the late Dr. Gaddy also do re-case hardening on Parkers in his lab??

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

[Didn't the late Dr. Gaddy also do re-case hardening on Parkers in his lab??

Yes he did but his colors were more like the subdued original Parker Bros. colors and not at all like some of the 'over the top' colors so many refinishers and restorers we see today.