Bachelder Restoration

[Bruce Day]

20ga DH, 0 frame. Bronze bore liners were installed early on. The usual reason for installing bore liners was to return the bore to dimension after removing excessive pitting.

Before:

[Bruce Day]

After Bachelder Master Gunmakers ( PGCA member):

[winplumber]

I dont know what to say , I kinda like the old but that is just me . Wood looks great the metal is mainly my issue .

[Bruce Day]

I'll leave it on for a while and if no one likes it I'll delete the post. I wouldn't want people to have to look at an ugly gun.

[Bill Murphy]

Bruce, can you tell us more about the barrel liners?

[Mills]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

I'll leave it on for a while and if no one likes it I'll delete the post. I wouldn't want people to have to look at an ugly gun.

I can think of many words, but "ugly" is not one of them. More like "beautiful"

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

I'll leave it on for a while and if no one likes it I'll delete the post. I wouldn't want people to have to look at an ugly gun.

God I love the D grade.

[winplumber]

We have seen some ugly guns, But who said this was ugly ?

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Was it a 12ga before the bbl liners? Never seen a small bore with a fish tail.

[Drew Hause]

Originally a 20, and the previous owner didn't know by whom/when the liners were done



another shot of the liners