20 gauge CHE found in a garden shed

[George Lander]

I am of the humble opinion that NO gun is "too far gone" as not to be resurected by the right hand and I don't believe that it would cost anywhere near $10,000 to save this one.

Best Regards and Good Luck, George

[Greg Phillips]

In the right hands this gun should more than likely become a nice gun. If your desire is to keep and enjoy the gun, I say forge ahead with patience and investment.
Restoration for re sale will most likely be a marginal idea. Best wishes with your choice.

PS- Whoever left that gun in a garden shed should have been taken to the wood shed!

[tom tutwiler]

Originally Posted by George Lander

I am of the humble opinion that NO gun is "too far gone" as not to be resurected by the right hand and I don't believe that it would cost anywhere near $10,000 to save this one.

Best Regards and Good Luck, George

George I need to shop where you shop.

Agree if the barrels are salvageable you can do it for less then 11K. However Gournet (or someone of that ilk) is going to charge a good bit to rengrave and restocking with high grade Turkish will certainly cost 4K because the blank is going to cost probably a grand. Now if someone is capable of doing a lot of the work himself then that changes the dollar investment considerably. If one sent it to Turnbull I don't think my 11K figure is far off.

[C.O.B.]

You asked for an assessment of it's value in it's current state and some here have offered a thousand dollars, that's the assessed value to them. you obviously thought it was worth slightly more because that's what you paid for it. In it's present state it's worth whatever it will bring.

I think full restoration is going to run close to $10K and if the barrels are to far gone then you can add another couple of thousand for a replacement set of barrels. At the end of the project you will have between $11-15K in it. Is it worth it? Only you can answer that. I would spend the money and have it done if it were mine.

An original CHE 20 can easily bring $20K in good condition.

[C grade]

I have to agree with Greg. This would not be a financial rewarding project.
I had an initial interest in doing it, but believe I could purchase a nice all original
CHE 20ga 30" at pretty close to what this would cost to have a Bachelder or Turnbill restoration. In my experience a restored C grade Parker sells at a significant discount to a decent original. I have seen projects like this take 3-5 years. I did not make an offer for the parts , am no longer interested, but $1,000-$1,200 would not be a steal.JMHO
David

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

George I need to shop where you shop.

Agree if the barrels are salvageable you can do it for less then 11K. However Gournet (or someone of that ilk) is going to charge a good bit to rengrave and restocking with high grade Turkish will certainly cost 4K because the blank is going to cost probably a grand. Now if someone is capable of doing a lot of the work himself then that changes the dollar investment considerably. If one sent it to Turnbull I don't think my 11K figure is far off.

Tom: It's not a close comparison but the last restoration that I had Jim Kelly do for me was on a 4 bore E.M. Reilly doublegun that had rested in an attic with a leaking roof for quite a long time. The stock & action were "as new" but the barrels and forearm were rusted on both ends inside & out. Jim restored this gun for, I believe, @ $2,500 including honeing the bores, recutting the engraving and rebrowning the barrels.

Best Regards, George

[George Lander]

Originally Posted by tom tutwiler

George I need to shop where you shop.

Agree if the barrels are salvageable you can do it for less then 11K. However Gournet (or someone of that ilk) is going to charge a good bit to rengrave and restocking with high grade Turkish will certainly cost 4K because the blank is going to cost probably a grand. Now if someone is capable of doing a lot of the work himself then that changes the dollar investment considerably. If one sent it to Turnbull I don't think my 11K figure is far off.

For those familiar with the A.H. FOX Legend, Jim Kelly restored BO-WHOOP! 'nuf said?

Best Regards, George