Buck Hamlin passed.

[Mills]

I always enjoyed his turkey hunting stories and the guns he fixed up each year just for the occasion.

[Trevor Rice]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

I always enjoyed his turkey hunting stories and the guns he fixed up each year just for the occasion.

My favorite is when he shot the 5 bearded Tom

[jsd245]

Wow I just saw this. What a bummer. I had him restore two LC smiths for me including one really rough 10ga that he did an incredible job on. I also recently acquired a Lefever that was almost certainly restored by him. He’s did great work and was a really nice guy when I spoke to him.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

I think it may be appropriate, and for Trevor's benefit, to post a few pictures of one of my favorite Buck restorations that he did for me. It's not an expensive gun, but it might be a little rare as the only 28" A grade Lefever skeet gun I've seen; all the rest being 26". Very nice work.
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[Stan Hoover]

That is beautiful Larry,

those case colors are as close to original Ithaca colors as I've seen.

Thanks for sharing,
Stan

[Trevor Rice]

Originally Posted by Larry Stauch

I think it may be appropriate, and for Trevor's benefit, to post a few pictures of one of my favorite Buck restorations that he did for me. It's not an expensive gun, but it might be a little rare as the only 28" A grade Lefever skeet gun I've seen; all the rest being 26". Very nice work.
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Thank you for that! The CCH was his own recipe, I know how he did it but don’t know the mixture. He also free hand checkered the stocks on his lap. He did not use a girdle (which to me is even more impressive)

I loaded a photo of one of his Ithaca guns that looks very similar