Restoration: an act of restoring or the condition of being restored, such as a bringing back to a former position or condition.
Conservation: a careful preservation and protection of something.
Preservation: the act, process, or result of preserving something, such as the activity or process of keeping something valued alive, intact, or free from damage or decay.
These terms tend to be used interchangeably or even the same meaning, but they are each very different. Especially in how we tend to historical, vintage, or artifact firearms.
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