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Suggest you contact someone like Brad Bachelder or Doug Turnbull or any of a short number of craftsmen whose business is in total restorations of fine guns as well as any lesser refinishing jobs.
Asking the folks here will get you a myriad of different opinions and answers, none of which are necessarily a reflection of what kind of actual quote you will get from one of the gentlemen referenced in the above paragraph. |
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10-15-2014, 07:02 PM | #15 | ||||||
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Doug is a friend, but he charged me $200 to reengrave a VH Parker that had been previously reengraved by a talented engraver. I protested, but ended up paying the freight. Maybe you could contact someone who is less motivated by the bottom line.
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I was hoping to avoid troubling an already too busy craftsman, but it would appear easier to get a straight answer by going that route. I'll ask that no more responses be made to my query. All apologies for hijacking this thread.
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Dean, they will generally have a menu of the services they provide, with prices, on their websites.
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For the record, the only reason I didn't go this route in the first place is that I feel as though I'm being a bit annoying or troublesome when I ask someone for a quote on services for which I may have no intention of securing. I'd prefer a "round" number for these purposes, so I can simply decide if I can afford them or not. Anyway, I suppose it's best to go straight to the horses mouth in these instances.
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Yes they are quite cordial and always willing to help.
I know Brad does all this work 'in house' and I believe Brian outsources some of this work. |
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10-16-2014, 08:35 AM | #20 | ||||||
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Prices for case coloring is pretty much set by most shops that do the work. I know Turnbull is $275 to color w polished action. And that price just recently increased from $250.
The big variable in your gun is the amount of polishing and touching up that the engraving needs. That would be impossible to accurately quote without seeing the job. Another thing to note is that your engraving may not need any taking up. I have had frames that I thought needed recutting, but after annealing, the year's worth of crud got burned out of the engraving and it was actually in good shape and not needing recut.
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