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Without seeing the gun, it is difficult to tell how much skill it would take to bring it back.
However, I would not recommend that a novice "restorer" start with a DH, no matter how tatty it might appear at first. There are plenty of abused Trojans and VH guns out there to "learn on." I do, however, hope you get the gun and help it come back to life. |
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01-11-2014, 06:40 AM | #4 | ||||||
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I paid 400 for a VH in that condition and for the same reason. Don't spend more than you can afford to loose is my advice. Potential re-sale is not likely. It is a good learning experience.
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01-11-2014, 09:31 AM | #5 | ||||||
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The biggest factors are how much you will pay versus how much work it will need.
A DH is surely not the first gun to try your hand at workin on. Depending on what that work may be. What type of work would you like to try and do yourself? Might be better to aquire a lower grade gun that is border line parts to try major restoration efforts on first. Odds are, the barrels will be good. I do not mean good enough to restore, but might be good enough to use as is. Or there may be other issues with them that make cosmetic refinishing an illogical choice. Pitting on the frame can be an issue to consider too. If it is beyond very light, the frame will have to be annealed, pitting polished out and engraving taken back up. To be right that is. If the purchase price is right, buy the gun and get it evaluated fully to see if it is a good candidate for restoration. Then go from there.
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01-11-2014, 09:54 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Condition is everything. The fact that the gun is a D Grade doesn't add to its value if he receiver is pitted and worn. $1000 could buy you a nicer P or G.
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01-11-2014, 10:27 AM | #7 | ||||||
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John Harvard has a very nice restored GH damascuss 12ga listed in the for sale section. He has reduced the price to below $2K. That should give you an idea of value vs cost.
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Well I bought the gun. I think my description was accurate other than the receiver actually looks pretty good. No pitting. It's a #1 frame and I think the barrels are probably toast. The dent looks like a repair was attempted using god knows what and there is a small horizontal crack about 10" from the muzzle end. Probably 1\4 " long. It's too bad because other than that that the barrels look pretty good. Very nice black/white Damascus pattern and bores look pretty good. I also bought a GH #2 frame from him. Probably would clean up pretty well. I'm in under $1k for both guns. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. Definitely thinking of sending them to someone for evaluation.
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01-11-2014, 10:54 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Please post some pictures,
maybe parts sales from the D can defray the cost of any work need on the G Is the G 2 frame also a 12? how long are the barrels? and what are they like?
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01-11-2014, 11:12 AM | #10 | ||||||
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The DH WOOD is also not original - it's a restock that was probably a nice peice of wood, but really poorly done and maybe not salvageable. Original Skelton butt plate is there and I did get the original one which is a wreck.
The GH is a 12 and a damascus. Can still we the pattern fairly well but they have that brownish patina. I don't know that I want to make the DH a parts gun. The thing is beautiful. I. see why a couple of you have said maybe an amateur restoration may not be the best thing to do. I may be going down a very dangerous path here- one where I'll Spend lots of money. I'll post some pictures when I get a chance, but I have a terrible time getting good detailed gun pictures for some reason. |
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