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It's evident Ed didn't do it.
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Pachmayer, at one time advertised, for such work, offering to up-grade Parkers to A-1s and Invincibles, Smiths to Deluxe Grades, and Model 21s to Grand American for $5000 and up. They also upgraded guns to be donated to DU for auction/fund raising purposes. Over the years I have seen a fair number of these guns; some much better done than others, but all have featured outstanding English walnut stocks. Seems that Frank Pachmayer owned and operated his own saw mill; and from his lumbering efforts saved some fabulous blanks to be used personally, and within his company.
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The buttstock sure doesn't match very well from side to side.
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I remember Pachmayer's operation in the Orville area in the 1980 era. He had an old orange shed with thousands of stocks stored and drying. The operation was ran by an one man about 70 years old. He had a chain saw mill and hydraulic equipment and could handle and saw up huge walnut trunks. He had the knowledge on sawing for figure. At the time they were selling blanks to Japan and Browning. It was an amazing operation.
Jim A.
Last edited by james-l; 03/08/07 04:11 PM.
I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong
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That gun reminds me of paint which has not yet dried.
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Interesting. I didn't know that the history if upgrading shotguns went back so far.
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Upgrading guns like that was one of the many specialties done by Pachmayr in the good old days. Frank's ofice wall was filled with fine guns like this, inches apart, with only the door to break up the wonderful collection. I remember one that had a 1 karat diamond for a front bead.
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The book "Frank A. Pachmayr, America's Master Gunsmith" published by Safari Press is a very interesting read. Seems when walnut groves in California and Oregon began to be sold off for development in the 1950's or so, Frank Pachmayr negotiated to buy the trees, all the trees. He literally had barns filled with walnut logs and stumps. I have a friend who is also a German gunsmith who was friends with him, and somehow got some of those walnut slabs. I bought what remained of them when my friend's shop closed, and I still have a couple of blanks cut from them, full of fiddleback figure. I have seen several custom Mauser rifles built by his firm, as well as two Parker upgrades. The work was absolutely the best I have ever seen.
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I had a DHE Pachmayr had restocked in the A1 pattern. It had a beautiful piece of walnut and the metal refinish was perfect. Unfortunately I couldn't hit a barn from the inside with it for some reason so sold it. I believe it had been done up for a DU auction.
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