While it may not be financially rewarding to restore such a rifle, I think there is something to be said for doing so. There is only a limited number of these rifles available. This seems to me to be a rifle from a very important time in the history of G&H. The way I see it, one of two things could happen. Either this rifle could end up in another bubbas hands, and when he got done with it it may not even be recognizable as a G&H, or it could end up with someone who understood and appreciated it for what it is and did everything possible to bring it back to it's rightful place. As a younger more recent student of these rifles than many on this forum, I want to see as many of them as possible preserved. More and more people are discovering these rifles, and as they do, they are going to get harder and harder to find. Rifles such as this still allow more people to appreciate the skill and artistry of the original maker. There are just not enough pristine examples to go around. I think we owe it to the original maker to preserve his work as best we can.
John
