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FRANCOTTE side by side
#500664 01/06/18 04:52 PM
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I own a FRANCOTTE side by side, serial number 80977. It was purchased around 1920. Could someone please advise where to restore it. It is located in Athens, Greece. Thank you.
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Andros #500730 01/07/18 02:48 AM
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I'm not an expert on double barrel guns but as a collector of other firearms it lowers the value to get a gun restored. If you mean repaired hopefully someone here can help you out.
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Restoration of any American classic is expensive from a value standpoint and degrades it's value as a collector. However I would think that English and Continental guns would be different because it was common to "refresh" them every couple of years as needed.
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Totally apples and oranges, but interesting, I just watched a program about violins, you can take a genuine stradivarius and replace every single peace of it except the body and not hurt the value.

I would have thought differently.

If you replace the stock on a Fox have you ruined the value of the gun?

TM
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I would certainly think so as far as a collector, but I could see it in order to get a more shootable stock that would fit you with less stock drop. I just picked up a very nice prewar Churchill that was restocked with a nice piece of walnut. It's fine with me.
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