There is a big difference in restoration and upgrading. If I had a quality gun like the Colonel's 99 with family history, I'd have no reluctance to have someone restore it to what it may have looked like when a loved one bought it new. On the other hand, my understanding of upgrading is taking a G grade Lefever and making a fake Optimus out of it. I suspect the poster was thinking restoration and typed upgrade?...Geo
Besides, it would likely be cheaper to buy a hi-grade than to make one out of a worn field gun.
Last edited by Geo. Newbern; 08/28/18 07:41 PM. Reason: added final sentence
