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Looks excellent; well done. I see Mark at some of the Game Fairs over here and he is always most helpful and pleasant to deal with. Lagopus.....

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That is a gorgeous gun Max',that baby must brighten your day just by looking at it..Man, she cleaned up nice, eh ?...lovely.
I grew up an hour or so south of Bristol & would love to find a nice gun from that part of the world someday,
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Congrats!!! What a looker, just wonderful. I'd be happy to own her. As others said, she cleaned up nice.

Congrats again!

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Good job, Maxey!! Always warms the heart to see an oldy-but-goody make a comeback.

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You have every right to be proud of the gun! What a beauty. If I may ask, who did the work?


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Maxey,

You got me inspired to look into the restoaration of a hmmer gun I have - nothing top level - it's a Belmont Interchangeable, 12 bore hammer gun. Off face, needs honing, cleaning etc. I move back to the states this summer, and will start looking into it's restoration.

Thanks for the great before and after pics - and the thought proces of what level to retored the gun. It's a motivating story.


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Patrick - I got lucky I think; the bones were good or it could have been a real money pit....please get a reliable smith to vet your project before diving in.

Joe Wood - I really stumbled onto the smith who's shop did the work by happenstance. They normally only work for the "trade" and asked that I not publicize his involvement with the project. I think he either took pity on me as a neophyte hammer gun owner, or he would have regretted having not stepping were I to totally have botched it up. He personally owns nothing made after 1900. I have to honor his request.

Here is one more pix everyone might find interesting...the original butt plate was horn and had a Widow's Peak....I didn't want to cut the wood and have to put on an outsized pad for the scale of the gun....check out what he managed to do!

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A Wonderful thing.
I am an American who believes in restoration, and not in the "Don't touch it; leave it as it is" school of thought.


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Originally Posted By: Sam Ogle
A Wonderful thing.
I am an American who believes in restoration, and not in the "Don't touch it; leave it as it is" school of thought.


Oh Boy!! Another can of worms. But I'm with you on this one. I've had a few restored also and always liked the after not the before. I like nice blackened bbls, nice wood finish and something I can be proud of owning and showing. Just Like this wonderful Gibbs.

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great job on the restoration. Beautiful, fantastic looking gun.

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