Originally Posted By: Terry Buffum
I think many restorations are done to preserve a gun, not for financial motivation. I know that was what prompted my "Clunker Optimus" project some years ago, and has me starting on another similar gun which is literally blown up right now.

http://lefeverforum.informe.com/clunker-optimus-dt514.html

I think you'll find the pre-auction comments from my collecting friends amusing, as I did.


I enjoy the process, and limit my rate of expenditure to what my bank balance allows. My "losses" upon sale over the 50+ years I've done this are probably less than on my stock market "investments" gone bad and my new car post purchase depreciation.

I don't think it is reasonable to expect to profit from a hobby!



First, that is a very nice gun.

I don't expect to make a profit, merely trying to learn and decide whether a gun is worth spending more money on it to restore or to leave it as is.

I have become addicted to English hammered shotguns to the detriment of my wallet.