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When you get to the decision point to have a nice gun restored by a top person like Dewey you don't let price be your guide. Dewey doesn't do half ass work and we should be willing to pay him to fix it right. Now being able to afford it might be another issue. Restorations and repairs are almost all labor cost. The materials might be fifty dollars but twenty hours labor will be well more than a thousand dollars.
When we look at a buggered screw we think that's not too hard, maybe a hour. When it gets done right it might be three to four hours. Maybe more. So a hundred dollar job becomes a four hundred dollar job. Work done right takes a lot of time and expertise. Most of what he does is hero smithing. Fix the last buggered repair which was done on the cheap or done by a smith who doesn't know how to do it right.
I am looking at a full restoration project that will cost between three thousand and four thousand dollars. The gun will never be worth the extra investment to anyone else. But the gun is rare, interesting and I shoot it fairly well. Maybe I can get three extra grands use out of it in this lifetime. Hope one of my boys likes it after I am done. If not someone will be getting a well restored gun for about half price.
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Sidelock
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I am looking at a full restoration project that will cost between three thousand and four thousand dollars.
That range would be my guess for Dewey's work on the XE shown. Closer to 4g prolly. JR
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Sidelock
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Yeah, I just put over 5 grand in a 3 grand car because I like it a lot and plan on using it up. Guns have an even longer useful life if taken care of and the patina just adds to the appeal.
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Sidelock
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Well if you consider that a gun has lasted a hundred year so far and when restored to like new condition should be good for another fifty to hundred years the cost is not that bad. I'm just stuck with the middle years. Those of a worn out or ugly gun being put back into great condition, given great looks once again. It would have been more fun to buy it when new or get it after all the work has been done. I understand your car decision if you like the car its not a bad decision as I have owned more than one car that I did not want to ever say good buy to.
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