"Restore" is one thing, "upgrade" entirely another. I wholeheartedly support the first, cannot support the second. These guns deserve to live out their lives in a condition as good as can be provided them. But they do not deserve to be made to appear more than they are. They came into the world as honest guns, and should be allowed to so remain.

Frankly, I think the vanity of the owner who cannot abide having a simple field grade gun in the cabinet is a poor reason to "upgrade" a gun.

jmVERYho.

Fin

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein