Most of us own anywhere from 1/2 dozen to two dozen(+) shotguns, with many of them being 50 to 100 years old. They sometime need repairs, and we sometime send one of to be refinished, restored, etc.
It seems that I almost always have at least one shotgun "away" being repaired, restocked, or restored by a gunsmith. At this time three are temporarily gone. My A-5 is having its forearm repaired, my Sterlingworth is having a buttstock crack repaired, and a Remington 1894 that I bought a year ago is being completely restored. The latter job is scheduled to take about 12 months. Hopefully the others will only be three months, or so. I also have an older Remington 11-48 disassembled on my basement workbench, for a DIY stock refinishing.
Fortunately I do have more than enough other working shotguns on hand to meet any shoting needs.
One friend's Citori is spending the summer in Texas at Briley's being fitted with sub-caliber tubes. Another friend's grandfather's Remington 1900 is in the same gunsmith's safe as my 1894, also being restored.
I was just wondering....do many of you find yourselves in a similar situation? How many of your shotguns are usually "out for repair?" On average, what is the duration of most of these absences? Which one took the longest time?
Jerry Goldstein
St. Louis, MO
