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It would be so much more warm and sentimental if the guy did the restoration/upgrade of such a gun himself. He would therefore pour his heart and soul in such an endeavor. Dependence upon others and delegating all that responsibility to others providing only money, to restore or buy and sell 100 guns for profit, just seems so cold, and only a utilitarian venture for the profiteer. Sad really, diminishing the purity of the originality of the factory produced highly graded piece for profit.....and now theres another high grade gun thats not factory original. Sorry, but of course, thats only my humble opinion. I will be devoting all my time to the study of Dentistry. In the future, I'm going to perform my own root canals. Allowing a D.D.S. to do my dental work no longer gives me a warm or sentimental feeling. Sorry CBack
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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Bob, whats the story on how this project found you?
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NEAT!! Closure  Thank you for the reports Mike
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Hello Chuck.
This is my third SaltWood restoration, the other two a 28 gauge Pigeon and a 20 gauge Diana.
Both were sold with full disclosure at a handsome profit.
Part two...
I've bought and sold well over 100 guns in the past 20 years.
Better watch it Bob. Your pal SKB is always looking for violations of the law, and selling that many guns with a publicly stated profit motive... without having a Federal Firearms License puts you in direct competition with legitimate FFL dealers. But everyone here abouts likes you, so I wouldn't worry about it.
Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug
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If a man is willing to put his time and money into restoring a gun like this into something better I am all for it. Please keep us posted.
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It would be so much more warm and sentimental if the guy did the restoration/upgrade of such a gun himself. He would therefore pour his heart and soul in such an endeavor. Dependence upon others and delegating all that responsibility to others providing only money, to restore or buy and sell 100 guns for profit, just seems so cold, and only a utilitarian venture for the profiteer. Sad really, diminishing the purity of the originality of the factory produced highly graded piece for profit.....and now theres another high grade gun thats not factory original. Sorry, but of course, thats only my humble opinion.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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Buzz.....the 19th century London gun making fraternity would absolutely drive you crazy. Because outside of Reilly, Colt and Trantor...after 1850 there were absolutely no gun makers relying totally on their in-house expertise. Even Purdey was sending barrels out to be blacked and engraved.
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Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch
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Buzz.....the 19th century London gun making fraternity would absolutely drive you crazy. Because outside of Reilly, Colt and Trantor...after 1850 there were absolutely no gun makers relying totally on their in-house expertise. Even Purdey was sending barrels out to be blacked and engraved. Thats different , Argo. This is a salt wood Browning Superposed 28 ga being upgraded with new 70s-80s barrels (even though the salt barrels with a different rib configuration are likely sound) and being turned into a Pointer grade with superlight configuration. This isnt a restoration. Its upgrading to a high grade piece. Sorry, but my humble opinion is this isnt a restoration, rather upgrading to something different and rare, but no way original.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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