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And how much$$$ ?

Kirk Merrington has been mentioned, and I am leaning that way....but I am open to suggestions closer to Chicago?





Thank you,
Mark

?? Oh, now I see it. The first rule of peening damage is to locate an area where the metal has been displaced above its previous level. Second is to move that metal back where it started. I would make the exposed area perfect and let any defective area remain on the face where it won't be seen.

not an easy fix. The displaced metal will need to be pushed back in to place as best as it can be and then re-struck, re-engraved and the damascus re-finished. Lots of work and it will never be perfect. I have to do one for a gun I own and am not looking forward to it.

The pill on that could be more than that (Ithaca Minier/Crass?) gun is worth if not kept in the right perspective.

As Bill pointed out, the metal needs to be worked back as best as possible. That means the outside diameter back to level. The breachface gets whatever it gets back. I'm guessing maybe 70% back in place. Then, I'd TIG weld it up and dress it down on the breachface. The metal work is actually not all that tough. Any decent engraver could chase the lines and border triangles. The decision starts getting tougher when you look at whether to refinish completely or not. I'd look at the rest of the gun to help make that choice. Also, I'd try to minimize the area I worked on to see if the option of no refinish would be acceptable. There is quite a bit of wear in the breach area of those barrels. Maybe some local fume rust blueing and a mild etch. But, just polished up may be fine too. The metal repair, minus engraving and refinish looks like a couple hours work to me.

I'd contact Brad Bachelder in Grand Rapids Michigan. Brad does this type of work all the time and he really knows damascus barrels.

http://www.bacheldermastergunmakers.com/Bachelder_Master_Gunmakers/Welcome.html

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the input.

Best,
Mark

A second to dogon's recommendation,

I've had Brad Bachelder do similar work with outstanding results!

Mark

Try Hugh Lomas in Elkhart Lake, Wi.

I have a question here. Admittedly this is ugly but is it affecting the functionality of this gun in any way? Out of curiousity; were these barrels dropped?
Jim

Jim, no function issues.

I feel it is just fine to fire, just an uncommon, expensively nasty cosmetic issue.

And yes, they were dropped/banged during shipment, and not packaged the way they should have been.

Made it 110 years only to get this kind of treatment, pretty neat gun otherwise....#4 gun from 1901 with straight stock:(

Best,
Mark