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I like the finish on my Revelation the way it is. Very nice job.

It's not Lin Speed, Eightbore, it's Tru Oil, and it is a very nice built-up gloss finish. I think it looks great and it's a real shame to mess with it. My 30" barrelled RBL12 light frame has this finish and I would not think of "knocking it down" to a duller finish.

I have a couple of doubles that I have finished out to a soft satin sheen with boiled linseed and progressive sanding to a 1000 grit polish that are very nice. I wanted them different from a gloss finish. Both types of finishes please me, and I don't care to change one to the other.
JR

I received my Revelation about a month ago, but didn't shoot it until today. Got the 30 inch barrels and english stock, and I really like the balance and it fits me well. It smashed the clays. My only disappointment is I did purchase the wood upgrade, and it compares to my eye in no way with the quality of the upgrades I've seen with their RBL guns.

Call them and tell them you did not get a satisfactory upgrade.
JR

They have been replacing stocks for at least some unhappy upgraded wood purchasers and well they should. Keeping in mind that wood grade is somewhat subjective. It's certainly worth a try. From reports I have read on these guns, it sounds like they are really making an effort to keep folks happy.

To me it isn't worth the time and hassle to call, complain, ship, wait, hope the replacement is better, then get what you get.

CSMC should sure know what a suitable wood upgrade amounts to by now. Clearly they sent Bruce Buck a stock upgrade he gushed about in his review of the gun in Shooting Sportsman. This ain't that....

I feel it is just as important to let potential customers who aren't professional reviewers know what they should expect in a wood upgrade from CSMC these days... not much (unless they complain).

Call me old fashioned... I expect a Made in America product which targets the upper end of the available market, and asks you to pay an additional premium to purchase it, to get their quality "upgrade" right the first time.

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This what I got first try. I'm not a professional reviewer. I think I got my money's worth. You deserve the same. The person I know of who felt the same as you about his wood upgrade, got a nice replacement. It only a took two or three weeks. He showed photos of both stocks, on another site. Not trying to be argumentative but I think you are cutting off your nose to spite their face.

I appreciate your engagement.

PM me your email address. I'll send you a couple photos of what I received.

Thanks,
GG

Seriously?

Beretta will be making guns 100 years from now. CSMC, not so much.

For every one of these things CSMC sells, the Italian industry will sell 1,000 guns.

Good luck with your selection, but finding a happy customer of this marvelous CT savior of the sporting gun industry can be a challenge. At least at the clubs I frequent.

I would like to see the numbers you are using to determine that "Most Italian guns are overpriced", Niemann. There must be a lot of overpriced Italian guns that I am not aware of. Considering that Beretta, Zoli, Guerini, F (and I) Rizzini, Poli, Piotti, and many other makers, are all reasonably priced for what you get, and make up the bulk of the doubles sold out of Italy, you must be aware of a lot of sales by the higher end makers (Fabbri, Bosis, Famars, P & V, etc.) that I am not.

SRH