restoration challange

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vaturkey
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restoration challange

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Looks like it would be a fun project for someone who wanted the ultimate woodcock and grouse gun.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =153898230


Would like an estimate on what it would take to turn this into a shooter. PS. Has anyone ever attempted to work on a gun this far gone?
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waterman
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Re: restoration challange

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I will say a parts gun and not many there for that. The barrels have been shortened not a lot you can do about that. I will say pass Donnie
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Re: restoration challange

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vaturkey, I visited your latest restoration challenge last week. I can't wait to see the finished product.
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Re: restoration challange

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Eightbore. I think I started out with a bit better platform. :)
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Re: restoration challange

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Restoration?? More like reincarnation to bring that one back :wink:
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Re: restoration challange

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No money is saved by starting a Fox project with a high mileage gun. A friend learned the hard way that the simplest gun, even a Fox, shot to death, can still be a money pit. He found out that a few extra dollars spent on a low mileage base gun will be returned in money saved on mechanical updates.
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