To me and it being a family heirloom you need to preserve it not restore it
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Wood refinishing or leave as is?
- Thread starter Burnt Mtn Guy
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Thought I would post this. Maybe it might help a little.
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The market value of the gun will never be worth (or should never be worth) what it's sentimental value is to a family member. Do what you want. I'dl 'refinish' it just enough to protect it form further deterioration and shoot it and think about my lineage.
If I had someone to pass it along to I would lightly restore it to keep it from deteriorating further. Remove and stop the rust and maybe a little cold blue. Clean, sand and Tru-Oil the stocks. That should keep it looking good for another 100 years. I don't think that would kill the value for what is realistically maybe a $300-400 gun as is.
This exactly. It is not worth that much from a collectors point of view, maybe $350 at best. Sentimental value will not be harmed by refinishing the stock or even having the whole gun reblued if you wanted to. It was still your grandfathers gun regardless.
This is how l feel about it.
Little bit of fine steel wool and a little oil rubbed in to protect it. It has some good character and l like that in a gun.
Homestead Firearms (dot com) has a breakdown history and specific model step guide you can use to determine exactly what specific model you have (12 A, B, C, D or E) as well as condition grading. Just scroll the page, select specifics and proceed through the steps.
If you can find any letters stamped on the barrel, you can use that info to determine the actual year of manufacture. Two letters show month and year, according to Remington's history search.
Have fun with your heirloom! Clean that thing up, oil the stock, figure out what the issue with it is, fix it and start shootin' it.
If you can find any letters stamped on the barrel, you can use that info to determine the actual year of manufacture. Two letters show month and year, according to Remington's history search.
Have fun with your heirloom! Clean that thing up, oil the stock, figure out what the issue with it is, fix it and start shootin' it.
Thank you all. Yeah, I was excited about a small project of taking it apart, refinishing it, etc. But it does have some nice patina character. For now I'll just do the minimim to clean and protect the metal and shoot it more while we decide what to do with it.
Or wait for someone to offer me $5k, since things are crazy now...
Or wait for someone to offer me $5k, since things are crazy now...
I'd refinish it to the appearance it likely had
back when it was getting regular use by your grandpa.
back when it was getting regular use by your grandpa.
