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My Dad left me these two old shotguns. Both have been well used. I want two have both of them serviced and returned to everyday use as a pair of dove/field guns for my wife and me. They are very important to me, so I don't really want to trust em to anybody. Who would you use to repair/service these two fine old shotguns?Attachment 239537
If they still work I'd clean and keep them just like they are!!
SWEET shotguns...don't ever let them go.
Like Kdavid said, if they are shooting give a good cleaning and hunt. Don Fancher over at Bruce is one of very few gunsmiths still around that really know those guns good. Fine shooting gun, have a model 58 Remington in 16 and love it.
Leave them just like they areQuote:
Originally Posted by Iwannafish
I was not planning to do anything to the exterior, but one of them has a friction ring that is so worn that it is paper thin, both springs are sprung. Just wanting a tune up on the inner workings.
Beautiful guns
You can't beat the patina in my book. It shows where they have been and who has had their hands on them.
fix them and use them and love them.
Bet Don has the parts in stock, 662-983-4536Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwannafish
Yep those parts ypu want fixed but other than that........
keifer ? Don's guns . Mr . Boggs at Charleston has retired .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Fine guns right there. I still have the one dad gave me 42 years ago. I get it out once a year for a dove hunt.
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Lucky you!
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I HAVE A 720 SAVAGE ON THAT SAME PATTEN .
I use Ritches gun shop in Algoma.oh by the way I live in Bruce.....hint...hint.
Bill Thompson in Shelby is one of the best around.
I would like to give you all a word of caution. It is not good to let some people see what you have. You never know who is watching(thieves). My daughter and Grandson has been rob in the past year. They stole just about everything from my daughter's home and stole my grandsons guns and crossbow. Last week a Game Warden came home to find all his guns were stolen and when he told the Sheriff's office about the thief they asked didn't he have a gun safe. He told them that he was a state law officer and didn't think no one would steal his stuff. Back when I was a boy we didn't lock our doors even at night and keys were left in the car and truck. No one ever thought about people stealing. Even when I was a teenager we didn't worry about someone stealing we left our guns in the truck(back then just about everyone in Mississippi had a gun rack in the back window of there truck) and didn't worry about locking the truck door when going in a store. I even remember going to school and having my gun in the gun rack in the school parking lot. That would not work today all the law,swat team and even the FBI would be there in no time. Just saying we now live in a different time so be careful and don't let the wrong one know what you have. :twocents
I would not risk shipping them to a gunsmith who's out of your area. I've had too many things damaged or come up missing in shipment. I'd find a local gunsmith, preferably an older man who's got some experience working with the Auto 5.
Good luck, they are a beautiful pair, and priceless.
Yep, it is a different world...I had a friend in Memphis that had been broken into twice. he bought a fully trained guard dog...told me he was going to move two months later....Someone stole his dog...I did not believe that....he said two days later they came back and stole his dog house!!! True story
Lee Thomas (662)429-3701 Probably the most knowledgeable gunsmith in MS...