Breathing New Life & Value into Fine Old Double Guns

In our opinion nothing will enhance the pride of ownership, pleasure, beauty and value of a fine vintage double than having M& S restock it to your measurements

We take great pride in custom restocking fine double guns to our customers specifications using exhibition or high grade walnut woods from our huge in-house Inventory which we believe is the largest in the world.

Here are some pictures of our restocking work on some English "best" guns.

Please click on any of these four images to get an enlarged view.

Pair of Woodward 12g underlever best guns Restocked to the owner's measurements in exhibition grade walnut, locks refurbished and polished, barrells reblacked. Guns are in proof and again ready for the field. These guns were made in 1888	Rigby underlever 12 g best gun Restocked to its owner's measurements in exhibition grade walnut, barrells reblacked. Gun is in proof and ready for the field. The "original " stock which has only a 1.25 " drop at the heel is also shown in the photograph. This gun was made in 1900	Purdey 16g best gun Restocked to its owner's measurements in exhibition grade walnut. The Gun is in proof and ready for the field. This gun was made in 1896 and retains some of its original case colors.	Churchill Premiere Grade 12g best gun The original stock on this magnificient best gun had been damaged. It is now restocked to its owner's measurements in exhibition grade walnut, This gun was made in 1936 and retains its original case colors.

 

Once We have received Your Gun and "stock measurements" , we examine the gun carefully to advise you of its proof status and overall mechanical condition.

If you decide to proceed with having the gun restocked and or refurbished, We follow a six step process.

1. You Select the Wood from our inventory of more than 4000 hand picked, air dried (min 6 years) blanks.
2. We first make a working prototype of the stock to make sure the measurements are exact.
3. Make the actual stock and fore-piece from the selected blank.
4. Inlet and checker stock.
5. Fit the stock and fore-piece and hand rub and polish (English matte or European gloss finish..your choice).
6. Test Fire 25 shots to verify the integrity of the fit and durability of the stock.

This process currently  takes from start to finish approximately 12 to 18 months.

We also have a "Try Gun" made by the famous English gun maker Lang which enables us to more precisely establish your true measurements that will help  ensure  the best possible fit for your new custom stock. If you do not have your measurements, then drop in to see Cary for a "fitting"

Some of Our Stock	..of more than 4000 air dried blanks	The Wood has been selected The Choice is fine Claro Walnut	Cary & Hector Sarasola Discuss Re-Stocking Purdey
	Cary with Prototype of Purdey Stock		Hand Inletting and Checkering
Getting Ready For Final Fit & Polish	Re-Stocked Churchill	Another look at the Churchill	Absolutely Perfect The Customer was thrilled
Churchill	Restocked 16g (110 year old) Purdey	Purdey

 

 

About the Photo-Gallery...

Here are some pictures of our recent restocking work on some English "best" guns

Here are some pictures showing Cary selecting exhibition grade walnut and discussing the re-stocking of a 110 year old Purdey 16g side-lock (shown above) as well as a 12 gauge Churchill premiere grade shotgun with Uruguayan outfitter  Hector Sarasola during Hector's visit in the fall of 2005 to M & S.

The results speak for themselves!

We are currently restocking

1) a fine John Wilkes purchased from us by an American customer who hunted in Saskatchewan this fall.

2) A Holland & Holland Royale best side-lock.

3) A pair of Churchill's best guns.

4) A pair of Henry Atkin side-locks.

5) A fine W. R. Leeson best quality side-lock live pigeon gun.