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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.
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Pair of Woodward 12g underlever best guns |
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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 |
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Rigby underlever 12 g best gun |
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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 |
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Purdey 16g best gun |
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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. |
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Churchill Premiere Grade 12g best gun |
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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. |
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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.
- You Select the
Wood from our inventory of more than 4000 hand
picked, air dried (min 6 years) blanks.
- We first make
a working prototype of the stock to make sure the
measurements are exact.
- Make the
actual stock and fore-piece from the selected blank.
- Inlet and
checker stock.
- Fit the stock
and fore-piece and hand rub and polish (English
matte or European gloss finish..your choice).
- 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"
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..of more than 4000 air dried blanks |
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The Wood has been selected |
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The Choice is fine Claro Walnut |
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Cary & Hector Sarasola Discuss Re-Stocking Purdey |
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Cary with Prototype of Purdey Stock |
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Hand Inletting and Checkering |
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Getting Ready For Final Fit & Polish |
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Another look at the Churchill |
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Absolutely Perfect |
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The Customer was thrilled |
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Restocked 16g (110 year old) Purdey |
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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.
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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.
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