Guyon
September 7, 2001, 09:03 AM
I have a Belgian Browning O/U that used to belong to my father, and I'm contemplating having some work done on it to make it an even better gun for hunting and clays.
It needs a bit of rebluing, for in a moment of ignorance several years back (before I knew about TFL), I steel wooled some very small rust spots off and took the bluing off as well. Oh, if I'd only known about Flitz back then! Recent attempts at cold bluing make it look a little better but still not as nice as I'd like.
However, the main changes I'm considering are to have the gun fitted for interchangeable chokes and custom fitted to me.
Questions follow:
Will such work increase/decrease the value of the gun?
Any tips on finding a good smith?
What sort of chokes would I want to go on it?
Should I have a decelerator pad put on?
It's a sentimental gun, and I don't want to mess it up, but for me, guns are like knives. They're tools and ought to be used. I don't just collect 'em. And I simply think this gun would be more useful with a little work done on it.
Tell me what you think.
It needs a bit of rebluing, for in a moment of ignorance several years back (before I knew about TFL), I steel wooled some very small rust spots off and took the bluing off as well. Oh, if I'd only known about Flitz back then! Recent attempts at cold bluing make it look a little better but still not as nice as I'd like.
However, the main changes I'm considering are to have the gun fitted for interchangeable chokes and custom fitted to me.
Questions follow:
Will such work increase/decrease the value of the gun?
Any tips on finding a good smith?
What sort of chokes would I want to go on it?
Should I have a decelerator pad put on?
It's a sentimental gun, and I don't want to mess it up, but for me, guns are like knives. They're tools and ought to be used. I don't just collect 'em. And I simply think this gun would be more useful with a little work done on it.
Tell me what you think.