[papershotshells]

Gentlemen,

My Dad has a Browning BLR lever gun that my brother and I bought hom for his birthday several years ago. It's his favorite gun, by far. It's also beautiful, or it least it was.

Unfortunately, during a recent move to a new house, the BLR was knocked over and suffered a pretty good dent/scratch in both the wood forearm and buttstock.

Due to the sentimental value of this gun, we're going to ship it back to Browning to have the wood returned to factory finish. I contacted Browning today and got instructions for shipping the gun to their repair facility in Arnold MO, but they were unable to give even a ballpark quote over the phone for a simple refinish on the stock. I'm not sure if they'll refinish the stock or replace it, whatever it takes to return it to factory looks.

No matter the cost, we're having the gun restored to original condition, but I was wondering if anyone had something similar done by Browning and could give me a rough neighborhood of cost?

I really have no idea what to expect, not that it matters.

Any input or educated guesses appreciated.

Thanks

Papershotshells