My Hepburn finally finished after a couple decades!

[Rusty Goose]

Beautiful rifle, very impressive work done there. Thank you for sharing. I have dreams of having my model 71 Winchester get such a treatment, I don't even know where to start looking.

Rusty

[uscra112]

There will come a time when that rifle passes into other hands. Make sure you write down the provenance so it won't be lost.

[marlinman93]

Beautiful rifle, very impressive work done there. Thank you for sharing. I have dreams of having my model 71 Winchester get such a treatment, I don't even know where to start looking.

Rusty

I would start by contacting Al Springer at Snowy Mountain Gun Restoration in Moore, Mt. I've used Al's service for many restorations, and they don't come much better. If you contemplate engraving also, I'm not much help now. The guy I used died well before the pandemic, and not sure who to use now?
I did my own stock work, and all the polishing on barrel and receiver, as Al will be much faster, and cheaper if it's ready when it gets to him. Prepped work goes ahead of the line, and normally done in a month.

[marlinman93]

There will come a time when that rifle passes into other hands. Make sure you write down the provenance so it won't be lost.

I really need to do this for certain guns I own. I've been lucky to get some guns that I was able to track down provenance and put together folders for them. But haven't done so on the guns I've restored and built. I keep putting it off, and I should do it so my family can make a better decision on how they want to handle them.

[Rifle 57]

Great story and nice rifle!!