It is original length and belonged to a retired cop. Serial number is pre trench gun. I have decided to go ahead and restore it more as an heirloom than anything else. I sent it to Baron Engraving, They will go through the entire gun and make sure everything is as it should be.Late to the game as always, but if you’re seriously thinking about redoing it, I’d say run with it! Do you know if it was originally a 20” gun? That might slightly increase value if left original, but as has been said, there were a ton of them made for nearly 60 years.
I have a book on Trench Guns you could reference and they make repro heat shields if you’d like to go full bore and make a fake trench gun. I’ve got a couple, of the old hump back Steven’s 520’s and am having thoughts of making a fake trench gun out of one of them but the heat shield is more than I have in the shotgun at present!
Just got it back from T&D metal works in Cloverdale. Looks awesome in person. camera leaves a little to be desired. all the same wood too
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It is a beautiful firearm. I would leave it alone. Nice gun.
lolI like it as is. Looks good for it’s age
The furniture came out very good. Impressive.Just got it back from T&D metal works in Cloverdale. Looks awesome in person. camera leaves a little to be desired. all the same wood too
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Turned out beautifully.Just got it back from T&D metal works in Cloverdale. Looks awesome in person. camera leaves a little to be desired. all the same wood too
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Good call.For those like me who have trouble bouncing back and forth between photos ... here is the BEFORE and AFTER of Allen's project ...
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AFTER
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Yeah, Allen made the right choice to get this shotgun refinished.
So not using it as a referral bonus to a frequent customer?Good call.
Thanks for that
ReportedSo not using it as a referral bonus to a frequent customer?
It is defiantly a shooter, and that sounds like a good ideaAllen,
If you plan to keep that as a shooter, you should bring it to one of the Proteq shoots so I can throw some shells through it.