These are at various stages in the application of an oil stain and very light coats of Tru Oil (I think I used 5 or 6 coats). The last are the finished product. Yeah, I ruined the collector value but I'm happy with the result so far and didn't molest it too badly. :)
A Pachmayr Old English...
Here are a couple more pics of the 5100 project. Not by any stretch a 'restoration,' more like restrained rehab to make it look like a lightly used, well loved gun. These are in prep and interim stages.
I used this stripper because I didn't want to sand anything or totally remove all the...
A couple photos, finally (I hope!).
This shotgun is a 20 gauge SxS, 28" bbls, hammerless, double trigger, with a case hardened receiver marked 'J Stevens Arms Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass. USA.'
It was apparently made between 1931 and 1941, probably in the latter half of that range based...