by Doug Turnbull | Dec 30, 2020 | Doug Turnbull, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Opening photo: “Grandfather’s Ithaca Flues”Copyright Ronald Jones. Used with kind permission. It’s a phrase we often say to ourselves when unpacking a firearm to be restored, as we lay eyes on it for the first time. We find ourselves wondering: what left that scratch...
by Doug Turnbull | Dec 16, 2020 | Aviation, Doug Turnbull, RAF Update
Image Source: Recreational Aviation Foundation Preservation is a big part of recreational aviation, and therefore a big part of what we do through The Recreational Aviation Foundation. I’m proud of my RAF colleagues for helping to save the unique and historic...
by Turnbull Restoration | Dec 9, 2020 | Audio, Doug Turnbull, Interviews, Media, News, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
In case you missed it, we’ve shared the replay of Doug’s return visit to The Big Wild, a premier radio show for those with a big appetite for hunting, fishing, interesting recipes and politically incorrect humor. Here are a few of the interview highlights: Host...
by Doug Turnbull | Nov 18, 2020 | Aviation, Doug Turnbull, RAF Update
Private Use Airport Owners and Managers:It’s important to update your airport’s information with the FAA. Visit TheRAF.org to learn how The RAF is helping out with its Private Use Airport Initiative. Click Here to Learn More Image Source: Recreational...
by Turnbull Restoration | Sep 21, 2020 | Aviation, Doug Turnbull, RAF Update, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Congratulations to our own Doug Turnbull on being named as Western / Central New York Liaison for the Recreational Aviation Foundation (The RAF)! Liaisons work to further the RAF mission of preserving, maintaining and creating recreational airfields across the United...
by Turnbull Restoration | Jun 18, 2020 | Aviation, Doug Turnbull, Interviews, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Many thanks go out to Steve Johnson and SuperCub.org for hosting Doug Turnbull’s presentation and talk “The Fjords of Labrador and Quebec”. Doug was this week’s featured speaker on SuperCub.org’s Hump Day Hangover Presentations. Taking...
by Sara Turnbull | May 26, 2020 | Doug Turnbull, Hunts, Turnbull Manufactured Rifles, Turnbull Model 1886, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Turnbull Rifle, Video, Wildlife Conservation
(Viewer Discretion Advised. Video age restriction set to 18+ for scenes of a regulated, professionally-observed wildlife management hunt in Africa.) In summer of 2019 Doug set off for Africa. He was participating in a management hunt with friend and writer Joseph von...
by Turnbull Restoration | Jan 15, 2020 | Awards, Doug Turnbull, Gun Show, News, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
UPDATE 2/19/20: See the awards in the pages of Sporting Classics March/April, which has been mailed to subscribers and will be on newsstands starting March 5th. We’re very proud to have been recognized by Sporting Classics Magazine as a 2020 Award of...
by Doug Turnbull | Jan 1, 2020 | Doug Turnbull, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
A hunting trip may only be a few days in the woods. With any luck you’ll bring back some great memories, a few tall tales, and some meat for the freezer. But the hunting trip is about a lot more than those few days in the woods. It might even start years before you...
by Sara Turnbull | May 23, 2019 | Doug Turnbull, Hunts, It's for the Memories, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Turnbull Tales
By Doug and Sara Turnbull Originally printed in the May/June 2019 issue of Successful Hunter I have a love/hate relationship with sheep hunting. To me, sheep hunting is about getting wrapped up in the experience. I love the beautiful mountains to the west, smelling...
