by Turnbull Restoration | Sep 21, 2020 | Aviation, Doug Turnbull, 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 Turnbull Restoration | 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...
by Sara Turnbull | Jan 15, 2019 | Doug Turnbull, Firearm Restoration, Interviews, It's for the Memories, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Turnbull Tales
This year’s calendar features a spread of Doug’s personal Winchester 1886 from 1888, which he restored and converted to .475 Turnbull in 2007. The spread focuses on all of the “imperfections” his rifle has collected over the years on various hunting trips. I wanted to...
by Sara Turnbull | Dec 11, 2018 | Doug Turnbull, Firearm Restoration, Gunsmithing, Interviews, It's for the Memories, Turnbull History, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Turnbull Tales
I started working at Turnbull Restoration about a year ago, but of course I’ve been part of the family my whole life. Doug is my father, and over the years I’ve overheard and half-listened to dozens of stories about his childhood, his family, the hunts he went on, and...
by Sara Turnbull | Nov 29, 2018 | Doug Turnbull, FAQ, Firearm Restoration, Firearm Safety, Interviews, Restoration Resources, Shoot History, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Fires are one of the most devastating things that can happen to our families and our homes. When the fire has died down and it’s time to sort through the ashes, what do you do with your fire-damaged firearms? We get a lot of emails and phone calls from people who’ve...
by Turnbull Restoration | Sep 6, 2018 | Aviation, Doug Turnbull, News, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Come along on our big tire pilot’s trip to Texas. Doug Turnbull is taking to the skies once again. Taking off on the weekend of 9/15, Doug’s aviation adventure will take him from Bloomfield, NY to the Texas STOL Roundup in Hondo, TX and back again. Doug’s headed...
