by Sara Turnbull | Feb 20, 2019 | Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, News, Turnbull History, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Norris Terence “Terry” Turnbull, father of Doug Turnbull of Turnbull Restoration Co., Inc., passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 84 on January 20, 2019 in Rochester, NY. Born on May 21, 1934 to parents Norris Turnbull and Ellen Lee Tooley in Niagara...
by Turnbull | Jan 7, 2015 | Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, News, Restoration Resources, Shoot History
From Gunsamerica.com FEBRUARY 19, 2012 Guns can be beautiful, but they can also be downright ugly. And even though a gun may have historical significance in its original condition, ugly is ugly. If you can afford it of course, some old guns are good candidates for a...
by Turnbull | Jan 6, 2015 | Doug Turnbull, Doug Turnbull Restoration, Firearm Manufacturing, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Turnbull 1911, Turnbull Manufactured Rifles, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
We receive a requests all the time through a this blog, Social Media and email asking for photos of “works in progress”. Sometimes it’s an anxious gun owner who wants to see his or her gun as it is transformed into something they can be proud of....
by Turnbull | Jan 13, 2014 | Antique Firearms, Colt 1911, Dallas Safari Gun Club, Doug Turnbull, Firearm Manufacturing, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Gun Show, Turnbull Model 1886, Uncategorized, Vintage Firearm
The first show of the New Year took us to the Dallas Safari Club Convention in Dallas, Texas. This gathering brought an international organization of hunters, conservationalists and wildlife enthusiasts together. We brought a number of restored originals as well as a...
by Turnbull | Oct 3, 2011 | American Cowboy Firearms, Antique Firearms, Colt 1911, Doug Turnbull, Firearm Manufacturing, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Turnbull Manufacturing, Turnbull Model 1886, Uncategorized
Turnbull Manufacturing is pleased to announce the arrival of their latest catalog. Our new catalog features 38 pages of restored firearms – including Winchester, Marlin, Parker, L. C. Smith, Fox, Colt, and Ithaca just to name a few. Our new catalog also features...
by Turnbull | Feb 3, 2011 | Firearm Manufacturing, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Restoration Firearms
One of our latest restoration projects includes this Colt Bisley that started life back on June 5th, 1903 when it was shipped to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company in Chicago, Illinois. Our customer is an amateur collector of firearms with a newfound love of...
by Turnbull | Oct 26, 2010 | Colt 1911, Firearm Manufacturing, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Metal Engraving, Sporting Arms, Turnbull Manufacturing, Vintage Firearm, Vintage Guns
Tom McArdle is Turnbull Mfg. Co.’s in house metal engraver. Tom has been engraving for 17 years and has been doing the engraving work at Turnbull for 6 years. He learned the craft at Montgomery Community College in North Carolina on the GI Bill while taking night...
by Turnbull | Mar 18, 2010 | Doug Turnbull Restoration, Gun Restoration, Gun Show, Vintage Firearm
It’s been a few weeks since my last post… life has been crazy lately… but good. I was in Europe last week for the IWA Outdoor Show in Nuremburg, Germany. Great show! We had a chance to meet with some old friends and many new ones. Lots of good...
