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 Turnbull Restoration | Oct 17, 2019 | Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Gunsmithing, Media, Restoration Resources, Shoot History, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Video
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been five years since the first airing of our spot on “How it’s Made”. We’re taking this opportunity to re-share the episode, and once again extend our gratitude to the good folks at the...
by Turnbull Restoration | Mar 26, 2019 | Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Gunsmithing, Media, Restoration Resources, Shoot History, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Many, many thanks go out to the good folks at Field & Stream, including photographer Andrew Hetherington, Photography Director John Toolan, writer David E. Petzal, and Executive Editor David Hurteau. They connected with us in late 2018 to produce a wonderful photo...
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 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 | Feb 19, 2012 | 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 | 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 the...
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...
