by Turnbull Restoration | Aug 15, 2022 | Guest Blogger, Hunting, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Vintage Firearm
Here’s the second in a series of guest blog posts graciously provided by our friends at the Winchester Arms Collectors Association (WACA). We always encourage our customers and followers to get out there and make new memories with their old guns. And...
by Turnbull Restoration | Jul 13, 2022 | Firearm Collecting, Guest Blogger, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Vintage Firearm
We’re excited to publish the first in a series of guest blog posts graciously provided by our friends at the Winchester Arms Collectors Association (WACA). WACA is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation with a worldwide membership of over 3,000. The members are...
by Turnbull Restoration | May 13, 2020 | Customer Stories, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Gunsmithing, It's for the Memories, Restoration Resources, Shoot History, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog, Vintage Firearm, Vintage Guns
It’s a theme that comes up time and time again when helping our customers understand the ins and outs of restoring their gun (or not, as the case may be): It’s for the memories. One of the most rewarding aspects of our work is helping keep these memories...
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 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 | Apr 12, 2010 | Doug Turnbull, Doug Turnbull Restoration, NASCAR, Turnbull Manufactured Rifles, Turnbull Manufacturing, Vintage Firearm
If you are anything like me, you love NASCAR! Back in August of 2007 I was watching my favorite driver Tony Stewart win the race at Texas Motor Speedway and shooting off a gun in Victory Lane! (I’ll add the gun was not as beautiful as a Turnbull manufactured firearm.)...
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...
