by Turnbull Restoration | Jan 3, 2023 | Firearm Manufacturing, Firearm Restoration, Gun Restoration, Lists, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Sharing is caring, right? We’re grateful for the generosity of our Facebook and Instagram followers in 2022. They felt inspired to share our restoration and finish work with their friends in quantities that we haven’t seen in previous years. So we’re re-sharing the...
by Turnbull Restoration | Feb 16, 2021 | Shoot History, Stewards & Stories, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Image Source: Outdoor Life Granddaddy’s Gun: A Restored Family Shotgun Gets a New Life Training Fine Bird Dogs “But it was well worth it to bring a piece of family history back to life… And with my gun rebuilt, I would add a new chapter to the history of...
by Turnbull Restoration | Aug 26, 2020 | Shoot History, Stewards & Stories, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
Classic Firearms: Winchester Model 62 “You said it wouldn’t work, but it seems to shoot pretty fair to me.” – John Moses Browning, upon delivering his Model 1890 prototype to Winchester What if the engineers of the Winchester Repeating Arms...
by Turnbull Restoration | Nov 5, 2019 | Shoot History, Stewards & Stories
Guns as Investments We have legendary outdoor writer Jim Carmichel to thank for countless pages of stories and wisdom. And we have Sporting Classics to the thank for featuring Guns as Investments. This chapter of Jim’s book Classic Carmichel—Stories from the...
by Turnbull Restoration | Jan 14, 2019 | Interviews, Restoration Resources, Shoot History, Turnbull Restoration & Manufacturing Blog
UPDATE: Now you can see the full, behind-the-scenes restoration on Sporting Classics Daily. UPDATE: Now you can hear Doug Turnbull tell the story of our Parker BHE restoration on Project Upland! A closer look at the vintage shotgun restoration process with Doug...
by Turnbull Restoration | Jun 10, 2013 | Restoration Resources, Shoot History
We hope you enjoy this multi-part blog series on the restoration of a 1921 Parker BHE 12 gauge shotgun. Do you have questions about the process of gun restoration? Feel free to ask in the comments section below, or drop us a line. Day 13: Engraving Day 13, Step...
by Turnbull Restoration | May 13, 2013 | Restoration Resources, Shoot History
We hope you enjoy this multi-part blog series on the restoration of a 1921 Parker BHE 12 gauge shotgun. Do you have questions about the process of gun restoration? Feel free to ask in the comments section below, or drop us a line. Day 10: Stock Refinishing Day...
by Turnbull Restoration | May 2, 2013 | Restoration Resources, Shoot History
We hope you enjoy this multi-part blog series on the restoration of a 1921 Parker BHE 12 gauge shotgun. Do you have questions about the process of gun restoration? Feel free to ask in the comments section below, or drop us a line. Day 7: Re-Cutting the Barrel...
by Turnbull Restoration | Apr 22, 2013 | Restoration Resources, Shoot History
We hope you enjoy this multi-part blog series on the restoration of a 1921 Parker BHE 12 gauge shotgun. Do you have questions about the process of gun restoration? Feel free to ask in the comments section below, or drop us a line. Day 4: Last Day of Inletting Day...
by Turnbull Restoration | Apr 15, 2013 | Restoration Resources, Shoot History
We hope you enjoy this multi-part blog series on the restoration of a 1921 Parker BHE 12 gauge shotgun. Do you have questions about the process of gun restoration? Feel free to ask in the comments section below, or drop us a line. Day 1: Making a New Buttstock...