There is a Remington Mohawk 48 Semi in good condition I want to buy and restore. Problem is, the previous owner carved his name in the receiver like an idiot. Not near or over any markings or engraving. I think I can grind it out until smooth with sandpaper & steel wool then re-blue. Shop is asking 150.00 but I am going to offer 100.00 cash . Appropriate or not?

In my shop I charge $100 for a standard run-of-the-mill bluing job and $120-$150 for a spectacular hand-polished job, depending on the shine you want.
$150 might be a little too much, but $100 would definitely be insulting.

-Spencer

SCR, a gun shop is asking 150.00 for the gun, not to reblue. I have been told by several people now not to pay over 75.00 for the gun since the receiver has been carved into and I may not be able to smooth it out.

For what purpose are you considering purchasing the gun? If for your own use as a shooter, $100 is a helluva bargain, and even $150 is fairly reasonable.



If you are contemplating trying to turn a profit on it by reworking it, there's not much opportunity there.



At any rate, leave the peckerwood's name in place and don't try to "fix" it. An attempt to grind it off and refinish will just cost money and raise questions of what it is that you're trying to hide. His moniker left on the receiver will let anyone who looks at it know that previous owner John Q. Einstein was not the brightest porch light on the block and the world is better off now that he no longer owns the shotgun. Besides, John Q. Einstein might someday do something appropriate to his I.Q. level (like become President) that will make him famous. Then wouldn't you be sorry that you had put the Dremel tool to his now-famous name and turned your Mohawk from a valuable collector into a chopped up P.O.S.?

Stonecreek, I want to use it. I like to find old guns not worth much and fix them up for myself. I don't sell them. I don't even own a semi. My son got a SPT 58 with his birthday money and we are restoring it for use.