Good evening fellas,

I've got a model 94 in 25-35 that was built in 1907. It's still in working order, but is in pretty tough shape cosmetically.

I am thinking about restoring it (it was my grandfather's, and I plan on keeping it in the family for at least one or two more generations), and looked up Doug Turnbull's restorations page.

From the short time I was on his page, it looks like I could easily spend $3,000 to $4,000.

While I don't want to cut any corners, I was wondering if there is anyone who does quality work at a more "reasonable" cost.

I put reasonable inside of quotes, because there are any number of intangibles on which we could pontificate!

Thanks for the advice!

friar

Pontificate!!!?! Shirley you jest!

Mr. Turnbull's work is good, but he is not a cheap date. There are a number of good restoration specialists and custom gunmakers that could do the work. Have a look around here:

http://acgg.org/

Glenn Fewless

You might contact John Farmer. Here's a link that shows a piece he did.

https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/...=896100668#896100668

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Mr. Turnbull's work is good, but he is not a cheap date.

Pricey but, you'll never fault his work. He's the best.

http://www.turnbullrestoration.com/store.asp?pid=20441

I don't know how far back this goes, but the '94 Winchester receivers are notoriously hard to reblue. It may be a post '64 thing but I'd be sure to ask the person who is doing the restoration if he has the solution to this problem.

Thanks for the leads everyone! We'll be in touch

friar

http://www.classicgunsinc.com/
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It's the post 64 M94 that are the troublesome ones to reblue by the hotblue method. 1907 94's were charcoal blued or casecolored