FN Trombone
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Dark Alley Dan
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Welcome to the forum, Westie.
For those who don't know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Trombone
Is it worth restoring? That's entirely your choice, bud. They are lovely guns, with quality baked right in. What kind of condition is it in right now? Will it need reboring? Refinishing? Is the wood good?
Sentimental or economic value? Are you getting it rebuilt for sale for a profit, or because it's a sweet old thing and you want to do right by it?
Lotta variables here. More info is always welcome.
Happy new Year!
Dan
For those who don't know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Trombone
Is it worth restoring? That's entirely your choice, bud. They are lovely guns, with quality baked right in. What kind of condition is it in right now? Will it need reboring? Refinishing? Is the wood good?
Sentimental or economic value? Are you getting it rebuilt for sale for a profit, or because it's a sweet old thing and you want to do right by it?
Lotta variables here. More info is always welcome.
Happy new Year!
Dan
Welcome,
Before answering, what's your definition value? Value to you as the owner, or value to gain profit when/if you sell it.
Restoring, as in, repairing damage or replacing missing parts only or also refinishing the furniture.
You'll find lot's of great threads on here covering these very questions, seems once a week a new thread is generated.
Not that there's anything wrong with that... we should almost make it as "sticky" LOL
Here's a recent one you can read.
Walnut stock refinishing?
Like others have stated, if the rifle goes bang, cycles and goes bang again, why would you want to restore it?
Quote MRP from the other thread
"I like to refinish rifles but at some point old has to stay as it is."
If you're considering trying your hand at restoring and this is your first attempt, might I suggest getting yourself an old Cooey or something, where if something does go wrong, you can just chalk it up as experience.
On a final note to echo MRP...
Maybe your FN Trombone, in original, untouched condition—no matter how worn—can be more valuable than a restored one, even if the restored version appears better.
My 2¢
Yes it is ...forgive me I'm just learning how this platform works...I will correct next time
It's in really decent condition overall but needs the bluing done and was stained by the original owner and its ugly ...I will probably keep it as it's a great little rifle and fairly uncommon from what I understand. That said I am curious what it's worth as is ..Welcome to the forum, Westie.
For those who don't know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Trombone
Is it worth restoring? That's entirely your choice, bud. They are lovely guns, with quality baked right in. What kind of condition is it in right now? Will it need reboring? Refinishing? Is the wood good?
Sentimental or economic value? Are you getting it rebuilt for sale for a profit, or because it's a sweet old thing and you want to do right by it?
Lotta variables here. More info is always welcome.
Happy new Year!
Dan
Yes, having it re-blued by a reparable shop would likely cost more than what the rifle is worth or to put it in perceptive.
The sale price of the rifle if you sale it, would not cover the value of the rifle and the cost of re-bluing combined.
Edit:
Click search, advance search, type in Bluing
Under "Search in forums" go to Gunsmithing.
And click search
Lots of thread to read there.
Could check townpost or g u n post.
The sale price of the rifle if you sale it, would not cover the value of the rifle and the cost of re-bluing combined.
Edit:
Click search, advance search, type in Bluing
Under "Search in forums" go to Gunsmithing.
And click search
Lots of thread to read there.
Could check townpost or g u n post.
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