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PB_Brendan

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I have an older Browning Citori O/U 12g I use for trap shooting which needs some love. I'm up in Fort McMurray but do travel down to Calgary regularly and I'm not against shipping the gun if the juice is worth the squeeze. The gun shoots excellent so I'm willing to dump a bit of money into it vs seeing her rot in my safe while I just go buy something new. The piece along the side of the barrels is starting to peel off so I need that redone and would like a full once over on the gun.

In addition to the necessary work, I'm hoping to get a new custom stock made for the gun. If the same guy could do both would be ideal, I'd appreciate any suggestions you guys have. Finding a guy in Northern Alberta, Edmonton or Calgary would be ideal so I could have a face to face meeting.

Thanks in advance
 
I don't know if an older Citori is worth that much... re-soldering and bluing and wood can be as much as a good used gun with choke tubes...
 
PB_Brendan said:
I have an older Browning Citori O/U 12g I use for trap shooting which needs some love. I'm up in Fort McMurray but do travel down to Calgary regularly and I'm not against shipping the gun if the juice is worth the squeeze. The gun shoots excellent so I'm willing to dump a bit of money into it vs seeing her rot in my safe while I just go buy something new. The piece along the side of the barrels is starting to peel off so I need that redone and would like a full once over on the gun.

In addition to the necessary work, I'm hoping to get a new custom stock made for the gun. If the same guy could do both would be ideal, I'd appreciate any suggestions you guys have. Finding a guy in Northern Alberta, Edmonton or Calgary would be ideal so I could have a face to face meeting.

Thanks in advance
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What do you mean the piece along the side of the barrels? Are you talking about the fore stock?
 
As guntech has alluded to, that kind of work could cost more then a new gun. Resoldering and bluing could set you back more than a few hundred bucks and a new custom stock can cost upwards of $1500. Throw taxes on that and you’re at the price of a real nice alternative gun...maybe new and certainly used.

Why do you want a custom stock made? Would having an adjustable comb/butt pad solve for your reasons?
 
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Dang nabbit I thought post counts where the only thing shot in the Mac?

If in Calgary have a look for Les Myers.
 
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1963 beretta

I realize I could get a gun for the price of the work I'd like to put into this one. But I like the way this shoots, and from my experience I'd be looking at 5-6k to purchase something I like better(like a used Blazer F3 or 686 trap combo). If I found the right deal on a Citori XT I would probably go for it, but it would pain me for this old girl to just sit so I'd still like to get her fixed up. The stock is more of a preference than a necessity, aside from needing a new butt pad I'm just more interested in making it look a little nicer as it is an old gun and a little beat up

Jimmy 808

Do you have any contact info for Les Myers? I didn't find much from a quick google search
 
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