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bouldersmith
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A Jeffery .450/400 restoration
      #198545 - 03/01/12 09:49 AM

It was a bit on the rough side to start out


But someone took pity on it





This one need the full Monty and more

New wood, a new front sight and safety lever and LOTS and LOTS of polish work not to mention re-cutting the engraving.










more to follow

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Edited by CptCurl (03/01/12 10:46 PM)

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mehulkamdar
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Re: A Jeffery .450/400 restoration [Re: bouldersmith]
      #198547 - 03/01/12 10:14 AM

Magnificent, sir! But then, your mastery is well known! I shall wait for further pictures with extreme eagerness!

Thank you for posting and good hunting!

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bouldersmith
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Re: A Jeffery .450/400 restoration [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #198549 - 03/01/12 10:31 AM

The engraving is very crisp on the gun but the protective lacquer gives it a washed out appearance, it is not.

here is the finished product











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Edited by CptCurl (03/01/12 10:47 PM)

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Re: A Jeffery .450/400 restoration [Re: bouldersmith]
      #198556 - 03/01/12 11:30 AM

It's great to see those old guns brought back to life. Well done.

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Re: A Jeffery .450/400 restoration [Re: tophet1]
      #198568 - 03/01/12 01:16 PM

Looks nice!

Bring it to Reno, get it over to my place for a cat chase.





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Re: A Jeffery .450/400 restoration [Re: tinker]
      #198601 - 03/01/12 10:48 PM

Very nice work. You really saved that one.

Thanks for posting.

Curl

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Re: A Jeffery .450/400 restoration [Re: CptCurl]
      #198618 - 04/01/12 04:17 AM

WOW! Beautiful work.

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Re: A Jeffery .450/400 restoration [Re: CptCurl]
      #198619 - 04/01/12 04:19 AM

Looking forward to seeing it now that it is totally done.
True what Curl said. This old horse was well worn but had good bones and IMO, well worth resurrecting.
Once the restock was deemed neccessary, we just went all in and decided on a total restoration.
Personally, I prefer a high condition original, but there just aren't many early 400 Jefferys around to choose from. The decision really was to choose between an old gun which would just languish unused or give it a new lease on life which is just what Steve has done. Really turned out nice!

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