To match (or not to match)here is the question

unspellable · 09-11-2002, 04:46 PM

If I have a Mauser byf all matching with 70% bluing and refinish it, it is worth less on the open market. If I have a William Evans double rifle with 70% bluing and have it properly refinished (I emphesize the word "properly")it is worth more. It's rarer than a Mauser byf and probably worth more than ten times as much. It's a different field of firearms collecting and a different ball game.

Speaking of really "original" pieces I was privileged to witness a Navy Colt come out of the original factory packaging for the first time. The bluing had suffered over the hundred and some odd years in the original packaging.

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09-11-2002, 04:46 PM	#5
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	If I have a Mauser byf all matching with 70% bluing and refinish it, it is worth less on the open market. If I have a William Evans double rifle with 70% bluing and have it properly refinished (I emphesize the word "properly")it is worth more. It's rarer than a Mauser byf and probably worth more than ten times as much. It's a different field of firearms collecting and a different ball game. Speaking of really "original" pieces I was privileged to witness a Navy Colt come out of the original factory packaging for the first time. The bluing had suffered over the hundred and some odd years in the original packaging.