Carbine by Lugerman

alvin · 03-09-2014, 08:13 AM

It's not easy to restore C96, for two reasons that I can think of. (1) This type of gun has quite a few surfacial complexities, milling panels and slots, crisp edges, markings etc. (2) The 'base' is important, and majority of them came from tough environment lacking that 'normal restorable base shape'. And, combined with corrosive ammo, replaced parts, etc etc, it must take considerable amount of effort to restore those correctly. Of course, there is another important constraint -- the prevailing price of original. To restore a gun, the cost must be controlled within certain percentage of nice original minus the cost of the base. This profession is not easy.

03-09-2014, 08:13 AM	#11
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	It's not easy to restore C96, for two reasons that I can think of. (1) This type of gun has quite a few surfacial complexities, milling panels and slots, crisp edges, markings etc. (2) The 'base' is important, and majority of them came from tough environment lacking that 'normal restorable base shape'. And, combined with corrosive ammo, replaced parts, etc etc, it must take considerable amount of effort to restore those correctly. Of course, there is another important constraint -- the prevailing price of original. To restore a gun, the cost must be controlled within certain percentage of nice original minus the cost of the base. This profession is not easy.