Vallee, SxS Percussion Shotgun, London
This piece survived for nearly 150 years without so much as a scratch on it - Until a well known delivery shipping company did their best on the toe of the stock during transit.
This is a pretty straightforward repair job, requiring careful gluing of the original piece, and exact matching of the grain with the replacement splice. The buttplate was annealed, peened back to shape, and then aged again to match the surrounding patina. Once again, a good lesson in how it is imperative to carefully package and insure each piece you choose to ship.
This is a pretty straightforward repair job, requiring careful gluing of the original piece, and exact matching of the grain with the replacement splice. The buttplate was annealed, peened back to shape, and then aged again to match the surrounding patina. Once again, a good lesson in how it is imperative to carefully package and insure each piece you choose to ship.