Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Are classic rifles doomed?

gunner, I've had a few BAR's, think they're the cream of the crop for autoloading hunting rifles. You're right about quality build and finish.

The fanciest one was picked up used, metal was perfect, wood was not in the best shape. It obviously had some use. I refinished the stock using a tung oil/urethane finish, sent wood to Errol Case in MO for restoration of the carving and checkering. He did a great job. When we got finished it looked factory new. That doubled the value of the gun and I traded it for an Ed Brown Damara 300 WM, a gun that I still have.

Some are just too pretty to hunt. Someone else needs those more than I do. At least I made money on this one, traded into a keeper.

DF