Knew of a gold inlaid Beretta shotgun that was spray painted black to hide it from potential thieves--maybe you could do that--but I wouldn't bother until you have finished refinishing it...it's old, after all. On the other hand, you could paint it camo and be done with it.
+1 on the recoil pad--especially if you cut it so you don't alter the finished length.
Could also have it rebored to 35 Whelen--then you'd have a real gun...
Course, if it was MY gun I'd want to remove the name on it and replace it with my own name--you could use a vibrating device to hammer it in, like they put DL numbers on my cousins' gun with, and then fill in those little jack hammer marks with wipe on liquid gold like you would also highlight the guns' serial number and model number with. That stuff looks great on any and all lettering of any kind, doesn't it?
Shouldn't be too hard to take stones to the trigger till it lets off at a few ounces if you are going to shoot it way out there.
If all this is too expensive, remember that you can perfect your own muzzle crown with any valve lapping compound on a brass ball device chucked up in a drill, so there's some savings for you as well.
+1 on the recoil pad--especially if you cut it so you don't alter the finished length.
Could also have it rebored to 35 Whelen--then you'd have a real gun...
Course, if it was MY gun I'd want to remove the name on it and replace it with my own name--you could use a vibrating device to hammer it in, like they put DL numbers on my cousins' gun with, and then fill in those little jack hammer marks with wipe on liquid gold like you would also highlight the guns' serial number and model number with. That stuff looks great on any and all lettering of any kind, doesn't it?
Shouldn't be too hard to take stones to the trigger till it lets off at a few ounces if you are going to shoot it way out there.
If all this is too expensive, remember that you can perfect your own muzzle crown with any valve lapping compound on a brass ball device chucked up in a drill, so there's some savings for you as well.
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