Restoration of an extra finish .375 H&H

S Bertram

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A special gun came in for restoration and I thought some of you might enjoy seeing it. Single square bridge Oberndorf magnum action, letters as a extra finish gun from Holland. The story I heard was that it was owned by a wealthy family in the North East and Stored in an attic for years where rodents had urinated on it. I believe it, it was deeply pitted to say the least. I struck out what I could and the remainder was micro welded, then the engraving re-cut, rust blued finish.

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Great work . I never realised that rat pee could be so corrosive.
 
Lovely rifle and great restoration work. Well done!
 
Steve Bertram does outstanding gunsmithing of the highest order!
Steve is also a pleasure to do business with.
 

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