Restoration cost in 1966

[Avlrc]

Thought this was interesting, price and gunsmith. See invoice for restoration. Who made this rifle?
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=322171386

[oakridge]

And, the estimated delivery time was only 20 months.

[Avlrc]

And, the estimated delivery time was only 20 months.

That has not changed much! Well maybe a lil longer!

[T*O*F]

Why do the customer's name at the top and his signature at the bottom not agree with one another?

[Avlrc]

Jack sent Tony to pick it up for him. So Tony signed the bill.

[Majorjoel]

I also noticed that the repair put the barrel to 40 inches if I read things correctly. Now looking at the rifle at auction it says the barrel is 38.5  inches long??? Makes me wonder if the repairs were for another rifle altogether.

[JTR]

Well the pictures aren't very good for what ever reason, so it's hard to see whatever work might have been done around the forearm or lock wood (as the invoice mentions).

Also, one of the inflation calculators says $150 in 1966 would equal about $1025 today, and not likely would you get that much work done for that amount today. At least not well done!

I wonder what the owner paid for the gun in 1966? I'll bet it wasn't much more than the repair bill!

John

[Fullstock longrifle]

Anybody else notice that Wallace Gusler did the work?

Frank

[Lucky R A]

Yes Frank,  I saw that.  We are all a lot older now, and certainly things cost a lot more.   The discrepancy in the barrel lengths is rather interesting.  The present barrel length seems rather short for a barrel that was returned to it's original length w/ the corresponding forearm wood added w/ nosecap.    One would have thought that the damage around the tang would have been fixed as well.   I also wonder if that repair bill belongs to this rifle, as Joel speculated.

[Fullstock longrifle]

Yes I agree, something's wrong, I'm surprised the owner (who is a dealer) didn't catch or explain the descrepancy.
Frank