Category Archives: Gun Restoration

Turnbull Manufacturing’s New Catalog

Posted on October 3, 2011 by thalpin

Turnbull Manufacturing is pleased to announce the arrival of their latest catalog. Our new catalog features 38 pages of restored firearms – including Winchester, Marlin, Parker, L. C. Smith, Fox, Colt, and Ithaca just to name a few. Our new … Continue reading →

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Bringing a Colt Bisley back to life

Posted on February 3, 2011 by kvanorman

One of our latest restoration projects includes this Colt Bisley that started life back on June 5th, 1903 when it was shipped to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company in Chicago, Illinois. Our customer is an amateur collector of firearms with … Continue reading →

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Turnbull’s Metal Engraving Work

Posted on October 26, 2010 by admin

Tom McArdle is Turnbull Mfg. Co.’s in house metal engraver. Tom has been engraving for 17 years and has been doing the engraving work at Turnbull for 6 years. He learned the craft at Montgomery Community College in North Carolina … Continue reading →

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Spring Gun Show Schedule

Posted on March 18, 2010 by admin

It’s been a few weeks since my last post… life has been crazy lately… but good. Keith VanOrman and I were in Europe last week for the IWA Outdoor Show in Nuremburg, Germany. Great show! We had a chance to … Continue reading →

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