Quote Originally Posted by conductor View Post
I'll have to agree with Musketshooter on this one. There's no doubt in my mind that the stock on this musket has recently been refinished. I've been collecting and shooting muskets since I bought my first one in 1959, and I say without hesitation the the gloss on this musket stock is not the result of "constant handling" or "proper cleaning".

Conductor, your experience collecting goes back about 10 years further than mine but.....

Your "hesitation" or no, we will have to agree to disagree on this. Of course, without handling the gun in person no one can say for certain but I can't see where there has been any Tru-Oil or any other new finish applied.

I will say though, IF (and that's a big "if") the finish has been destroyed by addition of new finish or other improper "restoration", the value will be in the value of it's parts, still well over $1,000 but much less than $1,800.

That being said, I still have no doubt, given the information we all have, that this is not a refinished gun but is completely original as it is.