Posted by John Liles on March 19, 2008, 7:22 am, in reply to "1947 L.C.Smith"
Danny, As ken has indicated, it's not possible for anyone here to venture a guess as to your guns value sight-unseen. I'd suggest you go to gunbroker.com or the like and see what guns that look like yours are selling for. You'd do best to track a similar gun that has no minimum or reserve price all the way to auction closing, so you can see what the gun actually sells for, as many of the guns you'll see have such a high reserve price that they will sit there for a long time and never get sold. As for the rebluing question, as long as you have it rust-blued by a competent gunsmith proficient at same, you will not hurt the value or the gun. The barrels will be damaged by less expensive and faster hot blueing. Hope this helps you, John