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to "The checks in the mail" must be "These barrels haven't been cut".
Caveat Emptor
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Yes, it stopped me buying a lovely F.T.Baker sidelock ejector that had been shortened to 28" from 30". Circumcised, one Gunsmith calls it. Lagopus.....
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Another famous one when asked about the bores on old doubles "the bores are like mirrors", yeah because they were honed.
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I cannot tell you the effort required to not comment
have a day
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Wonko, you are not the only one!
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"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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"We are working on your gun as we speak. It should be finished next week."
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"...never raced or wrecked..."
"...original case colors..."
"...excellent condition..."
"...all original..."
"...un-messed with..."
"...rare..."
"...my dog is a great hunting dog..."
And finally, the biggest of the second biggest lies, "My wife is o.k. with me buying this gun."
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"I can't believe I missed that..."
"Wow - I'd swear it wasn't like that when it left the shop..."
"If the work's done right, it's as good as original..."
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"these red recoil pads really look good"
"Naw, they didn't cut the stock, someone just put this eraser on there"
"open those chokes up and your game bag will fill right up"
"this mid bead will really help your shooting"
"ejectors are essential and never break and are not troublesome"
"70-100 years of neglect with dings, scrapes and dents looks good on a gun, gives it character"
"Patina's not a rust oxide, it's natural aging (sweat polished)"
"open the chambers up and you can shoot anything outta this old gun, they really built 'em back then"
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dealers who have no idea about chamber lengths and of actual bore and choke dimensions, bother me a bit. It is too easy to get a measurement. I can excuse wall thickness for non professional dealers, but the other stuff is easy.
Some villians are so normally clueless (like Cabelas Gun Library) I have come to expect it. On the subject of Cabelas at least the library lets me bring my stuff to measure and they dealt fairly based on the readings.
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