I have an opportunity to buy this gun for $1400. 29 5/8" bbls, BLNE, splinter, pg stk w/ round knob, sling swivs, cocking indics (tiny pop-up buttons on either side of the tang safety), wt~6lbs, steel butt plate, Greener crossbolt, Mod & full chokes.
Was not able to determine chamber lengths (no gauges) but I'm guessing they're <2.75" because of the apparent age: dah=3.25".
The gun is NOT in great shape: lever to left of ctr, very small chip in stk at butt plate, loose forearm.
But it is an attractive little gun with sculpted rcvr, (don't remember whether it's scalloped), well-balanced, swings well.
I know that Immanuel Meffert guns have a fairly good reputation as to quality but, other than that general observation, don't really know much about this maker. And, frankly, I was surprised at what I considered fairly high asking price for a shotgun in this condition.
If I bought the gun, I would want to recondition it: tighten the action/replace the hinge pin, re-blue the bbls, tighten the forearm and probably replace the stock (not crazy about it with that much drop) and refinish it and the forearm.
My question are these:
1) Considering the maker, gauge, the condition of the gun and the fact that it's a BLNE, is this anything close to reasonable asking price?
2) Once reconditioned and assuming that the work was of suitable quality, would the gun's monetary value approximate the purchase price PLUS the cost of reconditioning?
As always, any help will be very much appreciated.
Granby
Last edited by granby; 02/12/07 01:37 AM.
