Me thinks, in the future, I will ask first, if seller will pay shipping, if his assessment of the guns condition is "Grossly" flawed, and if he won't, then I'll take my business elsewhere. I have bought many guns online with some nice surprises and some not so nice, but the good ones far outweigh the bad ones, and I definitely won't stop. The good far outweighs the bad, and I have been able to correct all problems that I have encountered. The truth is though, if I had been told the truth to begin with, I might not have gone with the deal...I am not inclined to send guns back, ever, but this thinking has cost me a lot of work and time. I think gun dealers have a natural tendency to try to get over on the GDP, [generally dumb public], and they can't help themselves...kind of like used car salesmen.
There's one dealer that is good member on this forum, that I bought a English Hammer Double from, before I became a member here, that told me the gun had a good solid stock with no cracks. When I got it in, it had a recessed hole, with a wood screw, just behind the tang, going from top to bottom of the POW grip, that actually held the break together, because there was no glue of any kind in the crack, and without the screw, the stock would have been in 2 pieces. I also looked at all the pics of it on his web site, and surprise, surprise, not one showed that portion of the stock. In summary, after much work, it is now one of my favorites, and I am so glad I didn't send it back, but it is something I should have been told about. I consider suppression of known flaws is outright lying, regardless of his lie of telling me the stock was solid with no cracks.
I am very happy with the gun now, and consider it his loss...it came out beautiful, and I basically enjoyed the time I spent on the restoration.
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