Clair,
"Incorrect"? Now that's an incorrect assertion.
I spoke to you on the telephone about the spurious "Linder" shortly after the auction. You explained to me that you had not ever personally seen the gun, but had only been told about it.
Also, at about the same time I spoke with you on the telephone, I also spoke by telephone with the previous owner who put it up at auction and we discussed his gun; he is the one who told me of his position at Shooting Sportsman.