Sleeving . . . agree and disagree. I've owned two sleevers, a Scott and a Purdey. Both were 16's. The Purdey was a B Quality gun, extractor, and had Brileys as well as the sleeve job. Both were decent enough as shooters, but the non-originality certainly impacted their value. I knew that going in, and it worked out OK for me when I disposed of them.
Ted, if there were no market for sleeved guns, no one would buy them--and they would disappear. But there is, and they're not going to. As long as you know what you're getting into from the get-go, it can work out fine. And the process is not all that different from monobloc, or from the French "canons frettes". On the Manufrance Robusts, the "canons frettes" boast by far the most visible "seam" of all! A blind man can spot one of those. Nothing against them; they're very solid guns. But that "step" is pretty unique.
