Joe is correct about sticker shock at Barnett's but you can look. Looking is good. How about a Syracuse Lefever? Lot of G grades out there and yes you can pick up a pretty nice shooter G for under 1k. Not so many are steel-barreled tho and those are about the same age as your more usual damascus so it'd be a tossup on barrel strength and special low-pressure diet. Tunes whispered a bit of a hint there if you're not stuck on American scrap iron. Also don't buy too many with the stock cranked down like a hockey stick unless you like standing your jaw on the comb where a lot of folks think your cheekbone should go. I can see a lot of advantages to a mid-30s NID. Sterlingworth not so much but they're still plentiful and hell for stout and they'll come and go again without causing you too much fiscal pain.
jack
