Sorry Rocket...read that wrong....it is a c-6 IF the barrels and stock have ALREDY been done? The grading is starting to look like the grading of baseball cards( wink). I confirmed the three day review with the Gun Library at Cabels ...if I feel from all the info I am getting that I am paying too much...back it goes....if it is a fair price, I will keep it....shoot it. And know that if I dent the barrels it will most likely be able to be repaired.....I also feel if I had original barrels, paid more, then dented them with most likely thin walls...I would be in the soup having to get new barrels anyway or have them sleeved.....on the fence now.
CC6, in this case, would be a nicely restored gun with new barrels "by another." "Stock and barrels by another" would be CC7. However, if the gun were restored by the maker, to include new stock and barrels, the CC level would be CC5. BV1-OQ2-CC5 = $8,416. Consider that the range of barrel cost is something like 10X, say $2,000 for basic Spanish or Belgian to $20,000 for best work brand name and all points in between. Clearly, we shouldn't but basic barrels on a high OQ gun anymore than best work barrels on a beater. If the new barrels aren't endorsed by the maker, how well do they fit (mechanically and aesthetically) to the gun and to your intended future use is an important question. You may wish to adjust up or down from my "pigeon hole values." Note that I'm in no way saying the price is wrong; $6,203 vs $7,000 is really pretty close. BUT, you are hereby alerted to have the new barrels carefully checked to confirm they "go with" the rest of the gun. There is some collector value in guns such as the one under discussion, even in wall hanger condition. The closer the barrels mesh with the rest of the gun the more collector value/interest it will retain; for sure it is not a pure collector gun, rather a collector-shooter or shooter-collector. Again, hope this helps some.
DDA
