Jim,
my point being that not all guns are purdey's, nor do they all require that quality of repair. The gun I was thinking of was a 1889 Remington in pretty used but not abused condition. Someone had resoldered the forend lug poorly and out of position. This caused about 4" of rib to lift ahead of the lug. I could see under the rib and it looked fine. I resoldered the lug in the proper spot and relayed the short section of rib. My customer emailed me after dove season to say it is holding nicely. This gun is not worth the investment to relay and refinish the barrels completly, nor would refinished barrels match the rest of the gun. I fail to see how this is not a quality repair and one that matches the gun. Some guns require the ribs to be relayed...each is its own situation.
Steve
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