I have found it to be commonly useless to speak on the phone to any gun shop about condition of any used firearm.
Get into doubles & there is no one there to even be able to tell the difference between English, Spanish, or Italian proof marks. 8500 bar is the same mystery as 3 tons, let alone have any idea of choke or what 12/70 0r 13/1 means.
But really, so what. Never has my assessment of a gun as a buyer ever been the same as the sellers description even if it did read as though he were knowledgeable. So I know better than to expect any more.
Rust pits must be visible from fifty paces to rate a mention & stock repairs remain as invisible as a pair of mismatched hammers held on with Philips head self tapping screws.
A restock, no matter how agricultural or even a Greener with a Sako butt plate are also never worthy of mention.
I could go on but it would then seem like I love to whine.
There are two ways to do this. The first is to physically go there & take the gun in hand & freak them out by removing the fore wood & barrels. The second is blind faith backed by a big heart full of forgiveness& & a fat wallet.
I once drove a 1500 mile round trip to look at a Purdy. Thank God I did as it was lipstick on a pig & not so visible on the tactfully taken photo album that made no mention of the sleeved barrels.
O.M
