Steve, probably my same experience, too. A lot of the firearms available online are not what is represented. A few years ago I had a NE gun dealer send me a German combination rifle. What arrived was a different but similar gun to what he had for sale. Different maker. A classic bait and switch. Who does that? Another dealer sent me an expensive double gun "ready to hunt." Oh yeah, it was ready to hunt...after it had $2,500 worth of stock and mechanical work done to it. Had it gone hunting, the original stock, the head of which had been oil soaked and then dry rotted for over 100 years, would have snapped off. And the right trigger wouldn't even fire. And so on. Private sales tend to be less pressured, more time to review, to talk. Guys in it just to make money are in it to make money, any way they can. "Dealers are as honest as you can make them be" is a quote from Seyfried, I think. Anyhow, thank you for sharing this great hunting photo.
