If the numbers don’t work I just won’t buy. Still working through the last 17 guns I imported. A couple were “for spares”, needing minor parts. Those cost under a hundred and required parts from 15-35 dollars to get running again. Bought a very nice 11/87 Premier which I now have less than $400 in including auction price, import fee, taxes and parts. Take a good look at guns labeled for spares.
Ejector doubles are still cheap and non ejectors are almost worthless. Soft market, I expect to only get softer with the tariffs. So I might not. It much for six months to give things a chance to settle. Then just include 10% for tariffs in your price you are going to pay. I don’t mind known cost because I can decide if I want to pay them. I hate hidden or surprise fees which bite me on the …..