Wow, only $899.00 for a small bore English hammer double!
I suppose it might be worth as much as a couple hundred to a buyer who needed some orphan barrels or other critical and hard to find parts. It seems the price of parts has increased more than the price of guns in recent years. It might be a good practice piece for a determined budding gunsmith too, at the right price. But even a half decent restoration would put most buyers under water, no matter how cheap they got it.
Ted is 100% right. A friend who did several muscle car restoration jobs advised another friend who wanted to buy a 1965 Mustang to restore to just buy one already done, and save himself a ton of money, time, and aggravation. Six months later, he found one at a fraction of the cost of restoration, and was immediately enjoying driving it. And if he sells it, he may be able to recoup much of his cost. But he will miss out on all the joy of replacing body panels, patching, sand blasting, painting, engine rebuilding, parts searching, and buying thousands of dollars worth of tools and materials.
