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how about clapped out parts gun ready for remelt...
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I'll bet 'ol "Ed the Torch" could clean 'er up....little acid, little torch, little wood putty.....lot's of b.s......somebody would think they really had something......
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My point is that "good, honest wear" is a BS description, like saying a falling-down, destroyed cabin is "rustic". An honest description might be "well-used" or say nothing and let the pictures tell the story.
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I guess I consider 'honest wear' to mean wear that came about as a result of being used. As opposed to wear that came about by things like artificial aging or outright abuse.
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What would you rather have Jim some purty wood with a couple of sewer pipes sitting atop it. ? On a gun like that it's all about the barrels...and it appears to have some well cared for barrels with "honest wear". I bet yer just ticked because the guy doesn't offer a 3 day look see. 
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A gun described as good honest wear, I would expect the gun to be something of a positive condition. That is, a gun that I'd be proud to own. Not some beat up old girl that's been rode hard and put away wet a few too many times. Thats JMO.
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Guns were and are made to be used - some harder than others given their original grade - workhorses v thoroughbreds.
This one's been used by a lot of people over a long time. They weren't precious about it, and weren't worried about what collectors would think a century later.
It hasn't been tarted up by a butcher to be something it never was.
In the hands of someone who knew what they were doing it could yet be renovated sympathetically and given a few more decades of use.
It's a pleasure to take a grand old gun afield and not be scared to get it wet, dirty or a get a few more dings in use.
What's the problem?
Perhaps that's why I resist calling myself a collector; rather, an enthusiast.
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I agree with cadet, and I find I have trouble calling myself a collector for the same reasons.
Steve
Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
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Shotguns were tool found on most farms and ranches, I don't think they got the respect that was given to rifles. First of all most weren't bird hunters, that was for city folks. Remember years ago only people that lived outside of town were farmers and ranchers, not what we have now. Gotta to give dealer credit lotsa pictures close up and clear
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I don't know why some guys always have to come up with there own condition rating system, or qualify the gun....."this one is a real shooter!"......What the heck does that mean?
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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