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Have the opertunity to trade for a Purdey. I will be trading my Hussey and some nice cash.
The owner says there is some light pitting in the barrels and would recomend they be honed, should this be of concern? The chokes are more open than i would like for them to be and how will this affect them? Also will this take it out of proof?
All in all both the Hussey and Purdey are from the same vintage, pre WW 1. My Hussey is in great shape with no issues. The Purdey has this one question.
Also It has a red stain finish and I would like that removed and a leather pad installed, can anyone recomend someone?
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Why does the guy with the Purdey want to trade?
All things being equal, a Purdey is a more valuable gun - something doesn't seem right. Does the guy need some cash?
Why trade a Hussey for a Purdey, anyway? If your Hussey is an Imperial, it's just as good a gun - maybe better.
Honing the Purdey bbls may take them out of proof. What are the bore measurements on the Purdey? What about the bbl walls? What about the chambers? Be careful about those bbls.
If honing does take the bbls out of proof, you're looking at $1000+ for prepping and then reproofing.
How about trading the Hussey for cash? I may be interested in it. Please drop me a note and tell me more about it.
Thanks
OWD
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Me thinks you need to have that gun looked over by someone who knows British guns. Bore diameter, wall thickness and extent of pitting will all play into the final answer as the the guns overall condition. opening the bores to remove pitting will add choke, but on a Purdey there is usually not much you can open due to how finely the barrels were originally struck. Bore work by definition takes a gun out of proof. The red stain would be appropriate on that gun, all of my Brit guns with original finish from that period have it.
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"Light pitting" to some might mean a sewer pipe to others.
I'd have it checked out by a knowledgeable person. If you get it cheap enough a few pits might not hurt it as a shooter.....pits just collect powder and plastic residue and keep getting deeper with time. If you got an older gun with say 30 thousands wall thickness and a Pitt that could be 10 thousands of an inch deep you;re not going to have much wall thickness left after honing.
The key is cheap enough remember a sleeved or Teague lined gun is not worth anything like an original Purdey.
And a gun with little or no choke is not worth anything to me as a hunting gun.
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The barrels are the heart of any double. Have them looked at and evaluated before you go any further. When you get right down to it, it sounds like you are trading a gun with no issues, that suits you, for one with issues that does not. Chokes, barrels with pitting, stock finish not to your suiting and the need to have a leather recoil pad installed seems like a big list of minor problems. Does putting another grand or two into the gun make it make any sense to buy? If the answer is no then pass. If yes then proceed with caution.
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OK, I hear you guys, what I am looking at is around 8K boot. Then I have these things to deal with. Need opinions on this trade. My Hussey is in excellent shape. Now the Purdey is very nice but wondering about the pitting issue and what should be done. What if I did nothing, would it get worse?
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They might get better once they fill up with plastic and powder residue.
A pit is kinda like a tooth cavity.....it won't get better.
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"light pitting" is like "kinda pregnant"
Its pitted or its not,the barrels are the one thing that can't be fixed,stock,internals all can be repaired.A new set of barrels or even sleeving those is a very very big hit.
If you owned a gun that only had "light pitting" would you deal with it if it was just a minor hone before you sold it???
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