It matters because the market recognizes the value difference, you might not get it but the buyers of really good British guns do get it. Low dollars shooters sure, but your statement was that you would only hesitate installing tubes on pristine American guns. Plenty of sub 80K British guns would take a beating value wise if you added choke tubes to them. They are not all collector pieces to be sure but pretty much any British sidelock over 10K is going to be much harder to sell if it is out of proof.
People pay more for numbers matching muscle car than they do for one with a new crate motor in it, why? Because the market places greater value on originality. The concept is not that different than paying more for an in proof gun
Last edited by SKB; 10/20/21 07:39 PM.
