"THE HEAD BIRDDOG" has seen very little, other than from Dig & Raimey, to be appreciative about on this thread. In looking through RIA, Julia's & Amoskeg's catalogues I see very little mention of choke, chamber & wall thickness. THAT'S WHAT TELEPHONES ARE FOR! CHG has a toll free number listed & is only too happy to answer such questions on individual guns of interest. They also have an e-mail address & fax number. The folks there who answer the phones are not firearms experts, they are secretaries who take messages & have the appropriate people to call back who have such information. CHG has invested in all types of barrel measuring devices and there are folks there who know how to use them.
The timing of the sale is, perhaps, a point well taken. I will make the suggestion as to the timing of the next sale. However, RIA had theirs on the same weekend & it apparently did very well.
CHG's sales at this auction toppeed $2,000,000 & understandebly they seem to be well pleased.
The data on the various requirements as to shipping and dealing with BATF is all contained in the catalogue, both printed and on line. It seems to me that the naysayers here are probably the ones who never buy anything from auctions anyway. I, personally, bought several items from This CHG sale and several from RIA's December sale. I will, I am sure, submit bids to Holt's and Julia's upcoming sales. I have never returned any gun that I have bought, sight unseen, at auction. Most of the time the condition turns out to be better than I expected.
Best Regards, THE HEAD BIRDDOG
