OWD:
The very last line in their addendum says it all. The sideplate inlays were added on. When is anybody's guess. The evidence would suggest that the sideplates were cased apart from the frame since the rest of the frame doesn't show the same bleeding effect. Could this have been done at the factory? Of course, especially since this was an Ithaca assembled gun. They did some things that must have had Dan Lefever rolling in his grave. On the other hand it could have been done 5 years ago.
I am not saying they ripped anybody off. Somebody was obviously satisfied enough to spend some serious cash on this gun. If one is happy with their purchase it would be hard to say anybody was burned.
However, if I had purchased it based on their description and explanation and then had it examined by an unbiased expert who has handled the gun, I would be seriously p*ssed off.
