Art,
Thanks for posting about the Harts AFTER the auction.
I do not like Proxi, they add about 5% over the auction houses. You can bid online for weeks before the auction and bid online live during the auction.
I found these rifles the day they were posted. An attempt to learn more information from the auction house was fruitless, they don't speak firearm.
The only way I could see this working was for a hands on inspection and or bidding. There were just too many unanswered question to bid blind.
I enlisted the help of the leading Hart Arms expert (forum member) who not only drove to the auction but bid for me and himself.
I was only interested in the "Folk-Art" rifle which I got.
http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=488&aid=35224&lid=9585914#topoflot I'll leave it up to the other person involved to post or not about the auction. He is on the road today headed home...Thanks.