I have seen this many times on all the forums. Someone will tell their ideas about changing a classic shotgun they just purchased by opening the chokes, cutting the stock, porting or adding choke tubes. Then I cut in and say you are ruining just another of the dwindling supply of unmolested classic guns that are left in this world. They most likely will snap back that it's their gun and they can do as they wish. But in reality they will own it a very short time, as most of us do, and then put it up for sale in not too distant future,usually a couple years, with all their destruction added to the gun.
For ALL guns you hit the nail right on the head 2128........just look at the ads on all the gun sale sites and it's full of destroyed vintage guns that were "butchered" to meet someones "short term" fancy.........the
prices for the butchered guns are always in the tank and they still don't sell".......... funny how they all say, "and I will never sell it so I don't care"............
........Remember the "Why Do People Butcher Barrels" thread and all the emotions flying around......
bottom line is, once you grind it up, cut it up, that's all she wrote.......I think I'll OPEN 'ER UP A LITTLE BIT....... Grouse Hunter Specials with telephone booth chokes and the second one with cut barrels, the third one is just plain
butt ugly .....they wondered why they didn't sell... duh......
