Sometimes it is because you want something that can't be bought anywhere. For example, I am looking for a set of trashed 12 ga. BSS barrels. I intend to have them sleeved with a set of 32" tubes. Browning never made them, but I can have a set for clays competition. I can have them sleeved, sent back to me where I can strike them to the feel I want, then have them choked and finished. It may cost more than what the gun will be worth, but it also may be the only set there is.

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