$3K for a decently refreshed W&S "grip-nut" gun doesn't seem overly excessive (plain ones go for $2K easily) but....only if the barrels can be measured and confirmed to be well-over 20 thou (preferably over 25 thou). It should have a decent choke selection as well (at least have some choke to work with). If it's being offered with pits still in-place, it throws up a red-flag for me. When they "re-did" the gun, why didn't they also hone out the tubes to complete the restoration? Possibly because it had already been honed to the point of excessively thin tubes?
When you're buying an old English gun, you're buying the tubes. Make sure you know what you're getting. Nice light guns are useless if they aren't safe to shoot.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 04/24/13 11:41 PM.
