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Sidelock
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looks like the wood is messed up behind top tang [patched??]....also checkering on right side close to the damage behind top tang doesn't look right...sure it can be made right...but for sure a price negotiating point..
still a nice looking double...
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Sidelock
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Priced low enough and the gun is good enough to re-stock in some nice Turkish walnut.
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Sidelock
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yea it would make a nice project gun with some wiggling on the price....and if the wood is still solid in the wrist a nice loaner gun just the way it is....
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Sidelock
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Priced low enough and the gun is good enough to re-stock in some nice Turkish walnut. $2500 plus restock for a Francotte 12ga without ejectors? I know of a nice 25E--higher grade, with ejectors, 28" barrels, about 2 ounces heavier--with a price tag of $3800. Good dimensions, condition, etc. I'd jump on that one before I'd buy this one and then restock it. Just my way of comparing the two.
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All that gun needs is a good Dennis Earl Smith or Brian Dudley wood refinish and pad installation.
JR
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Larry, you and John are a bunch of cheapskates. Heck you both probably still have the money you got from your grandmother when you graduated from high school.
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Just doing comparison shopping, trebling. If you'd turn down a very nice 25E, with 28" barrels which is a bump in price on the current market and which has a stock with good, shootable dimensions at less than $4K in favor of an 18 without ejectors and talk about restocking it . . . well, it makes me glad there are guys like you buying guns. Leaves better deals for me to chase.
Last edited by L. Brown; 07/16/15 06:16 AM.
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