I suppose the repairs might have been done on a bench in some barn 80 years ago. Maybe not.
More than likely, it shot loose, and the repair cost quoted sent them back to the barn. $20.00 shotguns have slowly blossomed into $350.00 scrappers. A little rub-a-dub, and voila! You have a rare collectible.
I see hundreds of polished scrap guns a year. Somebody polishes them I presume to make a buck moving them on.
I'd take 50 honest junkers for 1 polished scrap gun.
That the brotherhood of gun peddlers make a market in polished junk with hidden problems bugs me. Sort of smacks of dishonesty.
Kentucky Jon can choose to work on it, or not. At least he can see what was done.
