Good morning fasteddy, you were correct in not paying full price. As far as any collector's value goes it's been inappropriately tarted up with a "funeral gun" hot blued finish and gold plated triggers. I only hope that the barrels weren't hot blued or you might have future rib separation issues.
I had a .410 NS that was given the same treatment (except thankfully they left the barrels alone). I bought a small bottle of Testors gold paint at Hobby Lobby and filled in the engraving so that it looked like gold inlay and it didn't look bad.
Steve
I wondered about the barrel blueing also. Does anyone know if the Nitros had brazed barrels? I'm guessing a hot blue wouldn't be an issue if the barrels were brazed.
Steve, 'Po folk got 'Po ways-when I was just a kid, a friend and I did the same thing to his Remington 1100, with gold Testors model airplane paint. We thought it was spiffy.
A lot of things that were spiffy when I was 15 don't seem that way anymore!
Best,
Ted
