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Sirs, good afternoon. Just wanted yalls opinions on value of a French shotgun.
How much you have invested ? Why bother asking this jOe? Why not just start in with the crapping on other peoples' guns. It's what you do, isn't it. Dispense with the preliminaries...get down to the business at hand.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Redoftx I wouldn't pay $620 for it...if you cant shoot it or just end up not liking the gun it will be hard to get your money back.
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Canvasback I don't recall replying to a canadian moron.
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Depends. A lot of times these guns have incredible walnut on them that makes us all smile
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Not much finish remains on that particular example. Some guns live hard lives. The chamber length would have been marked on the flats at the proof house, either 65 (short) or 70, or 2 3/4. The original bore size at time of proof will be marked as well, using that you can determine if the bores have been honed or otherwise tampered with.
The sling is repairable, the butt plate can be replaced, but, none of that will be free. You still have a gun missing most of its finish at that point. Quite usable, but not a collection focal point, so to speak.
I suppose it all comes down to if you can make use of the gun. The design itself is trouble free.
Good luck.
Best,
Ted
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Thank you all for the replies. I know an item's value can be so subjective, mainly between buyer and seller and how bad buyer wants it, unless it is a rare piece or piece with provenance. But 1)I don't have a 16, 2) it feels like it would be light and a pleasure to carry in the field.
Thanks.
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Ive bought guns for less reason than that. It should be very light.
Again, it will come down to what you need/want. That said, you could do much, much worse on a 16. Just about any of the hardware store American 16s, think Savage, Stevens, Winchester 24, etc. will be pigs by comparison.
Again, Good Luck.
Best,
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The metal on that one doesn't look great, especially considering it's a relatively modern (post-WWII) gun. I'd check websites like gunsinternational.com and gunbroker to see what they're going for in the States. Just based on the photos you posted, I think the asking price is on the high side.
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