BrentD, What is the difference between a rare collectable gun and a nice shooter? It is subjective, that is until it comes time to sell it. Then a dealer will tell you the value is ruined while some, a few shooters might see extra versatility in it. But it never increases the value.
Rare is pretty easy to understand, albeit, it does not come with a threshold value. If it is refinished, modified, restocked, etc. it's already not what I would consider collectible as an original. Might collectible if a famous gunsmith did the work as is the case with rifles occasionally. Is a garden variety Sterlingworth a collector? Only if you consider every gun a collectible. Would choke tubes devalue it much or increase the value?
In Stan's example, there is a gun for which he apparently knew it's value with and without chokes. I think that is the sort of target situation being considered. I'm guessing he was looking at a 20% "reflected" price reduction. Rocketman seems to be in the same ballpark for shootibles vs. collectibles. Makes sense to me.
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