I like high condition guns and own quite a few, that said I completely see the advantage of buying a gun that is in excellent mechanical condition with some refinish work done for a lower dollar.
Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Yep. Seems simple to understand. Dunno what the hullabaloo is all about.
The typical game of "got ya" played on this board, certain people like to analyse others every post, try to find a vulnerability and then exploit it, claiming other posters are ignorant, stupid or not ideologically pure enough. It has been going on for quite some time, standing up to those weak minded individuals is usually reward by have your posts delayed.
There is no way that in my 30's I could have put the funds together for my Holland if it had been pristine, it isn't, I was able to swing it and it has made me a superb field gun, without so much as a hiccup.
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