Anyone interested in the state of the UK market for guns should have a look at Ryedale Auctioneers sale today .The catalogue is online with hammer prices of the lots that actually sold.
there is no market over there....particularly for the OLD Fashioned guns......think they will soon start using them for new road underlayment.....
Lot of tired looking guns in that auction. Most it seems got no bids or not one high enough to meet the minimum which is a pity. That means they will be just added to the next auction. I agree there is just no market for low grade, well worn doubles right now and I doubt there ever will be again. It cost too much to import them into the US for it to be much use to us. I try to cherry pick a odd gun here and there, but by the time you pay for everything it is more a labor of love than a bargain hunt. So I go for odd operating systems or long barreled small bore which can be rare to find even in the auctions.