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How does 1-1.5 put a loose gun "right" if the barrel or barrels are almost out of proof? New barrels? Sleeving?
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If you sleeve a gun you make it into a shooter, not a collector, but if the barrels are marginal it is not really a collector anyways. New barrels would be great, but at the cost of many tens of thousands not going to happen in all but the extreme cases. Guns at auction are there for a reason. Not enough value to sell on consignment in most cases but still worth something. I am stuck trying to figure out what I might do with a gun coming up on the sealed bid. It needs sleeving but by then I would be upside down in the gun, with no chance to ever get my money back. But the gun is so rare I might never find another one. They made maybe 300 total, over 120 years ago. But rare does not mean super valuable in this case. So do I just do smart thing and add this gun to the "ones which got away list" or just buy it and make one more money pit?
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If you sleeve a gun you make it into a shooter, not a collector, but if the barrels are marginal it is not really a collector anyways. New barrels would be great, but at the cost of many tens of thousands not going to happen in all but the extreme cases. Guns at auction are there for a reason. Not enough value to sell on consignment in most cases but still worth something. I am stuck trying to figure out what I might do with a gun coming up on the sealed bid. It needs sleeving but by then I would be upside down in the gun, with no chance to ever get my money back. But the gun is so rare I might never find another one. They made maybe 300 total, over 120 years ago. But rare does not mean super valuable in this case. So do I just do smart thing and add this gun to the "ones which got away list" or just buy it and make one more money pit? Some of us don't buy guns with the intension of coming out right side up down the road. Not saying you should, but you might put the idea in front a few such people and see if they would be interested in the investment. You never know. Someone might pay much more for something really rare. See if you can line up a client in advance. Just an idea.
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A gun that is in proof but marginal, in other words at the upper end of the proof bore size, can have a long and useful life ahead of it assuming it has reasonable wall thicknesses IF the barrels are taken care of.
With modern ammunition and a minimum of cleaning it should be safe from pitting and never need honing out.
There may be a problem if is badly dented and the raised dent needs an internal polish.
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