VH 12 with Briley thin-walled tubes

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Altered barrels be they cut or have screw in chokes reduces the value of the gun by half. Use this as a guide and you will not pay too much.

An 80% gun would be a screamer! Please shoot some photos and share with us.

[Bill Murphy]

Grantham, please post the exact wording from the Blue Book that tells you that there is no value penalty for screw chokes in a $4000 VH.

[Grantham Forester]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Grantham, please post the exact wording from the Blue Book that tells you that there is no value penalty for screw chokes in a $4000 VH.

I re-and re-read in the 2010 copy of Mr. Fjestad's Blue Book- from pages 1378 through 1383, even used a magnifier for the fine print, and could NOT find any reference to the value-added factor for the Briley installed tubes? Would this VH be worth more if the Briley tubes were installed by the Briley folks in TX, as opposed to one of their licensed installer/gunsmiths, perhaps? If so, should I ask the party that owns this "fine shooter" if he has a letterheaded bill from Briley, that references this VH Parker by exact serial number? Thanks

[Grantham Forester]

Originally Posted by Mark Ouellette

Altered barrels be they cut or have screw in chokes reduces the value of the gun by half. Use this as a guide and you will not pay too much.

An 80% gun would be a screamer! Please shoot some photos and share with us.

My mistake-- the VH Parker is NOT the 80% condition gun- the AH Fox 12 A Grade is-had been in private safe storage from about WW11 outbreak in Poland until perhaps the last few years--As this is not a Fox forum, perhaps I should not have mentioned it here- my bad. I can't get someone to take good photos or provide the serial number data of either gun right now- if important, I can ask the owner of both these nice pre-WW11 double guns for the serial numbers and markings, possibly photos after that, but 100% do-able if I end up buying either, or both guns- then I will be glad to do so.

May I ask- of which Big Ten College football team are you friendly with? I am a Illini fan (my wife is an Alumnus) but trying to support them each Fall seems a bit futile- much like picking the Lions to win a SuperBowl, or the Twins to win a World Series--