WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

[Tom Flanigan]

Unless the gun has appreciable case color left, it is priced high. I recently bought a nice 16 bore un-messed with Trojan for $1300 and a PH in original condition, fluid steel barrels, with about 25% case colors for $1,800. If it was me, I would pass on this gun, but it's not my decision to make. There are guns out there with decent prices, you just have to have patience. The best place to find a gun at decent prices is on this board. I have bought one recently and have seen others that were priced fairly with some on the low side.

[Bill Murphy]

Wait a minute. If your lady friend mounted it and liked it, you obviously had the opportunity to inspect it. Have I missed something??

[stumpstalker]

Tom: Case color on top and sides had pretty good coverage – that vast un-engraved "Art-Deco" (or is it Classical!) Trojan canvass – and looked authentic with that oil-in-water look, i.e., no garish “tiger-striping”.

It was the under-side of the receiver that was so very lacking in case color, and probably lead me to underestimate case color overall as being only 25%.

Bill: I neither have the knowledge nor equipment to evaluate and measure such as barrel wall thickness, but probably should. So, my examination was not thorough enough for me to have confidence in settling the purchase without the gun being examined by a professional.

The seller would have all the cash for the transaction while I had the gun for a couple of days “on approval”. Is that just not done, since the gun was “in-hand”?

[Tom Flanigan]

I had Parker exposed to direct sunlight over a period of time. I thought it had diminished the color so I asked Oscar. He gave me the scientific reason why it wasn't so. I've long since forgot the detail. I didn't ask him about the cyanide process but I would imagine it holds true for that also