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Originally Posted by Rick Losey
"shooter" will mean different things to different people
to me - there is no difference in any of the safety or structural features (lock up, solid wood and such) between a "shooter" and a good condition gun
a shooter is simply one that has finish issues
any thing else (wood issues, rust) falls to the "project" class
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Generally, I am fine with certain levels of project guns, largely determined by what I can do myself. Wood is not problem to address, surface rust is OK, and since I like rust bluing barrels, learning how to work with damascus seems like a good next step.