[stumpstalker]

Steven:

I can’t argue with your list. But, in my humble opinion, I would say that any listing of the elements between A and L would be considerably modified by the attribute of originality, i.e.,

c) are Barrels of original length?

j) is gun RE-case-colored? (as Greg (WILD SKIES) said).

f) is stock tinkered with, including non-factory pads added after-market?

k) are barrels RE-blued?

l) are chokes opened after-market, and not by the factory?

a) even the issue of Grade relates to originality, should the gun have been up-graded.


To illustrate how kaleidoscopic the process of evaluating these qualities can be, here is a 12-gauge DHE that is apparently all original, but not high-condition. All that should complicate the application of the very relevant features you list.

If collecting criteria were easy, who would bother?