Question on Gun Sales

[esetter - Gerry Addison]

I've bought quite a few guns on the internet and I've never really run into a problem like this before. I saw a gun on GunInternational that I thought was nice. I knew the seller from this site and other sites and have had dealings with him before. Made an offer on the gun with specific terms of a three day, non-firing inspection because he said he didn't have tools to properly measure barrel wall thickness, etc. He quickly agreed to these terms all done in email, so there is a record. I received the gun today and it looked as expected. When I threw it to my shoulder it felt a little funny lining up so I looked at the cast and to my surprise it is cast on. I got out the equipment and it is over 1/4 inch cast on for the left hand shooter. Quickly emailed him and told him I would be returning the gun and why. He said he wasn't aware of the cast but he was not going to accept a return because he didn't know it was cast on. He said I'll refund $300 so I can get it bent which I'm not willing to take the chance on and don't want to do. He still says he won't accept the return. I told him he had until tomorrow to agree to the return or I'll take further action. Again, there is email to back all of this up and if not agreed upon by tomorrow I'll do just that. Was buying this gun for a good friend/customer and he knew that and I said he would need time to inspect the gun. No way my friend wants a left hand side by side for $4200. Any suggestions gentlemen? I really don't want this to get ugly but I'm not going to let this go without some retaliation.