I wish I had a canned reply about British guns and British gunsmiths and their treatment of bores and gun finish. British gunsmiths regularly bore out barrels and grind the finish off of barrels to the point that British auction houses are flush with fine guns with "barrel walls under safe limits" or whatever other terms they use for trashed out guns. Holt's auction is full of such guns. Trashed out, refinished guns are no more accepted in Great Britain than they are here in the USA. A clean, original Purdey sells for thousands of dollars more than a trashed out, refinished Purdey. Yes, in GB just like in the USA.
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