20 gauge CHE found in a garden shed

[Brian H]

Thank you for all the interest in this gun. I sent away for a letter today to see what that brings up. I have had 11 offers to purchase the gun and a few other folks give me some sound advice on proceeding. At this point I am not a seller to those that have offered, although it would be more helpful if you have interest to give an assessment of value as a few were willing to do. I am on the fence to proceed with any work myself although the $$ investment over the 2-3 years it will take is not that significant in my opinion. $7K-10K is not a bad way to get an amazing gun.....like 3 years same as cash on that new convertible! I will tell you this gun was not given to me, or found at a yard sale. I paid what I considered a value worth it to me in its current state and it was in excess of the $1k a few of you offered to me......but not too much more. Where are you going to find a 20 ga. CHE ejector gun? Barrels or not its like owning a LS6 454 with everything rusted out but the cowl and the ID tag attached to it....................you can build another car around that!

More of the important stuff such as gun info:
The butt stock was given to me in a box with the rest of the gun, it does not appear to be from this gun after close inspection, although it is a skeleton butt stock (SSPB) with a straight grip that could be modified as a pattern for duplication.
It is missing a few parts such as the trip, spring and pin.
Funny to see case color under the locking lever!
I have to believe the barrels can not be saved, but you never know....I used a green scotch bright on them after these pics and they actually look quite a bit better. The choke cleaned up very nice with now only about 1/4" inside the muzzle with rust the rest of the interior is clean and bright. I see 3-4 areas that appear to be a bit deep but small in size.
Besides the exterior rust, all the internals operate freely at they should.

Thanks again to all with constructive helpful comments.