GHE .410 another landfill story

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

In that 15 or 20 years, I haven't seen an absolutely original field used VHE .410 Skeet. I think that mine may be the only one left...(?) All the rest are refinished...(?)

They're out there Bill. Take a drive up north and have a look at John Dunkle's VHE .410 Skeet gun with everything but a ventilated rib... All Original! They are scarce, granted, but I have handled three in the last few years and Lord knows that is only a fraction I'm thinking.





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[C.O.B.]

I know of an original VHE 410 skeet as well.

[edgarspencer]

Between the few extremely qualified stock people we know who frequent this board, and others, whose reputation speaks for them, I would trust this gun to them. If Alan's gun were mine, I'd want to admire a beautiful gun, not one that once was, now is not, but 'still original'. Why do we pay these craftsmen? If I had to worry about whether something as easily fixed as the wood finish will hurt my exit value, I probably wouldn't have half the guns I do have.
A lot of people pound the table in the name of originality when it's someone else's gun, but they don't hesitate to 'tidy up' their own.