Well said, Bill. There is a huge supply of shooter-grade guns for fantastic prices, and that makes me very happy. As I noted above, there are some sellers with unrealistic expectations and I simply pass. However, the auctions are chock full of great old guns. One needs to be careful but assuming you are, there are deals to be had. I took a flyer on a VH for a whopping $100. It has some cosmetic issues, but otherwise is rock solid with perfect bores. Someone opened the chokes and put on a very nice replacement stock, and ugly (to me) but functional beavertail forend. The gun is absolutely fantastic on skeet and clays. I now have an excellent Parker shotgun for skeet, clays and soon hunting for $100. That's just amazing. I will spend money when I need to, such as my K-gun for trap, but I'll take a $100 Parker any day.
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