Receiver repairable?

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Craig Budgeon

A serviceable $500 Trojan that looks as if it spent its whole life in a duck blind can be found at a dealers table who deals part time in pumps and automatics and whose profit on the last transaction the Trojan represents. I define serviceable gun as one which has left its exterior finish in service to its owner, barrels are tight to breech, bores are fair or better, and the stock has one repairable crack. Bingo $500 Trojan.

The problem is that most sellers with $500 Trojans want $1000 for them .