The sleeving job on the 12g. barrel set is nicer than the 20g. The seam in the rib is less visable and the profile from the new tubes up into the monoblock is nicer. Too bad that they removed the Damascus marking. These sleeve jobs was most likely to make Damasucs barrels "shootable" again.
Anotehr thing about sleeve jobs that bugs me is when they put an engraved ring around the joint to dress it up. A very good sleeve job will just show a line that should not stock out like a sore tumb if the profile is right.
Anyway... If the quality of the sleeveing and the bluing on the barrels was better, I would say that $3k is not all that bad for a gun that has the versatility that a 12/20 set with modern chambers would have. But you might be pushing it in it;s current condtion. The rest of the gun looks nice from my house. hard to tell for sure.
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