In 1974, while working at Oswego College in upstate NY, I went to the Rochester Gun Show and took along with me an original (wish I had it now) Sharps Creedmoor 50 cal. rifle in excellent all origional condition. Needless to say the Sharps sold within a very short time for $1K cash. So, I'm walking around the show with a wad of cash in my pocket and I spy a nice clearly refinished 12 ga Parker VH for $400. It looked so good I bought it from the guy who said absolutely nothing to me. I get home and I'm looking at the barrels and see a faint line about 3-4 inches forward of the breech. I take it to my local gunsmith in the Oswego area and show it to him and he says "it's been sleeved Allen" and then explains what this means. Buyer beware. While I felt a bit ripped off, I also felt guilty that I didn't look it over more closely and ask the guy what those fine lines meant, so it was my fault too. I learned a good lesson and eventually traded the gun for something else. The buyer knew the gun was sleeved and had no issue with it in the deal.
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