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Maybe it was on the Fox forum, but everyone was talking about how much money was paid for a gun with so much rust on it. Then, the buyer came on with pictures of the cleaned up Super and it was amazing. Good job to him.
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It cleaned up well, but he still paid a lot of money. Too much really.
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It was a beautiful HE with very little wear and nearly all of its case color and no damage to the wood that I could see. I went to the little gun shop in southern NH to see it and talk with the owner of the shop. He had told his client that he would try to get $350 for it on Gunbroker if he could. I told him to expect it to get closer to $10k and he didn't believe me. He admitted that he didn't know much at all about classic American doubles.
I examined it very closely and pretty much knew that it was mostly just surface rust and would likely come off pretty easily. .
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I'm basing my opinion on the color of the rust, and I suspect it will clean off without any pitting. On the flip side, I think there's little chance any case hardening colors will survive. The barrel finish will also be compromised, but the normal barrel prep work for cold rust bluing will be enough. Can't speculate on the wood.
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Yes, I remember Rick.
I took a bunch of pictures when I examined it... I'll need to find them. How was the concert?... better than winning an auction on an HE ?? .
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we got a CD of the concert - i don't know where that is now If I had won the auction for the HE - I WOULD know where that was 
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At least the cd cost less.
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