A truer quote was never written! No information, is in-valid, simply because the despencer, is unknown!

As to the origenal question, and as someone already stated, the re-sale depends on the price paid in the first place! Also, the thought about the market being a lot larger in the field grade rifles of any make, gives a better chance of recouping some of your money. Most folks who can afford to buy a $20K, or up, rifle, will buy a new rifle made to order, or a very well documented used "NAME" Britt!

New double rifles, will inverably be discounted when sold used, just as the old lower grades did when they were sold after only four or five years use, by the origenal buyer! When they were only a five years old used double rifle, they were not collector pieces as they are today, and sold as used rifles, nothing more! The formula given above, by someone, about the resale, is valid for the new double rifles. It would have been valid for the older rifles when they were five years old, as well! When the new doubles, of today, are 80, or 90 years old, they will be colector pieces as well, and will sell for far more that the price paid new! One simply cannot compare the priceing of collector pieces, against a contemparary piece!

I say if you are buying to sell, then buy a good Britt rifle, and spend the money it takes to tune it into top condition. That is machanical restoration, more than refinishing.