Jeff,

"bad enough that she was re-done,"

The UK is different to the US it seems.
Guns in the UK, (ie Shotguns, Double Rifles) get sent back to the factory by the owners
at the end of each season or 2 fr a clean up, replacement etc etc.
This is particulalry so with high end guns like Holland, Purdey, Boss etc.

Very few used guns in the UK are totally original and it doesn't seem to be as much of an issue
as in the US - which I have been told stems from the COLT / Winchester collecting mentality
of originality.

If you had seen the state of some of the guns that came out of India (Double Rifles), you wouldn't
touch them - nothing wrong with the gun metal, just wood wrotten etc from the Wallahs painting
on oil with a Mop !!!

Therefore I can't see what the problem is with this originality thing - if something goes wrong with
the gun, trigger pressure is too high, are you going to get it fixed and parts replaced or would you
leave it as it and possibly unuseable just so it keeps it's originality ?

Anyway, just my HO. I wlook forward to your reply.

500 Nitro