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Originally Posted by Mo_Gearhead
Quote:"..it didn't have a lock, the wire wrappings around the stock or the Indian Tacks"
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Sounds like you sold him a box full of car parts and he restored it to drive-ability
..and the problem is ...what?
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You have to understand firearms collecting is different than car collecting.
There are different theories on why it is "acceptable" to restore a collectible car, where it is not so with firearms -- the best explanation I've heard is that since the car has always required maintenance during its service life, "rebuilding" is acceptable in the collecting market. Firearms don't normally require "new parts" as part of their regular maintenance, thus, it is not acceptable to install them when something becomes collectible.
Things like the Indian Tacks can actually have historical meaning; for someone to add them to a firearm that never had them historically, is to commit an act of fraud.
Imagine if someone found an old 911, then counterfeited a serial number and body paint scheme to make it appear that it had a racing heritage -- you'd recognize that as fraud wouldn't you?
That is what someone has done with this firearm; they have made it appear to have a "heritage" that is different than the one it actually had.