Maybe Time For A Poll...

[jamese]

Dwight,
While I respect and understand your position, and I agree that a person who replaces a part with a correct numbered part should tell the purchaser that the part has been replaced, but in the real world that doesnâ??t happen very often. If a seller does tell the buyer that a part has been replaced, Iâ??m sure when the gun is re-sold that information would most likely be omitted.

I have to ask you a question...... when buying a gun from a known respected dealer or any trusted collector and the gun is â??All Matchingâ?� how does the dealer know if the person they procured the gun from didnâ??t change the a broken firing pin etcâ?¦with the correct numbered matching pin or any other correct matching part for that mater ? I donâ??t think the dealer committed a fraud, because they unknowingly sold a gun as â??matching originalâ?� and if a person re-sells the gun, they unknowingly sell it as a â??matching originalâ?� and so the misrepresentation continues.

My point is thatâ?¦even you can not with certainty say that all the guns in your safe are â??original matchingâ?� unless you ordered the gun from the factory yourself, and it arrived in a sealed box.

In my opinion your one of the most knowledgeable and respected people on this forum. I read, follow and agree with your posts 99.9% of the time. On this issue I think that we both agree in theory that anyone who changes a gun in any way should pass that information on, but those that fail short of this standard I donâ??t think are guilty of fraud.

Sorry for the rambling on��nuff said

Jim