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Originally Posted by RShaw

Hi Don,
Yeeesss I thought about that, and then concluded, their statement isn't a "lie" if all the numbers on the fully assembled gun which are visible, in fact match (I'm sure they do- easy to check). But why do that for a shooter? I must be missing something. Sad that one has to be so careful....
I really don't want to become cynical but the tendency is there (

I wouldn't call it cynicism... What's required is skepticism and critical analysis. Skepticism requires following the available evidence, and the analysis is more complete and valid based on one's knowledge of the best info at the time.

Status of surviving serialization of an auction lot with the description "all visible numbers match" should be judged on that and only that. One should not bid on what one wishes to be the case (that the internal numbers also match), rather what is presented in the description and what is actually visible in any pics.

I've obtained several numbers-matching guns, albeit shooters, which were either described like that or made no mention of the status of the numbers. However, since I always bid on such examples as though they do not match--unless it is demonstrable that they do--I have had a handful of very satisfying purchases that turned out to be matching when they arrived home.