Originally Posted by
Re01312
My title explains what happen best. As Hy-score collector, the 1st variant model 700, which was only made 1947 is the most difficult to find. Only the Phoenix Arms Hy-score pistol, which was also produced for about a year is as rare as the 700s.
The seller was pawnshop with an extensive airgun inventory, all which were listed on . The Hy-scores are not stamped with the model numbers but, 700 series guns have serial numbers starting with a seven. The 700s have a milled receiver, shorter internal barrel, rear sights are different, and barrel has square shoulder instead of a taper.
Placed a bid high enough to win the auction assuming someone would realize the gun's value as a model 700 besides me. I did not feel any empathy for the seller's loss of revenue of the sale. The differences are easily noticed.
Does anyone think I should have told the pawnbroker the gun was a 700? Once I it arrives, I'll post a pic of the prize.
This moral dilemma came up within the last couple of years and was much discussed on here. A dealer had bought a vastly underpriced painting, for the vendors’ asking price, that’d made a fortune at auction. He’d offered to share, they’d declined and it went to court.It may have been in France because I can remember using the the phrase ‘ Merde attends ‘ ( shit happens ). Whereever it was the court found in the dealer’s favour. All part of life - sometimes someone gets lucky and sometimes someone gets unlucky. End of!
My view was that if it had sold at a loss in the auction, the elderly couple would not have offered to make good the dealer’s loss, and he’d been more than fair making any sort of goodwill gesture.
If this hasn’t sorted it for you - try this - toss a coin, let the coin decide. And see how you feel about the result. Go with your feeling.
ATB, Mick
When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns .
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