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johnbt · January 29, 2012, 01:00 PM

I'd be tempted at that price.

Assuming everything is original except the barrel work, and that it's never been shot with a bad bolt buffer or no bolt buffer, and that's it's probably an early gun with a grooved type 1 trigger (a lot of folks prefer the later type 3 smooth trigger) and a screw by the front bead holding the rib on (these get pinned sometimes to keep them from eventually shearing off), etc., etc.

Sounds like a $500 gun with $400 worth of barrel work.

And it's possible the previous owner had the mainspring tube and magazine tube replaced with stainless ones. And maybe replaced all the springs, etc. Why just do the barrel work, unless he bought the barrel that way and sold the original. Improving the SX1 is a cottage industry at places like Wrights and www.nulineguns.com/category_part_41_3_31_41.php

Here's a $500 gun.

http://www.armslist.com/posts/67470/...modified-choke

In 2005 I bought later model SX-1 field gun with a MOD choke and a classy old recoil pad on it and paid $450, but the forearm is dinged up pretty good in two places like it fell over on something. Other that that it was like new.

January 29, 2012, 01:00 PM	#5
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	I'd be tempted at that price. Assuming everything is original except the barrel work, and that it's never been shot with a bad bolt buffer or no bolt buffer, and that's it's probably an early gun with a grooved type 1 trigger (a lot of folks prefer the later type 3 smooth trigger) and a screw by the front bead holding the rib on (these get pinned sometimes to keep them from eventually shearing off), etc., etc. Sounds like a $500 gun with $400 worth of barrel work. And it's possible the previous owner had the mainspring tube and magazine tube replaced with stainless ones. And maybe replaced all the springs, etc. Why just do the barrel work, unless he bought the barrel that way and sold the original. Improving the SX1 is a cottage industry at places like Wrights and www.nulineguns.com/category_part_41_3_31_41.php Here's a $500 gun. http://www.armslist.com/posts/67470/...modified-choke In 2005 I bought later model SX-1 field gun with a MOD choke and a classy old recoil pad on it and paid $450, but the forearm is dinged up pretty good in two places like it fell over on something. Other that that it was like new.