For the last several years, I would get delayed and then they would not ever call back. I would pick up my gun after 3 days but the check would expire without a call back after the 30 days.
This means if a retailer required a proceed, i.e Cabela's, Walmart, CMP, etc... I basically could not...
They will not go down in value. There will always be collectors out there.
A new Savage model 10 far outshoots a 1895 Lee Metford.
Check Lee Metford prices