I Wish I now then what I know now I would never had bought the gun :shout: Still, we all make mistakes said the darleck getting of the dustbin :biggrin:
Console yourself by knowing that you got at least £1000 more for it by taking it back to the original Zoli dealer than you would if you took it to a non-Zoli dealer.
At least that's the way it works down this way. There is a reluctance to buy in guns from manufacturers for which they are not agents. :biggrin:
By way of example, we have 3 main players in the gunshop stakes fairly locally. 1 sells Zoli, 1 sells Ceasar Guerini and the other sells B Rizzini. I was considering a model of one or the other of these for myself. When in dealer 1, tell them you are considering one of the other brands and you get the "You don't want to buy one of them, they will only be worth half of what you pay when you walk out of the shop, but if you bring my nice XXX back in 6 months, you'll get at least 90% of what you paid for it"
All total cobblers of course, as you have found. There's something to be said for staying with the Berettas, Brownings, Mirokus, Perazzis etc. All known and respected names with at least some value on the second hand market built on their reputation. :biggrin:
We all make choices however, and it is nice to have the choice???