Everyone is fallable and things can backfire for the con-artists. One frequent seller at local shows who I now know to commonly sell fakes sold me a very collectable gun for about 1/3 to 1/4 of its worth because he hadn't done his homework. In fact he thought the gun was a "khyber pass" (which he didn't come out and say as he sensed I wanted to shoot it!) but having, by sheer coincidence, recently read several detailed threads on Kyhber pass guns on this forum I was 100% sure it was not. It actually took me several weeks to figure out what it really was and to find out I had stolen it. Point is there's no rational way to prepare for buying at a show unless you stick religiously to a make you truly know well (or don't have a day job). These days I'm buying most of my rifles from one of several good on-line sellers or on the CGN forum where all sellers have feedback ratings. Much safer and way better selection than one gets at shows. Not surprisingly, these on-line sellers rarely throw out wild stories about the gun which would be available for the world to see (and laugh at).

Ridolpho