I just took Mr. Merz, politely, to task on a badly described trapdoor. His response was immediate, courteous, and seemingly quite concerned, and he changed the ad and lowered the price.

I'd suggest contacting him for a correction - you might be surprised. Remember that his is an OLD firm, from the "Charles Edward Chapel days" when Winchesters and Colts were the only arms being collected by the socially-accepted crowd, and that he is a Winchester collector.

Times have changed. There ARE some scumbags (for example, the late Keith Rush of Trapdoors Galore) but I think Mr. Merz is honest, if sometimes ignorant in our field.