Yeah, like I said his buisness practices are "odd", and very inconsistent. He is no friend of mine and I have never bought a thing from him. A friend of mine did, he bought a Brit sniper scope and mount off of him and while he dicked about on his price, it was still a good clear scope with original mount and still underpriced. All I stated is that he did not renumber it, which you did try to state as "fact" when it really isn't. I am not sure why anyone takes any dealers word for anything, if you are willing to sling the dough around you had best know about what you intend to buy. It is also worth noting that it now makes one renumbered 99 sniper and a renumbered paratroop type 2 that have popped up here locally, 2 different dealers. So there very well may be some one renumbering locally or it could be coincedence,but regardless, buyer beware and don't take anything for granted