pleased for you that it has worked out and that you have eventually ended up with a replacement gun to you spec.
I hope you don't end up to much out of pocket
February 1988 when I bought my 30" 682 supersport they had not long been on the market, RRP was £1300, I paid £970 cash, only know this because I sold it 4 or 5 years ago and have photo's of the original receipt and insurance valuation,
seem to remember decent cartridges were around £80, white...
I was not suggesting that is what he should buy, was just putting it out there.
I know about the so called handling of the gun, back in the 80's my pal a serial gun changer settled on the fixed choke 32" trap, sung its praises, he used it for everything, even won some championship skeet comp...
forgive my ignorance, just trying to get it clear, but if you bought the new gun be it an already Teaque multi choked sporter but with the full Miroku warranty as I suggested, then put your wood on it would it not then become the same as the trap version with after market Teaque chokes...
to late now you have done the deal, but I quoted for a new 'new' grade 1 sporter already Teaque multi choked at £1660 with warranty sourced from Guntrader not a dog of a second hand one for £900. which is probably the minimum that you could get for your complete 29" barrelled gun.
sorry antse7en, I don't get it when you can buy a new grade one for £1660, or a second hand grade 5 for a couple of hundred more then swap the wood, then you have a whole matching numbers gun to sell
well, on reflection, agreeing with Feddypip
I think I would go with the original offer from Teaque to cut down and choke the barrels, then make no further decision until I had persevered and put a couple of thousand through it,
I think there is a chance that you will never be happy with this...