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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" If you like the gun and the price is right for you buy it, without regret.
How many of us have passed on something and then lived to regret it later.
I once passed on buying a sidelock, and days later thought about it and realised it was a bargain and I should have bought it. Telephoned the vendor only to find it had been sold.
A month later on the 25th December I unwrapped a gift from my wife, yes, there it lay. I have loved and cherished both ever since and that was thirty years ago. Sadly my marriage ended in divorce, but now during my time of need my ex wife is there to care for me.I guess I am lucky that I seem to get two chances at most things.

Two Triggers, I never intended to infer that a Pachmayr White Line pad on a nice old double gun would be a "well installed recoil pad installation." I could have phrased that differently, to be sure. I certainly agree that the "White Line" pads, once so popular, stick out like a sore thumb on such a gun. My intent, although not properly expressed, was either a nice leather covered pad or perhaps something on the order of a Pachmayr Old English type pad, no White Lines, I am in agreement.

Chief: That sounds right to me. I look at a handsome leather-covered pad as having no negative affect on price, when compared to an original horn buttplate, for instance. The loss of original condition is negated by the practical advantages of a pad. In fact, a pad can increase value if it corrects a cut-short stock. I don't even mind a correct solid rubber pad, under those conditions. They seem to be what was used in England when a pad was requested. The important thing (to me at least) is to preserve originality whenever possible, and to use appropriate methods and materials when correcting earlier mistakes. IMHO, there are plenty of guns that already have pads installed, and those who want a pad can buy one of those guns. I just hate to see a gun survive unaltered for 75 years and then get a pad put on it. I've had a few chokes opened over the years, and even regret that these days. Now I buy guns that have the chokes I want, rather than buy chokes I don't want and then spending more money changing them. These are all just personal preferences, of course, but it does sound like we're on much the same page. Best to you. TT