This gun was bough to be a project gun.the stock is broken on both sides.it got to be restocked.It had a small dent in one barrel that I removed ,so I am going to reblue the barrels.I will have new checkering added.with all this ,why would I not want to have it recased .I know a lot of guys here beleave in keeping it orignal,and I do to when I find a great condition orignal gun,but this is not one.in my opion (and it's not worth much) it would be like wearing a new suit with old shoes.