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Hi Joe, Gun is not in hand yet, under serious consideration, wanted to confirm my options before proceeding. Will post details and pics if we forge on... I now your thoughts on money pits....
Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought stupid,than open it and confirm.
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"very attractive medium grade American classic" That narrows it down for me its got to be an LC Smith!!! I just put a thouand dollars into a 16 gauge Nitro Special, don't care if I ever see it because I know I won't because it ain't for sale. And it ain't never going to be for sale as long as I'm alive and I'm planning on living forever. So far so good 
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I put well over $1K into restocking a 16 ga Ithaca NID (now straight hand, plus new long tang) plus new forend (because the butt stock was exceptional and the old forend was not). I know I have more in the gun than it is worth, but it is not "collectable" in the first place, and I love it the way it is. Plus, it is the only gun of mine with which I have taken "a left and a right". (I suppose that is my problem)
Rob
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JohnR,
I think your gun was worthy of the cost of a top, full restoration. Im all for original right up to the point it starts to loose utility. Every gun needs to be judged on its own to make the decision on how far to go.
Ive bought more than a couple guns knowing they needed some level of restoration or total restoration.
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Chuck,
I agonized awhile over whether I should just get the gun repaired or do a full restoration. As with most collectors I would prefer a high condition original gun although with what a high condition XE goes for I most likely could not afford one.
I lucked into this gun for very little and even with the cost of a full restoration will have about 1/2 of what the current asking price is for an original gun. Since my main goal is to have a reliable shooter for years to come and not resale I felt restoration in this case would be the best way to go.
John
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Chuck
This is a beauty and It's apparent why you have no regrets about having it done. I have one of the earlier AEs without much engraving that I've been contemplating having re-done.
Jim
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Jim, Thanks. Like John, I can't afford to be a purist collector of pristine examples. This type of restoration gives me some of the pride that comes from vintage guns as well as new custom guns. When they work out well, they are nice. This 20g NID 3E was another broken, non-original stock mess. It has an original tang selectable SST. I thought the gun was worth saving and would make an upland gun I would be proud to hunt with. It did. Full resto by Gunter Pfrommer. New ICD wood. converted to straight stock/BTFE.    
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Chuck
This is a beauty and It's apparent why you have no regrets about having it done. I have one of the earlier AEs without much engraving that I've been contemplating having re-done.
Jim Jim, if you have a Fox done, note that only during the first two/three years of manufacturing did Fox utilize bone charcoal CCH....after that, all grades (SW's as well) were Cyanide CCH BTW, unlike Chucks B & C example above.... There are some good Cyanide CCH guys out there......it would then look truly original, if restoration accuracy trips your trigger that is......
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PA24:
Agree that CCH is exceptional on Chuck's examples.
Jim
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