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One of my personal guidelines on this restoration issue is that if it isn't saleable for $1,000 as-is, modify it any way you wish,
Most of the time, one doesn't regain restoration cost when the shotgun is eventually sold. Restore it if it makes you happier...
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Thanks Greg, and Buzz and Gil and Lloyd3 and Canvasback..... By the way Greg, I was just sitting here wondering "just how happy do clams get"..?...?...  Best Regards, Hi Doug and Joel, maybe like this:  Notice the "Top Hat". Best! Greg
Gregory J. Westberg
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Is a happy clam similar to a bearded oyster?
Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
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Hi Doug and Joel, maybe like this: Notice the "Top Hat". Best! Greg Hi Greg, I don't know where you found that, but it's pretty good, now I know what to look for in happy clams with top hats........LOL............  Rockdoc...probably the same thing....? Best Regards,
Doug
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That top hat adds a touch of class. Thanks Greg.
Practice safe eating. Always use a condiment.
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Here's one for you guys. I recently aquired a rare LC Smith Trap Grade 20 GA. As far as I can tell, there were 348 Trap Grade 20's made, about 130 with 26in barrels, and even a few less with the single trigger. However, the stock is not original, and neither is the butt plate. I've been kicking around the idea if having it restored, the stock cut to 14.5 in LOP, and adding a Silvers pad, which would be period specific. As far as I can tell the chambers, bores, barrels, and chokes seem to be unaltered as well, which only leaves a stock with numbers that don't match. Would you guys leave it as is? Restore is, or heaven forbid, even lengthen the chambers to 2 3/4 and use it as a shooter?
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Was it priced as a collectors item or a shooter? It's no longer original. Can't help that. You don't say what kind of current condition it is in.
If it were me, and I'm assuming it has been well used over the years, I would restore to as close to original as I could, I would not lengthen chambers or change chokes.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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It was priced as someone who didn't know what it was. Mechanically it's in great shape. The case coloring is mostly gone, and the bluing shows wear, but besides that, it's in pretty darn good shape. I'd post a few Picts if I could figure it out.
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Thats a tough one as that is a VERY rare Smith. Youre absolutely sure that the guy you bought it from does not have the original stock and butt plate somewhere?
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Nope. Long story short, the stock is gone.
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