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Without getting too far into opinions of where recoil pads belong can I get opinions of the best way to deal with recoil pads on a gun I want to sell?
I have a few decent vintage American doubles, graded guns, mid condition original finishes, some small bores, some 12s, that I want to sell. They all have white line recoil pads of some sort. Is it worth it to replace them with period repro pads or is it still just a gun with an aftermarket pad and saving $50-100 bucks on the replacement is
money saved?
Thanks
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WhiteLines hurt value on most (not all) classic and vintage guns, but let the buyer replace them. Odds are that whatever you put on would be an improvement but not be what the buyer wants.
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I think it's a wash, and possibly worse, to pay for replacing them. I have a friend who doesn't like period pads. He is looking for a Fox, but says he hates the look of the period correct, preferring to have a black pad installed. Doesn't understand why anyone would put those ugly things on a gun. Go figure.
Last edited by Jawjadawg; 04/04/14 07:13 AM.
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I just had a white line pad on an Ithaca NID 1E replaced with the appropriate sun burst. I like it that way. Should also add that I needed the stock shortened a bit as well, which worked well with the pad replacement. But, as noted above, someone else might not care whether it has a white line, or might like something other than the "correct" period pad.
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The buyer will know what he wants. A perfect pad installation is a rare and beautiful thing to behold. Emphasis on "rare".
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You could have it both ways. Offer to supply a period pad and let the new seller have it fit to the gun. That way the exact LOP can be made to the new owners needs. White line pads are a definite turn off for a lot of people. Periods pads are an improvement to me but not others as you just heard. The impulse to dress up a gun for sale is understandable but not always cost effective. If the pad in question is as hard as a rock I would just replace it with a period pad anyways.
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White line pads had their place and time and that time has past.
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I have heard gun collectors refer to "white line disease."
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