I don't have a recommendation for a stock doctor to do this work, but have had it done in the past by several craftsmen who are alas no longer available to us below.
If your "doc" is any good at all, the repair won't be visible from the outside of the gun. On the inside of my LC Smith with glassed locks the "glassing" appears as a different texture, almost like a shiny brown paint on wood that covers the wood grain. The work was cheap, but then so am I. And I lived in small town Vermont and Idaho respectively, where there was as yet no "carriage trade." A double repair was the same as any gun repair to them.
I think it's a good idea to have this done if you even SUSPECT that there is a weak spot on an old double that you intend to shoot.
Last edited by Mike A.; 07/02/15 05:59 PM.
