sothere,
If I get your question concerning older guns and their stocks and referencing the earlier post, I would offer that old wood drys out and sidelock guns have less wood, in the area you mention, than box locks. Heavy use of an older sxss could get exspensive unless you have a talent for rapping wire. Personnally, even if I get a gem at a steal I feel robbed if I break it doing something silly. I have a very very small ding in the left barrel of a L.C.Smith that wasn't there when I bought it, have know idea how I put it there and it p-s-s me off everytime I look at it cause I know I did it somehow!
Best to you,
Kurt
