Value ........... decreased. Practicality and usefulness ............... increased. Desirability .............. that one's a toss up. I bought a Philly Fox 32" barreled BE grade 12 ga. several years ago. It had been restocked in nice, figured walnut, and had been screw choked with Briley S1 series thin walls. The price reflected that. It's one of my most useful vintage S x S guns.

It's all according to what you want, all original.............. or not.

SRH

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