Magic can go in reverse though-I rescued a model 500 Mossberg from the hacksaw a few years back (convicted felon had his felon ex-brother-in-laws gun in his house and caught his 5 year old son playing with it-he was going to saw the gun in half) and, after I repaired it's cracked stock, and painted it black, it magically became the gun I couldn't miss anything with. Note that this happened after I had a fortune wrapped up in good guns. In my dreams, I find this gun at the beginning, and use all the money from good doubles to buy Caterpillar stock.
Then, I wake up.
Best,
Ted