I have a late LC Field Grade 12 that I purchased about thirty years ago. The metal is in very nice condition, lots of case color left. The stock had the typical cracks behind both lock plates. The cracks were repaired and the stock refinished and the gunsmith did a very nice finish.

But, this gunsmith had a bad reputation as far as his wood repairs went. About every one of his repairs failed. I have never shot this gun as I expect the stock to crack again. I purchased the gun at a very fair price with the intent of finding a new stock at some point but never got around to it.

Now thirty years later I'm wondering if this gun is worth the stock repair/replacement. My regular gunsmith is way to pricey for this type of project. Any ideas on who could replace the stock without investing more than the gun is worth.

Dennis