This is meant to be something of a technical question and surely not intended to be emotionally provocative. At what point does a Stirlingworth cease to be a Stirlingworth in the customization process and become a "Custom Fox"? It seems to me that the reserection of a beater Stirlingworth and its transformation into something "better in the eyes of the owner" is a noble undertaking. I see only two ills. One is any attempt to fake a higher factory grade gun. The second is the destruction of a collector grade piece of Americana.
2-p, I see your point as to a gun being what it was made at the factory. On the other hand, I can easily believe that customizing a gun could be for reasons other than being ashamed to be seen with a lowly grade. Must beautiful guns be seen as status sybmols? Can a lowly person legitimately own a beautiful gun?
Last edited by Rocketman; 03/17/09 10:03 AM.
