Over the years I have a managed to accumulate fairly nice collection of good shotguns, but I have always been hesitant to purchase anything made in the U.S.A. earlier than WWII because of the low drop incorporated into the stocks up to that period.

What you do guys do with guns that are stocked like this? Do you have the stocks bent or alterred?; or do you just restock the piece?

I am interested in getting something in a Ithaca NID or Fox Sterlingworth (20 ga.) to take into the field (NB: I'm a shooter, not a collector). Because I'm looking for something in a low grade that I won't have to worry about getting scratched up a little, I would like to keep the cost for stock alterations down to no more a couple hundred bucks.

Any suggestions?