Because you can fix the stock for about $15 for some acra-glas and shoot it. Does a gun have to cost big money to enjoy it ? There's a lot of American guns - Parkers, Remingtons, L.C Smiths, and so on that cost less than a grand that one can enjoy shooting. The fun is shooting the old SxS's - they don't all have to look perfect. And for some of us the joy is fixing them, then shooting em. Paul