Jim,
Thanks. Like John, I can't afford to be a purist collector of pristine examples.

This type of restoration gives me some of the pride that comes from vintage guns as well as new custom guns. When they work out well, they are nice.

This 20g NID 3E was another broken, non-original stock mess. It has an original tang selectable SST. I thought the gun was worth saving and would make an upland gun I would be proud to hunt with. It did. Full resto by Gunter Pfrommer. New ICD wood. converted to straight stock/BTFE.