For some reason you can have a totally beat to crap 21 and it is worth pumping tons of cash into it, even though you wont break even, but if you have any other sxs you guys are ridiculing us for putting money into them. I understand brand loyalty, but come on. They are not the end all be all of sxs. They are nice enough in their own right but like any gun, once it is beat to crap that is exactly what it is.
To fix it right mechanically $1500-1800 tops (dents raised, ejector fixed and hinge pin to put on face) to put it right and it will go on shooting for another 80 years. As much as I love my Purdeys and Boss's, I've always had a love for Model 21's, I would not hesitate to take this gun to Argentina and put 800-1000 shells through it a day. My dainty English guns would have a heart attack. M21 12's can be clubs, but not 20's---great guns.
