If you start with a gun that has been messed up enough that it will never be an "original gun" you eliminate the guilt factor that many of us feel if you take an original gun and change it. I picked up a Parker G grade that will never be an original. It was excellent mechanically and had beautiful barrels. I can now turn it into a beautiful shooter and I can probably get my money back if I decide to sell it. Mike Orlen opended the chokes and bent the stock for me. I cleaned up the metal and I have reshaped the stock with the missing toe so it looks like it was made that way and refinishing it. Just my two cents.
My Parker Underlifter is original and I don't even want to change the chokes! If I take it out and hunt it and damage it I will feel really bad so I only use it at clay games even though it has too much drop and too much choke.
