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Originally Posted By: hspruill
....2. On older guns, like to see the wood evenly standing a bit proud of the butt plate and rcvr metal....

I'd rather not see broken or missing wood, but this could be a sign that a gun was fiddled with. To me there's nothing wrong with a little shrinkage on a good condition hundred year old unaltered stock. The appearance that someone tried to 'improve' the condition doesn't always work out so well.