James: A nice gun is a nice gun, unless you got it for a real bargain ... then it's a GREAT gun. You mentioned how the stock extension had been really botched. It's a bit hard to tell from the photo, but it doesn't look all that bad to me. I was once told by someone whose expertise I trusted that there was a time in Europe when they didn't go to great lengths to make wooden butt extensions invisible ... that the market didn't really mind. That said, some cosmetic surgery could make the old girl's butt look very fine indeed! Congrats. TT

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