If this were your gun and these were the only to options what would you do? I have fought this question over and over with myself. I am intrested to here what the majority thing.
1) Keep it as is and shoot it.
2) Have it professonally redone and shoot it.
Marine:
I have one much like Terry's, but with less condition, poorer metal color and with forend wood that appeared to be dog-chewed. I chose to have it restored to new (not "upgraded). It's in my regular bird-hunting "rotation" of guns and gives me a lot of pleasure. It helped that I have a neighbor who is familiar with Lefevers (to say the least), superb at this sort of work and the gun had shootable dimensions "as is".
Terry's is in nicer shape. That would be a tougher call.
Bill
