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Ask yourself if you would pay in one lump sum what the gun plus restock would cost if you ran into said gun already restocked. Would you still pay that lump sum knowing you will be very lucky to sell for any more than the gun alone costs?

As noted above, it is a very good idea to educate yourself on what all can be done to salvage stocks in distress.

DDA

I think if you are restocking because it currently doesn't fit you AND has stock issues and it is a gun you plan to use a lot and not flip, go for it. If you plan to flip it unless its a highly desirable gun, then you probably won't ever get your money back.

PS. For me I restock. Have quite a few and these are guns that I'll most likely never see a return on investment, but they fit like a glove and I can shoot them well. I've rather adapt the gun to me then adapt me to a poorly fitted gun.

That was what I was thinking. I fully understand the point of not getting a return when selling on work done to guns. Been through that several times with custom handguns.

If I can get it very reasonable I will look into getting the damaged stock fixed and it will be a very nice grouse gun or a double for my boys. I going to start them out right!!!

Good thing I don't buy guns as investments. I'm not very good at investing.

Over a lifetime I've invested well over $500,000 in automobiles. If I could sell my current inventory for what I owe on 'em, I'd only be $450,000 in the red.

I shudder to think of all the money I invested in cigarettes, booze, pool games and movie tickets. The only surviving investment from that period in my life is an un-punched Woodstock ticket.

I wish I'd restocked more guns.

If you are a frequent seller of guns, or, have a thought of selling the restocked gun at some point, almost never. I've had some restocked, still have one (I'm lefthanded, and it is good to have a lefthanded gun that fits) but, as a rule of thumb, the only person who cares for a gun restocked to fit you, is, well, you.
I don't know what will happen to, or how much money, my lefthanded restock will bring when my heirs are sorting through the debris of my hunting/shooting career. I guess I don't care, either.

Best,
Ted