Jack R. That was the First stock repair that I was involved with. Snapped thru the front screw hole. I had to hold the gun while the "Hunter" used copper wire, then covered it all over with that white 'Sticky-Tape'! It must have been a 'pretty-sound repair", as I remember useing that Purdey to kill a fox in 1954.inside a chicken house,in the dark..with a Black-Powder Cartrige.Mr G' would never sell his "Ole Lunnunn Gunn"He died whilst I was'Doing my Army Stint".I tried locating the 'Lunnun Gunn for several years,with NO luck.Them Old Purdeys just keep on 'Ticking', so I expect its standing in a corner of an old Cow-Shed just waiting for the next cartridge to be loaded into its chamber......cc//.....HomelessjOe. I think I know what you mean about the 'Inside work, screw heads, bridle finish.etc...I have to be very carefull when I pass comment on Guns not from my Home-Town...cc/dt