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    To open or not? Archived Message

    Posted by Jackh on May 10, 2008, 6:35 pm

    I recently acquired a very, very nice 16ga FW.

    I shot it and it is approx F/F. I plan on using it some and that is far tighter than anything I would typically want to shoot.

    At some point in its life, someone put an "old English" pad on it so it is not completely original - the pad being the only change.

    I am debating on whether to open it to IC/MOD and have a good 'smith that could do it.

    How bad would that hurt my value since it already has a pad. I can't imagine ever selling it but I don't want to destroy its value either.

    I'd appreciate your opinions?

    Thanks,
    Jack

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