in 2001 I attended the auction of R.J. Anton's estate. He was a well known stockmaker here in Iowa. I bought most of the stocks that were there and got quite a few broken factory stocks for everything from model 12s to Charles Dalys,Smiths,a couple of Ithaca sbt's and a couple of very high grade Perazzi's. Seems that any gun is a candidate for a broken stock if used enough.Still have a unreal nice stock for a 3200 that should be fixed.Looks like it was never used but it broke right through the grip at an angle.

Well after much thought and input from this group, I am going to repair the original stock. As noted, I think it will be much stronger then and since I am only the "current keeper" of a very special gun; I don't want to make choices for someone else down the road.
So, I'm packing it up now and shipping it off tomorrow for who knows how long. In the end, I think I picked up all the pieces and hopefully it can be repaired better than new.
Thanks again for all the advice here in...I'm off to find a quiet spot and a glass (or three) of Jameson Irish Whiskey with just a dollop of water!!

Let us know how it goes Brian. I suspect you'll hardly be able to see a repair on such a clean break, assuming you found all the pieces. What a shame. The only gun I ever fell on and broke was an Ithaca 37.

A glass of Irish Whiskey- and a CHE-- fine tastes indeed.
 

I like Jamesons- also Bushmills and a very fine neighbor who likes to cook game in her Wok- stir fry- I had given her some mallard and pheasant breasts, and she gave me a bottle of Bushmills black Label for Xmas- The dollop of branch water and a some "rocks" in a proper tumbler- a good fire in the fireplace, a Gene Hill book or two at hand-- All good. Glad you decided to have the CHE repaired, I also picked up on your thread of "temporary custody" as some day we will all be a part of the memories of others younger that we are, and I wonder if there will be any gunning left for their legacy.

Gene Hill in his 1985 book "A Listening Walk" suggested back then that some of the "anti hunting-gunning" groups didn't always oppose population control of game animals, they just wanted the killing of excess populations (deer I believe was the theme) by a limited group of "technicians" and not the general public- almost like the anti-gun groups that believe only LE officers should own and carry guns-Never read Gene's take on Irish Whiskies anywhere, he mentioned Virginia Genlteman, Old Forrester and Jack D.:bigbye: