This gun is a good candidate for either fixing what is wrong with it for safeties sake or doing a complete or near complete restoration on it. The only difference is the amount of money you are willing to spend.
Unfortunately, the damage has been done by pinning the head. If you are going to have a spreading head, it is Better that it be untouched so that a proper hidden repair can be done. Since this one has been pinned already, the options for a hidden repair are low. A good repair could be done, but not an ideal one.
Plus, the other photos I saw of this gun show that the stock may be weak due to heavy figure in the wood and poor grain flow.
You may not want to repair a stock that is sale am to begin with.
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B. Dudley
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