To me, the value of the gun is that it was owned and shot by your father. Is your father and uncle still alive? They may be able to provide an interesting history of the gun and how they used it. Do you shoot or hunt? My father died when I was a little boy and I would have loved to have had his Model 12, his only shotgun he ever owned.
The repair to the head may be sound ( or not), so the gun may still be shootable as is. There are gunsmiths that can hide/repair it--a new stock may be cost prohibitive unless you can find a replacement.
What part of the country are you in? There may be members near you that could give you some advice.
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"How kind it is that most of us will never know when we have fired our last shot"--Nash Buckingham
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