The bottom gun in this pic is my 28 ga Repro that I repaired. It broke completely in half right behind the tangs when I fell down carrying it. A good break with all the pieces saved, and some strong epoxy, and it's held for about 5 years so far. Pretty hard to see the repair. I had to refinish the stock and clean up the checkering after the repair, but I much prefer oil finish anyway
. I would certainly repair the stock before I had a new one made.