Hi from Albany NY

[Harold Pickens]

Looks like a poor repair job on the toe, Doug.But their are craftsman out there that could make it disappear. There are also butt plate reproductions available that would probably require some fitting. The dent in the barrel does look minor. The gun does not have a lot of value, hate to even list a value.
If it were mine, I would fix the toe and butt plate, clean or pretty up the stock, and then just shoot it on game and clays. If you really like it, you could refinish and reblue at a later date, just me, but I would never re case color it.

[Doug Powell]

Thanks for the advice, Harold. Value isn’t important, just cool to have my grandpa’s old gun. I’m excited to shoot it but I’m going to have a gunsmith look at it first, just to make sure everything’s ok. I love the outdoors, camping, hiking, fishing, just never had anyone to get me into shooting/hunting. Hopefully this will jump start a new hobby!

[Harold Pickens]

You can pick up a lot of good advice and info here on the PGCA forums and we are happy you are going to keep and shoot a family gun. Since a V grade or Vulcan has fluid steel barrels, personally I would shoot 1 or 1 1/8 oz loads around1200 fps thru it---dont shoot steel shot thru it. A great piece of family history, and hopefully the start of a new hobby for you.

[Doug Powell]

I’ll make a note of that, thanks again

[Mike of the Mountain]

That's an extractor gun.

[Doug Powell]

Thanks Mike. That makes sense, it’s kind of extracting the empty shells but not ejecting them.