I have been haunting gunshows all of my adult life. Over the decades I have seen hundreds of guns with repaired stocks. It used to put me off, but today I find them interesting and if the old repair works I consider buying the gun. Of course the rest of the gun has to be a good one. The repair will lower the price. That's good.
I see a lot of Elsies with busted stocks, or cracks that run from behind the lock through the wrist. If I can find one that was wrapped with copper wire or a sheet of copper and then tacked (if it's cheap enough and solid) I'll buy it. I like the "I been there" look. Nor do I own an Elsie and I'd kinda like to.
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