Chad
I think the point is that changing the rib back at this point would actually lower it's value. No idea when the original change was made and at the time it was a common thing. In retrospect, the original change lowered the value in today's collector market but not at the time. Present day, it is not original and is valued as such, so the situation is that returning to original would likely lower the value. You can't change what happened in the past and you can't return it to original. Most efforts to "return to original" will result in a negative payout due to the cost of working on old doubles. If there is an issue with the gun and it can be returned to original as part of the required maintenance, it is sometimes a viable option. In your case it is a really nice double as is, and I would use it and enjoy it.
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