I have a '74 "Sharps", a Pedersoli Quigley that I have been thinking about re-stocking. The gun shoots straight, and I do like it but I'm getting the hankering for some pretty wood. The butt stock is......O.K., but, that pregnant guppy fore-stock just drives me nuts. How Pedersoli thinks that it is even close to looking like a "Sharps" is beyond me. I don't want to destroy the factory wood, so I'd be starting with new wood. The thing is , would it really be worth it? I know I'll be learning from doing it, I've put kits together, and re done quite a few guns, so I kinda know my way around. (Besides I'll still have the factory wood)
But when it's all said and done, it will still be a Pedersoli. I'm not trying to knock the brand, but, then again what would a restocked one be worth? Kinda like a custom painted Ford Pinto.
Then again, tearing apart a Shilo or a C.,(Which I don't have anyway) I'd get put in the looney bin. Just something I'm kickin' around.
Worth it or not???
Knarley