Vintage german side by side.. should i buy this ? Has crack on stock

[candymancan]

Been looking for a nice double barrel shotgun. Preferably a coach gun or similar with rabbit ear hammers.

I cannot find any. And new ones are like 1100$ if you can find em.

The range near me. Has a german made Gustov double barrel.. beautiful gun.. love it. Its fairly tight. The barrel release is straight and not turned to the right. The inside of the barrel i cant tell if its rust pitting or just dirty though..

But right before i said yes on buying it. I notice a good sized crack in the stock. Its where the stock is narrowist.

If i grab the gun and try to (break) it like a stick. The wood starts to pop out and im not using ALOT of effort.

Can this be repaired ?

The gun is 600$ i think its overpriced. But i mean how often does one come around a prewar or war era german side by side in the states ?

Engraving is beautiful.. overall i love the gun.. but that crack man

 

[Jim Watson]

There are posters here who have repaired broken stocks, so I won't try to recite their methods. Just wait for one of them to come along.

 

[candymancan]

Decided to pass.. and i got something wayyyyyy better

 

[whughett]

Moot point then ……….

 

[eastbank]

any smith who knows what to do right, don,t come cheap.

 

[Speedo66]

Decided to pass.. and i got something wayyyyyy better

We're going to need pictures of the much better gun...