If you are an accummulater or collector more so than a shooter and you acqquire a gun that's not in the same configuration as how it shipped do you restore it to that original config? Meaning swapping trigger, hammer and stocks.
Reconfigure or Leave it Alone?
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Spurdann
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It is never going to be original. I would change something to help me shoot better, otherwise I leave it as is.
I would only reconfigure it if I preferred, as a shooter, the original configuration. But, if you are the sort of collector/accumulator who likes factory original configuration, sure, go ahead and set it up that way.
Your gun, your choice. It's all good.
Your gun, your choice. It's all good.
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I think thats debatable. does reinstalling a correct hammer mean the gun isnt original? Original what? I think most people assume meaning original configuration. I dont see how anyone could guarantee nothing has ever been changed. especially when we are talking about tools that are great than 70 years old and passed thru who knows how many hands. If so, how do we know any gun is original? A side plate can be removed and parts swapped with zero evidence if done properly. a SAT could have been swapped with one from a different gun. A rear sight screw could have worked loose and been replaced. paperwork could have been lost and replaced with some sourced online. Un numbered stocks are swapped all the time, etc. unless the same person owned it from day one, how can anyone say for sure nothing has never been swapped? As long as a competent gunsmith did it using the proper parts, I dont think theres any way for sure. Maybe what everyone actually means or what they should mean when they say "original", is "period correct". 100% all actual original is a very high bar that would be very difficult to guarantee.
