Woodmaster:
I don't disagree with what you wrote, but as a caveat, I did a stock fitting on a Blaser F3 that set me back $650. I also had a Beretta Silver Pigeon V 28 ga that came with a straight English stock. I couldn't adapt to it and sent it to Cole Gunsmithing who replaced the stock with a pistol grip stock for a total of $1,000 expended. Yes, it was nice piece of XX+ walnut and I love the gun since the stock was replaced. It is now a quail killer par excellence! But the price of stock fitting must be figured into the overall cost of the gun.
If you find a nice Parker VHE in fine, original condition and do a stock fitting, you have devalued the collector value of the gun considerably.
Just saying....
