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To minimize the impact on resale, have a threaded cap made to cover the threads. That being said, if it is a true collector, I wouldn't modify it at all. Even a recoil pad change, if not to original specs, will kill the value of a collector.
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Best listen closely to the Australian; his countrymen are excellent judges of taste when it comes to firearms design.  ![[Linked Image from alloutdoor.com]](https://www.alloutdoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/owen-gun-01-660x372.jpg) In the jungle that is extraordinarily reliable...and I would give your right arm for a crate of them to sell to collectors.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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i should have it next week. i'll post pictures
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Do what you wish...different strokes for different folks. "What you talkin about Willis?"
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To take a really nice wood stocked rifle and have it threaded for a brake and a can ????
Would this
1. Completely ruin any re-sale value?
2. Make the rifle MORE appealing to a future buyer because of less recoil?
Hypothetical of course Absolutely. I despise cans
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I despise brakes even more.....
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Specifics matter. All original pre 64 fw supergrade? Don’t do it! Ruger m77 with nice wood? Go for it  No offense, but aesthetically for me, a ruger 77 is as classic as the winny. I would certainly like to agree with you but then we would both be wrong. Best listen closely to the Australian; his countrymen are excellent judges of taste when it comes to firearms design. Yes indeed. That gun worked brilliantly, and in conditions where others - Thompsons for example - failed badly. It was extremely popular with the troops too, known as the "Digger's Darling". It had a number of innovative features which contributed greatly to its reliability under all conditions and was tested in conditions including being dunked in mud, having sand poured over it while firing and immersed in water which it passed with flying colours. I've handled, stripped and reassembled and fired it myself, and it is a really good bit of gear. So yes, you are right, it is a great design.
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This. I wouldn’t....but if it works for you do it.
Yup.
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