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<blockquote data-quote="Sanjuro82" data-source="post: 1669400" data-attributes="member: 14058">Agreed on the G33/40.&nbsp; Leave it alone.&nbsp; They are rare and even with the scratched text on the stock it&#039;s a true collector .&nbsp; Your 97 isn&#039;t really a collector and would benefit from a proper restore IMO.&nbsp; Over a 1,000,000 of the 97s were produced and your&#039;s is a run of the mill 1930s 1897.&nbsp; A properly restored 97 can claim fairly good money from a cowboy shooter.&nbsp; In it&#039;s current state, not so much.&nbsp; They are fun shotguns, I have one and they are awesome.&nbsp; I cut mine down to 18.5 and restored mine.&nbsp; I&#039;ve have been offered $600.00+ multiple times for it.&nbsp; In it&#039;s original condition it was worth about 300.I also feel that the Model 40 would benefit from a restore IMO.&nbsp; They are highly desired for shooters, not as collectors.&nbsp; The key to any restoration is to do them authentically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sanjuro82, post: 1669400, member: 14058"] Agreed on the G33/40. Leave it alone. They are rare and even with the scratched text on the stock it's a true collector . Your 97 isn't really a collector and would benefit from a proper restore IMO. Over a 1,000,000 of the 97s were produced and your's is a run of the mill 1930s 1897. A properly restored 97 can claim fairly good money from a cowboy shooter. In it's current state, not so much. They are fun shotguns, I have one and they are awesome. I cut mine down to 18.5 and restored mine. I've have been offered $600.00+ multiple times for it. In it's original condition it was worth about 300. I also feel that the Model 40 would benefit from a restore IMO. They are highly desired for shooters, not as collectors. The key to any restoration is to do them [b]authentically[/b]. [/QUOTE]

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