Stock Repair on 1869 Springfield Trapdoor.

[Patrick Chadwick]

"a good smith would have drilled from the inside the receiver well or from the butt and inserted a rod."

I have repaired such different rifles as an Anschütz 54 and a Westley-Richards monkey-tail in this manner. With a threaded rod insert, both will outlast anyone reading this. But it is a valid argument for reducing the price versus an undamaged/repaired example.