My gun club had a swap meet this saturday and I was surprised to see so many folks. It was cold and we had it indoors. The space is very tight, but it didn't bother anyone.

I walked by this table and there was a good looking TC Seneca on the table. It was in ..45 cal. and at first it looked very promising. The bore was looking good and the area around the nipple looked very clean. It looked to have been treated very well.

The guy said he had it for a while, but didn't do much ML shooting any more. He wanted $250, and I knew I could trim him down a bit. However, as I looked more closer at the stock, I noticed that there was a nasty crack in the forend area where the metal plate cover over the barrel wege hole. Actually it had a double crack coming from the screw hole for the plate to the top of the forend. I didn't buy it because of this crack.

Now for the real question of the matter, "Did I make a mistake?" Is this gun worth getting even with these cracks? I am not that familiar with this model. I was very interested in a .45 cal. and was alittle disapointed in not getting it.

What do you think guys?