Is this Combat stainless worth it?

[greywolf67nt]

I have a chance to get a Randall Combat stainless for $595 CAD ($450 USD).
The question I have is that the guy says it has a repaired crack in the frame and I am wondering if it broke once is it going to do it again?
Randall Crack.jpg
I have NO idea what it would be worth without the crack so don't even know where to start as an offer.
The only reason I want a Randall is that it's my given name so would be kind of cool.

[TexasRedneck]

I wouldn't touch that gun at ANY price. Period - and I loves my Randalls! Without the crack, you're looking at a $1k gun - but they're getting harder to find at that price.

[Hawkmoon]

Whether or not it might crack again depends entirely on how it was repaired, and how well it was repaired. And there's no way I can think of to determine that.

[greywolf67nt]

I've requested more pics of the crack and how it was repaired from the guy to maybe think about making him a lowball offer.

[greywolf67nt]

Not great pics so can't really see how it was repaired.
Even though I would love a Randall I think knowing there was a crack would drive me mental. Shoot. Check crack. Shoot. Check crack and repeat endlessly.

[TexasRedneck]

So.....what did you decide?

[greywolf67nt]

So.....what did you decide?

I would love to get it BUT I just can't get past the crack. If buddy dropped it to say $250 maybe.
Where I live (Google Norman Wells, NT) the only gunsmith is me and I don't have the expertise OR equipment if it cracks again.

[TexasRedneck]

I think you were smart. No way of knowing what kind of welder the guy that did the repair was - and the fact that you could still see the crack tells me that he wasn't interested in doing anything but get it out of his shop.