I'd like to get your thoughts. I'm repainting my Vortex base and can't decide whether to leave this very solid mending plate on or try to tidy it up with a less obvious plate on the inside with just a pair of rivets showing on the outside with the crack concealed.

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Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!