I realize it may be dangerous to disagree with the "cook and bottle washer," but, I'd fix it and enjoy shooting it. To me, a broken gun is not much fun.
Took me a while but I dug through my pile of voodoo dolls and stuck a pin in the one marked "aka Hunter".
The doll marked Stephen Perry looks like a porcupine....Just kiddin' Stephen! - really, I'm just kiddin'.