Thanks for the replies......I guess what was in the back of my mind...if if there were still enough there....to maybe "part it out"...but im a total novice at this.....and from what I see the entire upper cannot be reworked...but what about the bottom of the frame....?.....I dont know.....Im a Tinkerer and was just thinking if there wasnt a way to maybe put one back in order it it was just parted out...anyway....just a thought........I hear stories here in the US about the old WW2 Vets passing away and their widows just literally tossing all their "souvenirs"......and believe I read on one of the boards..(maybe here.?)..one of the guys carried his garbage out one morning..same time as elderly lady next door....when she put her garbage in the trash can....he heard a "metallic thunk"...went over and looked in...and it was a P-38..!!...he called her back and her comment was...."that belonged to my late husband and its dangerous and I dont want it...you can have it..!"...........Jeez....some guys have all the luck it seems....last year I had a friend of my wifes call me over to look at her Brothers "souvenir luger"..it was a MINT 1941 BYF with Holster and two mags....(don't remember if they matched).....I offered to buy it ....and she started crying...saying she had thought about it and just couldnt sell it.....this after calling me over to buy it....so I told her that I would make her a good offer.....no luck.....then two days later ......my wife said her next door neighbor "generously" gave her $800 for it...!!!!!
Oh well......thats my $0.02 Hans Fischer