thank you Ron, I'll give that a try. it's really not heavily rusted. the pics makes it look worse than it really is, theres baked on dirt. I'm just going to knock down the worst of the crud on the barrel. I learned that there is a difference in what's a correct stock for this thing. You can see how the stock is shrunk and cracked by the tang. A new stock has to be fitted and will look completely out of place on the rifle, but a used stock will probably have some issues. I might try epoxy on the inside to fill any voids to tighten the fit and fill the crack from the back side to keep the wood from falling apart. get it to function and leave it alone. I agree with leaving something like this u unrestored or even trying a shade tree restoration. To me it sort of takes the history of the rifle away. jim
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