Paul,
I agree with Rod. I have a Remington .22 single shot bolt action that my Dad bought for himself when he was a Boy Scout. He passed it on to me when I was in my late teens, and one day a few years later I pulled it out of the closet and noticed that it had gotten rusty. I had the barrel shortened, drilled and tapped it for a scope, had it reblued, and I refinished the stock. I wound up with a nice little rifle, but it no longer looked like it did when my Dad had it. So if you restore you Dad's gun, I would recommend that you keep it as much as possible like original, rather than "modernize" it like I did.
DougT
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