Thank you, Herodotus. I agree with your commentary. I think I will do some initial metal prep and get a decent, standard local reblue and see how the wood comes around. There is some unfortunate 'folk art' in the wood but I think I can remove it with some judicious rasping and sanding. I think the objective here will be to make it into a decent pre-64 shooter. As you say, these rifles are still undervalued at the moment so it would be a bit foolish to put too much into it. Guess I will start on it when the weather closes in.
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