If that were my grandfather's gun it would be staying with me. If your friend is not a shooter maybe there is someone within the family that is that would like to have that gun. After all we are not talkin about a financially life-altering sum of money here. If grandpa had that pin put in the stock then I would leave it. Concerning the pad, it would be a little difficult to shoot in its present condition but I would hate to see that pad go. It makes me wonder if it could somehow be shaped around the contour of the existing butt stock. If it could be it would be cool, at least in my opinion to reshape it and leave it on there. Not many folks are afforded the opportunity to own Granpas D grade, wish I was one of the lucky ones.Just my two cents.
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