Restore or Not?

[Bill Murphy]

If the gun belonged to me, I would clean up the metal to the point where I would make a decision on rebluing the barrels and trigger guard. Under no conditions would I ruin the gun by refinishing the receiver and forearm iron. I would decide what length of pull I wanted. If I needed an especially long stock, I would let Mark Larson work his magic and have a skeleton buttplate installed. If I could live with 13 3/4" length of pull, I would install a Silvers recoil pad over the original wood. In my case, I would send the gun to Mark Larson, then to a stockmaker to install a Parker skeleton buttplate to about 14 1/2" from the front trigger.

[Bill Murphy]

Frank, let's get the measurement right. What is the measurement between the center of the front trigger and the center of the end of the original wood?

[Bill Murphy]

I still haven't been able to link the 51 pictures and I still have not seen a post that mentions the full name of the supposedly original owner on the case. If we could get that name, maybe we could get Frank some information.

[Pay Dirt]

Frank,
With no factory records to corraborate, by removing the extension and adding a "fresh" period pad, won't your gun then become
"FACTORY ORIGINAL".