The western field pad is not corect. This would be an aftermarket pad or maybe one off a Sears gun. Don't quote me on the Sears part. Gun would have most likley originally had a Dogs Head hard buttplate.
If the buttstock is original, then it has been cut for that pad. If you do not like that pad on it, just replacing it with a period correct one would be a good option. A Jostam or Hawkins pad would be a period correct option. But the Pachmyer old english leather finish pads are nice and have a great look on classic doubles. They make a sporting clays model that is very nice if the gun is going to be shot a lot.
Checking the S/N under the rear of the guard would be the way to tell if the buttstock is original or not to the gun. Every now and then a lower grade gun can be found with very nice figured wood, but it is the checkering pattern that concerns me. Maybe it was recut with that pattern or special ordered even. But that style of checkering was not used until the C grade guns. The correct P grade checkering would be along the lines of the V grade pattern. Also the shape of the comb hints to it being a non-original replacement.
Of course all these points are only to lend a hand in your decision of to restore or not and how/what to do. Just some things to think about.
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