Sean: There is a lot you can do. First off, do not touch the screws with anything but hollow ground tips. Wedge screw drivers bugger the heads very easily. I got into a rust bucket like this and am still playing. I purchased a set from Brownells (Magna super set plus the thin set) This was a good purchase.
After soaking enough to remove screws and get the wood off, you can soak parts and dismantle until all is disassembled.
A trick I learned off this site was to then soak all the metal in "Gunk" Heavy duty Rad cleaner.
I soaked everything for about a month.
Most the rust disappeared.
I then soaked the cleaned off metal for another month and the finer areas of rust pitting cleaned up although the pits are still there.
Good idea to have a competent gunsmith assess shootability.
My two bits worth - proper screw driver bits and "Gunk"
Regards,
Jack
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