Stock Savable?

[keithelsass]

Hello,

I picked up Parker 12 ga VH on a #2 frame with 30" barrels as a project gun. The metal is in pretty good shape but the stock is questionable at best.

The stock is covered in some sort of varnish, I'm not really sure. It is thick, hard and yellow. I've tried mineral spirits, acetone, and lacquer thinner on a q-tip and nothing happens. It can be scraped off with a fingernail.

The Bigger issue is the stock is loose, and someone ran a wood screw with a bolt to fix a split it has. When removing the stock it pretty much fell off. Any way this is savable or would it be too much work? My ultimate goal is to get this back to being a shooter.

Thanks for all the advice.