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.
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