Don't be disheartened. If it is a relative's gun and you end up "keeping" it until after he is gone you could slowly make it more attractive to you. The wood could be refinished. Maybe do it yourself if handy. The head is splitting but it maybe can be glued back together after getting rid of the 100 years of oil. The metal could be cleaned up depending upon the pitting on the barrels; maybe reblue at a later time. Clean up the receiver, have the trigger guard nitre blued along with the triggers, and have a decent shooter that belonged to a family member. Fill the voids in the end of the barrels with solder. The low-ball estimates are based upon the cost to refinish to make it decent, and cut barrels can't be brought back but does not mean it can't still take game. Right now it is in the bottom range but I like challenges and it can be saved. I have brought back worse from the dead. But you can never have a restoration.
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