I was not planning on "tossing" the stock. Just not sure what to do with it.
I was thinking of saving it in case the next owner of my 37R "Trap" wants to turn it back into its original glory of a hunting gun. It is a first year 37R. Forend is spectacular! Checkering on stock is really nice but it can only be fixed and saved at great cost. I cannot say that feels like new, but only because I have never felt another action so smooth.
This was obviously someone's favorite hunting gun and it saw many campaigns of hard honest use in the field.
Please tell me the truth, what do you think of my having it reblued (cold rust by Sycamore Hill Designs) and having it restocked as a trap gun (by the same). Before you yell at me too loud, please note I do not hunt and I really wanted to use this gun and trap was the only way to go as this is not a home defense gun. I had it reblued because the defects in the finish bothered me and seeing it look like new will give me great pleasure. Finish defect include a long wide scratch to the finish up and down the right side of the receiver and the finished rubbed off along two inches of the bottom of the receiver. Choke is modified
