Thanks to all for you suggestions! PA24's gun is a very nice benchmark example. I do intend to remove the butt stock and clean the works and polish the triggers a bit cleaner. The checkering is 16 lines per inch and the flat top type appeals to me if I decide to redo it. Can this be accomplished by simply running the cutter shallow and using the original lines on the stock? I am waiting for the bill on the dent removel to determine whether to have the modified choke opened to I/C, but the smith gave me a one week turn around on the dent work and then when I spoke to him on the phone a second time to see if the gun arrived, he asked that I call him in two weeks and remind him to do the barrels? I guess I'm not in any hurry, but I sorta would like to have them back before summer is too far gone? I suspect he is quite busy and my job is small? Anyway I think I may go for a "refinish" that leans more toward making the gun look "better cared for" rather than "new". The stock is uncut and has its original curve but I need a short length of pull so I am thinking of using a piece of leather machine belt to make a "plate" that will match the contour? It won't be original, but might fit? Thanks again for all the useful advice and discussion! Kurt
