I think this thread has about run it's course and can only think of one more thing.

If you are having a restoration job on your pre-war custom rifle get help before you send it off. Ask questions and find out what the rifle originally looked like.

A while back I looked at a early (1923) American custom rifle just back from a well know shop. The bolt was jeweled, should have been blued, the finish was like you would find on a bowling ally floor and the blue was wrong. Now the owner may have wanted it all that way and I have no way of knowing one way or the other but IMO the rifle lost half it value.

MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014