First thing I wonder is how are the barrels? If good wall thickness and no pitting then it is doable. This is a project gun which will require a lot of effort to make it into a basic shooter status. I would wait until I found a working forend. I have seen two AE for ends on eBay in the last six months. Maybe a lucky gunshow find. If you just want to try a project this one is as good as any other. Worse case you give up and part the gun out.