My thoughts exactly. Add up the cost of a walnut blank, and the cost or time to carve, inlet, and checker it... and the price of a good used widow's peak Remington butt plate, and that one looks pretty reasonable.

I think some good steaming would take out most of the dents, and even improve the dent/gouge at the nose of the comb. It doesn't have any dowels or screws through the cheeks like so many Remingtons. But I think I would reinforce and glass bed it so that never happens.

Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug