Beag,
Larry brought up a point I hadn't considered..."And where'd you get the wood? Carve the stock yourself, from scratch? " as he put it...
Carving the outside of the stock the easiest part once you determined and layed out the buttplate. These few rudimentary tools make it possible to rough carve the outside of stock in a few hours. The carbide burrs cut allow you to rough shape the wood with ease. The squirrel tail plane is an invaluable tool and can be had for had for around $20, but any small block plane will do...the die grinders are less than $20 and you don't need two...
Now I know that you may not be a woodworker, but wood carving is not a cost prohibitive hobby...in fact it's alot more rewarding than buying a gun for 200 and selling it for 400...the almighty ($) bottom line is not the only way to enjoy this Abeille that you've found down on her knees...If you want to nurse this gun back into the field, I say, go for it...if not, I say sell it to me...
