I picked the gun up from Keith Kearcher a couple of days ago. I am really happy with the outcome and will have pictures posted soon. Here is what he did: honed ID of barrels, taking out an estimated .001" to remove pits. Polished OD of barrels, then browned. Minimum wall thickness is now .018" left, .020" right, both at about 20" from breech (there was heavy external pitting in that area, perhaps from a bloody handprint). Action was cleaned with steel wool and oil, then lightly burnished to create some reflective difference to display the engraving. When he removed all the external straps etc holding the butt together, he found no glue and significant wear, so it was shot quite a bit after the "repairs" were made. He made steel inserts, glued the stock, then inlaid wood which was a close match to the original. He recreated the factory checkering pattern and refreshed the checkering on the fore end. Finally, he cut new "OPT" to replace the missing letters on the trigger bow tang.
As you will see when I get the photos, it is now a most respectable gun, certainly does not look new, but I think any of us would be proud to own it. I know I am!
