Unless you just like to do the work as a hobby (and there's nothing wrong with that), putting the work into the gun and expecting to Profit from your time spent is not a good bet IMO.
I do enjoy the work a lot, and I originally thought that this would be a good candidate gun for me to hone some skills (as an aspiring amatuer gunsmith), especially since it is mechanically sound. I started having second thoughts which is why I started this thread.
It seems that the consensus is that from a purely financial standpoint, I should just sell the gun. But also that there's no harm in using it to learn some gunsmithing and stock making skills. If it turns out poorly, I frankly don't think it could be a lot worse than it is now.
On the other hand, there is a saying that there is no condition known to man that surgery can't make worse. I suspect the same might be true in gunsmithing...
