Someone had installed a sling stud in the forestock and it was split. There were two small cracks at the wrist, and there was rust speckled on the barrel, mag tube, and both sides of the receiver, but especially on the left side. I peaked down the barrel and was surprised that it was in very nice shape, considering the condition of the outside of the gun. The action was tight, sights were original, and the gunshop owner hollers from the back room, "I just paid that guy $275 for it, if you want it as-is, you can have it for $300 OTD. If I have to clean it up it will be more!" I told him to set it aside for me and I'd be back with the cash. I've been lusting after a pre-64 for a while now, and the cheapest I've seen were $425, and more recently were $525. I figured I could clean it up and use it for a truck gun.
This is a picture of the forestock with the hole and split.
This is after the repair. I didn't take a lot of time with this because of the overall condition of the gun, and I figured to get some new wood for it anyway.
The rust cleaned up with steel wool, except for the left side of the receiver, which is pitted.
I was still working on the stocks and debating about what I should do about the pitting, but I was really curious how accurate this old girl was going to be, so I took it out and shot five rounds. All I had was a box of factory Remington 150 grain corelocks. The first shot was kind of a lets see how this is going to work shot and was 2.5 inches to the left of the POA. The next four shots speak for themselves in this picture. They grouped just under 0.8" at 50 yards.
I am REALLY going to like this gun!!
Congrats ! 
