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Originally Posted by Joeaksa
If someone really wanted it to be mint they could swap out the stock, or personally I would leave it as is and try to find out what this means. Would bet it has an interesting background to it.
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NYET to swaping out the stocks...For one thing you don't have a mint piece, second the rifle would not be honest anymore. Third you would have altered the history and the sum of the pieces would not add up..which a knowledgeable collector would spot and that guy would knock the price and that is the guy would would be willing to pay the freight.
Also don't shine them up, they are honest and fine just the way they are. To shine them up well you actually will lose value. Just oil em and clean the gunk/dirt off if need be as you would any spoon after a days use.
A 100 plus years of patina is desirable..