Lou M,
If you're able to do some of the grunt work, I think you could easily have the Roller rebuilt as a basic hunting rifle, with no frills.
This would mean you'd need to purchase 90% inletted stocks and then fit and finish them yourself. You'd also need to do any polishing and filing yourself. Then you could have a barrel professionally fitted and you can polish that yourself too.
I did such a project with a Ballard #4 Perfection, and ended up at $1200, after paying $200 for a complete gun that had an unuseable barrel and stocks. I also overpaid Ballard Rifle Co. $450 to case the receiver, which was $200 more than they quoted! The end product included buying a tang sight, and Lyman globe front sight too.
It's nothing fancy, or special, but I enjoy it a lot. Here's a poor picture of it:
Vall
