Thankyou to all of you respected gentlemen for your valued guidance. To be honest I've already had an late A grade choked from M/F to IC/M. Sure makes a dandy appearance on the skeet field and shoots respectably. But boy the guilt trip is tough to kick. Yes, this is the gun thats causing all this consternation on my part and yes my inclination is to keep it as close to original in appearance as possible. Cost isn't really part of the decision. What I can't do I can have done by close friends in the custom gun building business. Ken, perhaps Bill Simmens is a name you might recognize. Probably will do it. Thanks again all. Chuck T.