After reading these posts and looking at the pics I've changed my view about these guns. After hunting season I'll be taking the stock off and have it refinished with a new buttplate. I'm thinking of doing an oil finish on it rather than the varnish. The stock has an oval metal insert on the bottom for engraving the owners initials. It will have J.R.B. engraved in the oval before final assembly. While it's apart I'll clean and oil the internal mechanism. I'm going to try to do that without removing the engraved/timed screws. I have a good set of gun screwdrivers but all it takes is just one, JUST ONE, slip
and you will hear me curse from North Dakota all the way back to Spain. Don't get me wrong, I still love my old damascus Remingtons but this gun is definately a keeper.
