Some good news and some news I kind of expected.
The ugly cut outs were to cover up a split head stock. I was holding out hope that it wasn't but expected the worse. But to be honest it is very solid atleast with the stock on. Also at sometime in its hard life the comb has been damaged because it's not the original half. No problem because the gun will now require a butt transplant as expected anyway.
The good news is the barrels are actually very good. Minus the exterior of course. They are solid, ring true up and down. No dents or bulges. The bores are excellent not perfect but very good. No honing required. I took some quick wall thickness measurements and found nothing under 30 thou. I'm a little surprised at this and plan to measure more through again before my inspection time expires.
