Great project and price. I'll just throw this out because, it's drilled, here and there. I would take the obvious route of removing scope and be happy with screw plugs in the top, side mount of choice, patch & match the missing wood, scope, Lyman 48 and know that I had a completely usable, practical rifle with a practically new bore. This can be done with a very minimum of finishing on wood and metal and gets it up and going quickly. Very nice!!