guess it depends on what you want to achieve - years ago I paid $700 for a super crisp original Winchester stock - another thing to consider is if the wear patterns match on your parts -Original gas cylinder were du-lite blue - how far do you want to go? it is a nice rifle as is. The stock is Winchester but the cartouche is not original (fake) - would you sand off the cartouche and let the rifle stand as is. What would others do about the stock?