The problem with getting NOS guards and just putting them on as is is that this stock has been sanded and abused quite a lot, so fancy new guards will look ridiculous to say the least, but I am seeing some used ones around, just dont want to butcher up a perfectly fine set of old wood.

It is a very very ugly old rifle to say the least haha. I am however not familiar with the term of 'grain matching', may I ask for some explanation?