So a while ago I picked up an Ishapore 2A for about $350. I'm quite happy I did as they're much more now. It was newly-imported and unfired, it seems. But the fore stock was uh. Bad. So mushy and soft with oil that the lugs just crumbled when I was trying to chisel them out. So I recently bought a new stock and I have a handful of questions on it.

First being that the new fore stock is too long at the rear. I need to remove considerable material on the back of the stock for it to fit my action. It also may be very slightly warped but I'm unsure. Right now my concern is removing the plate at the back of the stock, which appears to be held in by a cut-off screw. Can't get any considerable purchase on said screw and wondering i I need to just drill it out or if there's a trick to it.

Second question being if anyone knows of good ways to remove oil from stocks so I could repurpose the already fitted fore stock. The biggest issue is that the lugs were beaten to dust and I chiseled those out already. Heat methods like the garbage bag trick don't work too great for me as I live in Minnesota and half the year don't have sunlight.

Third, I'm wondering if anyone has the dimensions of the stock. One concern of mine has been not knowing the dimensions of the recoil draws and I've been hesitant to go ahead and attempt the repair on my old stock because of that. If anyone has any info that could help me on the woodworking aspect I'd be really grateful. I also wonder how the screw collar in the stock is retained because I need one for my new stock i'm trying to fit.

I've searched on these matters as much as I can and haven't found answers to a lot of this, so I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks to everybody!
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