Bring this back from the dead!

I think it's well worth restoring but be prepared to spend some money on it to do it right. Don't make the next owners job harder by doing it half assed. Either clean it up and halt deterioration and leave it as is or go whole hog with it. And whatever you do do not lost track of that false muzzle. That was made from the original barrel blank when the barrel was made.
 
I really do have plans for this rife, I want to bring her back to as close to original as possible, I am a civil war reenactor that portrays western sharpshooters, we very rarely do much reenacting, mostly teaching on most of the national battlefields in the country. I plan on using this as a teaching tool, several sharpshooting units during the war used target rifles like this for long range sharpshooting.
Where do i find that magazine? I would love to see that article.
 
Rick, I got my copy at Cabela's. If you've got a Barnes and Noble or similar Really Big Bookstore in your neck of the woods, they should have it as well.
 
Now looking for recomedations for a good place to buy vintage sights and parts. where do you guys shop? The rifle actually looks better in person, the biggest thing is replacing the sights and working with wood, It would do wonders!
 
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That is a beauty, If it were mine I would want to have a replica of it made for a shooter and keep that one as is. Even a replacement sight might look wrong.
 
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