Son gave me a project Rifle for Christmas, a 1980s Remington model 6 in 308 that had been much abused.Previous owner said it would not hit a watermelon at 50 yards. Unwrapped it and looked it over, ruff exterior 75%blue, cheek piece removed from the stock with a hatchet, and sanded with a rock or a horseshoe rasp. Comb of the stock ran uphill from the butt plate towards the receiver. (never a good idea - stock recoils into your cheek). Never had a scope mounted. First part of the bore at the muzzle had visible rust. So Dec.26th I needed some entertainment, went into the shop and stripped the rifle down, put the barrel in my old Navy surplus lathe and cut the barrel at 18 inches, crowned it and called it good. Cleaned the barrel, put in a bore scope and chamber and bore looked good.(a .299 plug gauge would not inter the factory muzzle, after cutting a .300 gauge would slide all the way down the oiled bore to the chamber.) Now the stock, cheek piece still stood proud of the stock between 1/8 and 1/4 inch in places. Rasp, file, and sandpaper cleaned up the gouged off cheek piece, scraped off the finish on the entire stock. Added a couple coats of True Oil, and it became a bit more presentable. Added a 1 to 3x Weaver Scope I had and a dozenish reloads(31141,19.3 grains IMR 4227 - old 30/40 krag load, nlce and mild for test load). Used 7 rnds to zero scope and last 5 rnds went into 3/4 inch at 65 yds(corner to corner of back yard pistol range) guess the old girl has a few hunts left in her. Danny