After many years of saving money, spending it on something else, saving some more I have finally got enough cash to send an M1 Garand parts kit and Receiver to a gunsmith that specializes in rebuilding M1 Garands. She, yes she, is going to re-Parkerize all the metal, put them all back together and fit it into a new fancy Walnut stock. Hopefully have it back in my grubby hands in a month or so.
Next is to save more money for the parts for a M1 Garand receiver dated to 1943, try to put mostly period correct parts, but will put on a new stock and barrel, those are getting harder and harder to find and very costly.