Well, I had to start on it sometime and this afternoon in the workshop I was just finishing a repair to an old tripod (Viewing Scope / Chronie for the use of ) when I heard this little voice saying "What about me, when are you going to look at me"!
So I thought I would make a start................
I steam cleaned the crud off the action housing and then started on the rust. Ballistol + wire wool + fine emery cloth. Looks good now. I then unscrewed the barrel which was easy and looked at the action frame. It's distorted on one side and this makes the barrel sit at an angle. There are a lot of hammer marks on the metal so it was not an 'engineered' fit!
I will produce some pics once the parts are clean but it certainly won't shoot any live ammo again!