I recently picked up a used Deerhunter that needed help at a gun show for $75.00. Wooden stock and blued barrel. I have refinished the stock, replaced the nipple and sights, made a new ramrod and after a few hours of effort got all the rust out of the bore. Somewhere along the line I will most likely replace the lock spring. It now looks like almost new. I haven't shot it yet and hope I can do as well as you and your son after I get it sighted in. After seeing what you have done with yours I plan to take her out today and get started. It should be a great gun to get the younger ones started on side-locks and for my grand-kids to hunt with. One of the guys that regularly shoots here hunts with one and swears by it using both PBRs and conicals. Good shooting and both you and your son keep having fun with yours.