Sounds like my brother-in-laws rifles. Lordy...the last time I saw his muzzleloader...it was sickening. He was keeping an old Rem. 1100 light weight 12 ga. with the English stock out in the barn. Last I saw it...was sitting by the door covered with rust and the finish coming off the stock. Tried to buy it long before it got to that point...no luck. Just never could see how anyone could do that to their firearms.