The desire for that rifle will be entirely for its shoot-ability. If, and only if, it has a nice bore (and with a .25-35 that's a big if). Given that it meets that criteria I would stick a replacement stock on it and shoot the heck out of it- but only if the repair weren't sound. Keep the old busted one to pass on with the gun if you ever get rid of it.
Weird, but most of the .25-35's I looked at had rotten bores. Is it coincidence or have others noted the same thing?
