If you do take the safety off (and I agree they are kinda peculiar) there are a fair number of guys out there that will pay you for it.
I stuck a Pac-Nor 6.5x55 barrel on mine. Momma! That's a rifle.
BTW, if anyone needs the period scope, I think I still have the one I got with mine. Pay postage, and it's yours.
Last edited by denton; 04/28/09.