The walnut stocks could usually be recovered: you take off all the finish, steam out as much of all dents as you can, sand what you can't, and then refinish, generally looks pretty good, and there's actually one of the companies out there with new sporter stocks for them for around $70 and that works. But the beech-wood stocks are hopeless and if you can find one with a beech stock, teh seller might still take a hundred or two for it.
I guess I missed the boat by not getting one when they were cheaper. I too have noticed that many of them look like crud. It’s good to know that most are probably still mechanically sound, even though they might not look so good.
What do you think of this one?
http://www.impactguns.com/store/MK31-DSCW.html
What about the availability of ammo?