Bill:  You did a very nice job of cleaning up your 'VFW Krag' recently, so you have some experience.  You might temporarily borrow the bolt and ejector from your VFW gun and put them in your Model-1896 (1892 updated) Krag and take it out for a Range Session.  You may find it to be a very fine shooter.

If your new, 1894 marked, Krag were mine, I would strip off the shiny stock re-finish using little squares of green 'Scotchbrite' pad saturated with Formby's 'Stripper/refinisher'.  Use light pressure and discard the 2"X2" squares as they load up with gunk.

  Once you are down to original wood, evaluate the 'wood repair' and wood color.  You may want to improve the repair.  You may want to darken the stripped wood with stain.  When you are ready, apply multiple coats of heated 50/50 mix of Linseed oil & turpentine.  You can finish with carnauba based 'Trewax', Howard's 'Feed & Wax', or Pledge.

You got your 'VFW gun' looking quite nice, so that gives you a target to aim for with 'stock appearance'.  The missing parts you can acquire at gun shows, ebay, Gunbroker, or from parts sellers listed in KCA 'Classifieds'.  Take your time, don't pay too much, and correctness is optional and up to you, since later parts will work (and were so designed to function in earlier Krag models).