I would appreciate help and advice regarding my tatty old LP53 with a missing end cap and no rear sight that I wanted to cobble together as a plinker (possibly to be then passed on to my Grandchildren for them to use). It's in poor condition all over and not worth spending too much on (especially as I don't know if it would work if I did somehow or other find an endcap for it). Am I likely to find an original end cap at a reasonable cost (I've looked around on the net myself but no luck so far), or is it possible that (for instance) one off a Diana Model 5/6 might fit and I could cobble the LP together somehow with a few home made parts.

Practical ideas would be appreciated thanks, but please note that the item is in poor cosmetic condition all over and all I want to do in the first instance is to cobble it together to investigate viability of doing a better job at some point in the future.

Thanks, Vic Thompson.