A little different but relevant story. I had issues with my newly rebuilt Sprint smoking. It appeared to all be coming from the #6 cylinder. Opted to pull the piston and see what was going on. Found out I didn’t rotate the oil rings correctly. Anyways the engine had 2000 miles on it. I deliberated replacing the rings, rescoring the walls, etc. finally decided WTH and simply rotated the rings and put it back together. Long story short, no issues smoking gone.
With your engine, unless something was damaged, should be ok with a simple replacement. My only concern would be balancing or lack there of.
