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I've posted this one before. I gifted this old '42 vintage Springfield to my good hunting bud. He loves it, named it Dusty Springfield after the singer. That sorta dates him.

I loaded 130 gr. Horn over 59 gr. Big Game powder for a killing load. The bore is pristine thru the Hawkeye, gun is MOA with that load and others. He's shot a bunch of stuff with it, mostly DRT.

Vintage Fajen stock, glassed and free floated by me decades ago. It now wears his Leupold scope instead of the Bushnell shown. Timney trigger, aftermarket safety.

I sent it to David Christman in Delhi, LA to fit bolt handle, drill and tap for scope.

Second photo is the U.S. flaming ordinance bomb and the year, '42. You can see where I polished and blued where the old sight was, rest of finish is original.

Historical and Fudd....

Third photo shows it as it sat in my safe for years, unused. He had mentioned something about wanting a Springfield and I fixed this one up for him.

My son sold the vintage receiver sight on E-Bay.

DF