Update:
Just started to clean up the stock this afternoon... didn't get the rag dirty, so apparently the wood wasn't all gunked up or anything like that, but a little plain old Liquid Gold sure did bring up the shine a couple of notches and made the grain-patterns in the walnut stand out!
I'm a happy camper, especially after finding the ONLY model 99 on GB has a buy-it-now price of $425.00 (I did pay a <bit> less than that)!
Now, I need to figure out how to properly disassemble it without screwing anything up and (most important) put it back together without having any parts left over. (My mechanical genius is at least equal to that of Red Green.) Then the next step will be a good internal cleaning and lube job, and soon as possible get it off to the range & see if it works like I hope it will.
IMHO, this is one really nice gun - the more I mess with this, the more I'm liking it - and hey, it's only 50 yrs old! Just about broken in, I'd say.....!!
COW_54
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