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Anybody mess around with these ? ![[Linked Image]](http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s5/6mm250/003-73.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s5/6mm250/002-84.jpg) My Dad got this one right after WWII when he got out of the Navy , it was made about 1926. Bluing is gone but the mechanics of it are good. The bore is toast. I am going to put a liner in it. Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
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Mike,
I've got one like yours, but mine has been re-blued. (cuts collectors value)
Mine has a tang peep sight and is a great shooter.
Virgil B.
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I also have one, near perfect too. Not super old but a nice en. I really like mine
It�s a magazine not a clip......
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i have restored a few. i have one for each of my 3 grandkids. i love them yours is pretty nice.
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You can't find them in very good condition. They got used like they were supposed to.
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Yep. My first rifle was one of those my dad and my mom's dad got for me in the early 1970s. It was pretty well used then and isn't any newer now. I put somewhere beyond 100,000 rounds down the barrel. Grandpa brought me a half gallon peanut butter jar of crusty ammo every time he'd come visit. I had to wipe each cartridge clean of "green" to get 'em to chamber. It still shoots 5 shots into about 3/8 of an inch at 25 yards with a rest using the coarse stock sights and good ammo. Love that old gun.
Tom
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