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A friend brought this by the house last night and isn't sure what to do.
This was his grandfathers rifle that he came across.
The story goes that his GF formed dementia and someone removed parts from the few guns he owned.
Those 'parts' are nowhere to be found.
His question "any value as is'?
I told him that I'd pose the ? here.