Originally Posted by websterparish47
Originally Posted by JohnMoses
You need to let a smith disassemble, clean and inspect before you try to run a round through that thing.

The outside can be fixed, it's the inside that would have me worried.

Chances are the magazine tube is full of crap, the spring is toast and there is the possibility of a rusted, protruding firing pin sending one down range as soon as you lever it...or it becomes stuck after firing the first shot and you get a surprise bang levering it for a 2nd...

An out of battery ignition isn't something you want to experience with a gun in that condition...Especially with a lever gun that has top ejection - Good bye nose and eye.

If you want to keep the rifle, spend the coin to have a smith give it a good going over.

Money well spent.



^^^^^^^
What he said.


What they both said. In spades.
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And finally,
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