so I thought I should add a little more history of this gun, from what i understand from my father who has now passed, he was issued this while being an officer in the USMC. When he left he told me they gave it to him and he made it sound like they probably shouldn't have. My father and I only went hunting maybe 3 times as he really wasn't a hunter and so the gun sat for many years in a leather gun case which was more like a padded cloth case. He never went shooting with it either, but he told me it was an amazing shooter and he was right. He didn't own but maybe 2 guns and this is the only one he wouldn't part with, and when he did he gave to me. He said the gun was special, but i never inquired more about it and wished I had. Since I have owned it i probably put maybe a box of shells through it, 20 round box, as I don't hunt much either. He was in the service towards the very end of Korean War and never saw any action.