Irwin Pedersen Question

Almost passed this one up at second hand store but the price was right. Maybe someone can tell me a little about it.
Receiver - Irwin Pedersen 176XXXX
Trigger Assembly - IP
Safety - IP-W
Mag Catch IP-W
Mag UN
Barrel - Rock-OLA, 2-43, P
Pistol Grip has a circle P cartouche
Butt stock sling well has IR-IP and flaming bomb and IP in a square. Looks like it has been sanded and shellaked so they're a little dull.
Barrel is a little frosty but after an hour of cleaning it looked pretty good. I was looking for a shooter but probably not?

Sounds good so far. How about some pictures and a complete breakdown of parts?

Couldn't get the trigger bolt out easily while cleaning.
Not sure about the handguard.
Front sight stamped PN

I'm a novice so any help is appreciated.

doesn't sound bad.

Sounds like a good find, especially if you were just looking for a shooter and ended up with that find. We look forward to more, including pictures.

Pictures by tjflynn2003 - Photobucket

This link should do the trick for pics.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

Looks like an outstanding find.. Congrats!

Looks like some heavy sanding around the grip in the one pic, but I think you should keep it well oiled,and not change anything.

Outstanding!

Looks like "Jack" landed a pretty big fish too!!

Two lucky guys!!

jim

Thanks for the feeback. I'm pretty excited about the rifle and understand that I probably shouldn't take it out hog hunting. Ok to fire at the range though right? Found some ammo here.
Ammunition - RCArms
but it looks like about .60 per round if you can find it.

Too bad I've been hooked on rifles for the past few years, now I'm seriously hooked.