Sad day at the auction

[Aragorn243]

I rarely run into a rifle that really makes me wince. I"m somewhat immune to sporterized rifles but today I encountered one that really made me think.

A No 1 V was for sale at the local auction. Matching numbers and a bright bore. Someone cut the fore stock down, threw away the upper hand guards, discarded the magazine cut off, got rid of both the stock disk and the butt plate and then made a very bizarre attempt to "checker" the butt stock. So nothing other than the metal was usable for a restoration. I considered it and would have loved to have brought this home but the bidding went beyond what I felt I could afford on this. Sadly, I expect it was bought to be parted out, something I don't have the heart to do.

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