Quote Originally Posted by ssgross View Post
Overall impression...I think I got my money's worth. very-good-to-fine national postal meter. some dried carbon + grease around the chamber mouth, but no rust visible anywhere. The usual very strong fresh-from-the-ole-crate surplus smell was present. The bolt cycles veeerrrry smooth. The trigger group is a little jiggly, first carbine so no comparison for what is normal.
NPM was the only company to pass the rain test. Apparently they did something different (heat treating? Finish?). My NPM is a late one made in 1944, has an IBM barrel, it is the most accurate carbine I own. Sounds like you got a good one.