OK, Here's some more pic's. It has all the right things, except the scope does not match the gun. However, besides the battle scars in the wood work, it cleaned up fairly nice for its age.
The bore and chamber are like a mirror with clean rifling and the action is smooth as glass. It has some very small spots in the steel, but no serious pits. In some of the pic's, it looks like its pitted, but its actually small oil spots, that I didn't clean off perfectly, before I took the pic's. That does not mean the blue is perfect, it does have some fade and wear, but not much.
As for the Scope Tin, I don't know how that hinge got rusted, this thing has been stored in an air condition room for the past 40+ years and not been exposed to water, so I'm lost on that. I did clean most of it off, so its not so bad now.
As for selling it, I currently do not have a set price, as this is like an old collectable car and its only worth what someone is willing to pay for it and advertisement is the best way to expose it, to potential interested buyers to make offers. At this time, I don't really want to jump into putting it in an official auction, but I am going to advertise it some and see what bites. Since the scope is not a match, it is not an added value asset, so I'll probably end up separating the package if necessary.
There are several collectors who seek these rare items out, so I'm interested in seeing how much interest there is.
As for the history, My Dad , (ex Military and gun collector and gunsmith) bought this, back in about 1970-72. From an elderly woman who's husband had died years before. He was an old war vet and she said, he brought it back from the war and couldn't part with it and never shot it. It stayed under their bed for many years until he died and then many years after he died. Dad never shot it and I never have either. Its been stored in our collection for all those years and I just brought it out. However, my trigger finger is itching.
Now, I have a question; Badger posted a link to G/B for me to look at. I studied it carefully and am curious about its serial # of 1424, I thought there was only 1403 of these made??
How does that work???? Am I wrong about the #'s ?? I'm still learning.
I also noticed it was missing part of the front strap/band and appears the stock was refinished.
Your feed back is greatly appreciated,
Thanks
Chuck
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