Beware the "Cosmoline"

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A different tale = From a local G/S that has since closed I brought a MKIII it looked alright had a glance up the bore a bit dark but appeared ok it was Thursday night shopping took it on face value by the salesman it was good to go, got it for $300 took it out to a farm for a shot. The first and only round I fired from it the bolt jammed to such an extent I had to belt it muzzle down with the cocking handle hitting on the top of a strainer post luckily it did not break off or bend once ejected the shell case had a prominent raised ridge at amout 5 o'clock as it sat in the chamber deduced by the extractor mark.

Cause was my WWII armourer said an insect had crawled into the barrel carked it in the bottom of the chamber the acid in its body had over an extended period of time whilst decaying had eaten a divet @6mm x 1mm x 0.1mm deep in the bottom of the chamber had a new barrel fitted by him and not long after the gun was stolen along with my PH 22/250 1200.
Sale was final my bad luck!!!!