1944 Long Branch on the way

[spinecracker]

It turned up today very late - managed to get my Brady check sneaked in at the last moment (literally) at the gun store I used as the FFL for shipping purposes. Now the rifle is laying 3 feet from me and I will be giving it a very good going over tonight and tommorow. I have yet to find any part that is not Canadian marked, but I am sure to have questions.

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[bradtx]

spinecracker, Get well soon! I think only the steel was parkerized. I wouldn't worry too much about headspace at this point. I don't remember which rifle, but one had what looked like hardened cosmo (I don't really know what it was) inside the bolt body that I cleaned out with brake clean, reoiled and became noticeably better on closing.

Brad

[spinecracker]

Well, I did feel enough improved to give the thing a really good cleaning (not much to do, really - just wipe the chamber out and de-gunk the magazine - it was yucky), and now it chambers perfectly. The barrel is original, being dated 1944 and, although I am no expert on these matters, it looks pristine (heck, it even glints, and that isn't a word I use lightly lol). If the rest of the rifle is in such good condition, I have to wonder why the bolt had obviously been replaced at a later date - someone just misplaced the thing?