My 'Big 5 Sports' IBM - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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I don't know for sure why I had to have this IBM, but I just did. When Big 5 had them on sale around the holidays, I couldn't make it to their one-day sale with my "10% off" email coupon. JimF4M1s said that I should have tried the coupon anyway, so I went back and did just that. Here's the gun I ended up with - a typical "beater" as one of the guys called them on another thread. It "is what it is" but I'm still kind of proud of it. At least, it could be called an honest gun, and not just another "put together." I probably went overboard on the cleaning, and hurt the look of it a bit, but it's got some interesting features to it. I spent several hours with the cleaning and have pictures of all the internal parts. I've got a data sheet filled out, and have about 150 pictures. Here's some sample pictures just to see what you guys think. I've studied this thing inside and out and pretty much have all the pieces figured, but would welcome any questions or comments. Feel free to point out good or bad features - I may have missed a few in my inspection. From what I've read, the receiver and barrel are probably a match, and the date of manufacture could be from December '43 to the first month or two of '44. - Bob

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