I went out with some of my newly aquired Christmas cash today. I found this little beauty at a Hock shop in Midland. Normally these are beat all to heck, but I do not think this has ever been fired. It also has a decent hammer and sickle on the receiver, that is actually readable and has the 1948 date mark that is also readable. Note the conditon of everything including a rather peculiar tiger striped oak stock. Never seen one like this. Also not the condition of the bolt. Usually something this clean would rais suspicions that it was pieced together. However, all serial numbers match. Very odd. There are two flaws, of which I was glad to point out to the clerk. The bolt handle has some discoloration (a dremmel and a buffing disk will fix that) and both barrel bands are extremely corroded and pitted. I suspect these were put on later. Anything that corroded could not have been on the wood for very long, and the wood is the original as near as I can tell.
After negotiating with the complete neophyte at the the counter I got this for $100.00 out the door. Of course I had to explain to her that she was not going to get my Social Security Number (this is OPTIONAL) on the yellow form, and that yes my legal midle name is "D" and then had to explain to her that this is not a 30-06, or a 308 is is 7.62 x 54R. She said she did not have enough room to write that on the form, so left it blank (its her butt if the ATF comes in on them) I feel I got a good deal.




After negotiating with the complete neophyte at the the counter I got this for $100.00 out the door. Of course I had to explain to her that she was not going to get my Social Security Number (this is OPTIONAL) on the yellow form, and that yes my legal midle name is "D" and then had to explain to her that this is not a 30-06, or a 308 is is 7.62 x 54R. She said she did not have enough room to write that on the form, so left it blank (its her butt if the ATF comes in on them) I feel I got a good deal.





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