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Posted: 4/24/2014 3:42:53 AM EDT
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I stoped by one of the pawn shops one day and didn't find much to look at. I saw a few guns back in the cornner and asked what was up with them. I was told that they were problem gun and all needed some work. I asked if I could look at them and was told to go ahead.
I pulled this little one out and found that it would not go to full cock, and the stock had a few small cracks. I asked what he would take for it and was told $40. Boy did I have to think long and hard about that. 
http://i54.tinypic.com/2079awi.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/2gspfut.jpg Looks like someone pot some epoxy to hold the screw in place. http://i56.tinypic.com/qqb85g.jpg http://i56.tinypic.com/24lu0k1.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/14vs1th.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/2hmn61f.jpg http://i55.tinypic.com/8ww29c.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/21n1t90.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/2ir2jns.jpg I was very happy to find the buttplate in great shape. http://i56.tinypic.com/rivhcp.jpg I needed to see if I would be spending money for new parts or just doing some stock work on this little rifle. I sat down and removed the two wood screws from the tang to remove the buttstock. One screw came out with no trouble gut the other took a little force to get it to start moving. After I got the screws out the buttstock would not come off. So I took out the rubber mallet and gave it a few wacks. I then I pulled really hard and it came loose. This is what was holding it in place. http://i51.tinypic.com/10poz86.jpg Looks like whoever tried to fix the stock really did not know what they were doing. http://i51.tinypic.com/ogkqyg.jpg And here is the problem with the hammer. A chunk of epoxy. http://i55.tinypic.com/20qxqub.jpg http://i52.tinypic.com/9gld38.jpg One good thing is that the stock was not cleaned properly and most of the epoxy will be easy to removed. It will not be a hard repair and It will not show when I am done. I wanted to test the rifle so I slipped the butstock back on and grabbed some CB longs, went out in the back yard. It worked great. It cocked, fired and ejected. This is the best $40 dollars I have spent in some time. 
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I had one of the "new" ones back in the mid 80's when I was in gunsmith school.
I used to go to the range with a brick of ammo and shoot for hours. Years later I found an old one at a Gander and bought it. The extractor was missing but I got it fixed up. It was OK, but kinda loose so I sold it. Really wish I had kept the first one. It was nicer than the recent production repro. |
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