New years resolutions

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B&I Market Place on South Tacoma Way.......former home of Ivan the Gorilla.

Same one, but Ivan is long gone and the store is not the same as it was.

musketjon;Commercial stock. WWII trigger guard with SERIOUSLY deformed locking lugs. I just can't into that silver-gray finish. Other than that, nice rifle.

I have already planned to replace the trigger guard to make it more in line with that year and the finish is not quite as silver as shown probably caused by the black background and flash.

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The lugs are a little out of spec. I love the finish. I also study rebuilds and your rifle must have been the first one to go into the solution(they get darker as the parkerizing gets dirty). I've only seen one other rifle that looked that sharp and I kick myself for not buying it when I had the chance.
That rifle will never be original(Boyds commercial stock). But Boyds wood is tight fitting for sure and it will help with accuracy, if nothing is out of whack and rubbing on the oprod which is not an uncommon occurence. I'd push someone down to get at that rifle.

Well, I knew it wasn't original when I purchased it and the stock needs some work but that is minor. It fills a niche in my collection for a post Korea rifle.

Thanks for looking.

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