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tahunua001 · January 24, 2013, 03:03 PM

I would recommend slugging the bore, it may be shot out and it may have even been rechambered for 30-06 or 8mm mauser as these are much more common hunting rounds and were very easily available in the 50s and 60s when these rifles were literally $5 at your local sears.

January 24, 2013, 03:03 PM	#7
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 3,770	I would recommend slugging the bore, it may be shot out and it may have even been rechambered for 30-06 or 8mm mauser as these are much more common hunting rounds and were very easily available in the 50s and 60s when these rifles were literally $5 at your local sears. __________________ all guns lost in a tragic smelting accident. I never said half the crap people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin Bean counters told me I couldn't fire a man for being in a wheelchair, did it anyway. Ramps are expensive.-Cave Johnson.