One of my local gun shops used to have a wood barrel with old, beater rifles in it. Any one for $20. I found a Marlin Model 60 in there that was scratched up and had a tag attached that said Non Functioning. I inspected it and noticed the ammo tube had a dent in it near the receiver. I paid the $20, took a steel rod the size of the ammo tube, and tapped it in with a mallet, pushing out the dent. ten minutes with some brown stain, and I had one perfectly functioning .22 rifle that I still have.
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