I have one of these that I inherited from my father 20 years ago. It has followed me to several different homes since then and lived in many closets over the years. It hasn't been cleaned or fired since I snuck it out of the gun cabinet one day as a 17 year-old boy and blew through every round my dad had for it (about 30 or so if I recall.) I had to unscrew the hinges on the cabinet to get the door off. The ignorance of youth....sometimes I wonder how I survived.
Anyway, I recently took up handguns and subsequently decided to pull the old rifle out and eventually stumbled across this thread. I think I'd like to clean the old girl up and maybe fire a few rounds through it just for sentimental reasons. Is anyone aware of any documentation on the web that could ease me through the process of cleaning and inspecting this rifle? Would I be better served taking it to a gunsmith and letting him give it a thorough inspection and cleaning?
Thanks in advance for any input!
Erik