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Thanks for the replies, and to jthuang and Coinneach for their emails. To report:
1. Twenty thiry-year-old plastic Federal shells stored under the bed fired reliably. No hangfires, misfires, or no-fires.
2. Man, was the action dusty and dirty and the bolt follower (?) was corroded. Worked on rust and corrosion with bronze brush and Break-free. Put a little grease on the rails.
3. Barrel cleaned up pretty good. Lots of small dots inside, could be pitted.
4. Shot about 40 game loads and five rifled slugs last weekend. WooHoo!
5. Dissassembly was NOT as depicted in the manual. The forearm doesn't want to slide off the receiver, hanging up on some kind of springy thing just before the point where the rails would leave the receiver. Never did get it off, had to clean around it. The model number is "500 AB" and the barrel is stamped 18 1/2" Cylider Bore "Police Gun".
Any thoughts on dissassembly issue? After firing, the forearm will "spring" back if a slight backward pressure is exerted. Very fast shooter.
Thanks again.
Ledbetter
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