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Same condolences here. Not a good way to get a rifle but they mean more this way.
All you need to do is clean them up, check the bores to be sure they're clean, and run a very lightly oiled patch down the bore, then a dry patch, and they're ready to shoot. You can get surplus military ammo at any gun show, or online. These rifles will handle any commercial or military 30-06 ammo so have fun with them.
Do note that older military ammo may have corrosive primers. That's usually 1953 or earlier dated ammo. Just to be safe, with older ammo, right after shooting, squirt some Windex down the bore, then as soon as you get home, clean the bore thoroughly with oily patches, then oil it up, and clean again the following day. Ammo dates after 1955 will all be noncorrosive, so all you need to do is clean with patches and lightly oil.
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