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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
I vote that you clean it as well as can be, oil it, hang it.
Trying to re-blue or paint the metal will create an ugly stick.
While your at it remove the firing pin and toss it. Depending on when it was built the "quality of build" was spotty right out of the factory. Add some rust in the chamber and/or bolt, and it might go BOOM if someone was to find some ammo.
Additionally, Check to see if the chrysanthemum is on the receiver top. There could be some collector value. Under the flower is the type.
http://www.castle-thunder.com/model.htm
Net Net: The less you do the better, clean & oil.. |
No, the mum has been ground off already. I am assuming that they did that prior to re-chambering it in 30-06 for use in the Korean war. I think you are spot on with that, My Bravo was looking at it yesterday and after cleaning it up we noticed that the chamber was shot, and the barrel was pitted. We are going to grind the tip of the firing pin off and stamp "do not fire" on the barrel.
So, all in all it is just going to be a wall piece. Just have to figure out how to keep surface rust off of there whilst it is up on the wall. Being in TN, it shows up rather quick with all of this humidity.