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the history first... if you wanna skip it and get to my question... its the second peragraph.
my grandfather had A.L.S., i was single at the time, and my roommate had just moved out leaving me with a 1,200 a month rent to pay on my own. i handled it fine, but didnt like it. when my grandfather started to really have trouble. i decided to move into there camper in the back yard and help out while my grandmother was at work. i got some good time with papa and got to here stories that others had never heard, and he was somewhat quite and didnt like talking about his past much, having a hard life. and i had fun driving his truck too. lol (dodge 1500 w/hemi). my grandmother hates guns. hates them. she had reason to i guess, as my great grandmother had one on her at all times as a moonshine runner in GA back in the day. and my grandmother had seen her use one a couple times, and i dont mean practice. she is a short woman, who cannot reach or see the top of the closet, my grandfather being 6'4" could hide anything upthere, she new he had one gun. but in our time togeather, he would have me make cigarette runs for him, as he was sapose to have quite, but we saw no point by this time, and so in seeing me keep this secret for him, he told me, kinda non chalantly (spelling?) that he had two guns. when he new he was getting close, he told my grandmother to give the gun to my uncle...this leaves the gun she didnt know about unclaimed. so my mother as a gift to me, got it for me. i like the story, so i shared.
anyway, this gun, as far as i know, was not used by him in my life time. my dating as placed it in the 40's. i had the exact year, but forgot. i used it once to kill a snake when i was living with them. i remember it fired but didnt eject and cycle. today i decided i would take it apart and clean it. but...well, i dont know how. lol. the picture shows what i have dont so far, i dont want to do what i cant undo (or vise versa, technically). any help would be greatly apreciated. i dont plan on taking it down all the way for every cleaning. but im positive it hasnt been cleaned in at least 25 years. and knowing papa, possibly not at all past cleaning out the barrel.
this one is rough on the outside, and i wanna leave it like that. just as it was. but i think these are such nice rifles, i would love to get another that is either in great shape, ir that i can put in great shape.
my grandfather had A.L.S., i was single at the time, and my roommate had just moved out leaving me with a 1,200 a month rent to pay on my own. i handled it fine, but didnt like it. when my grandfather started to really have trouble. i decided to move into there camper in the back yard and help out while my grandmother was at work. i got some good time with papa and got to here stories that others had never heard, and he was somewhat quite and didnt like talking about his past much, having a hard life. and i had fun driving his truck too. lol (dodge 1500 w/hemi). my grandmother hates guns. hates them. she had reason to i guess, as my great grandmother had one on her at all times as a moonshine runner in GA back in the day. and my grandmother had seen her use one a couple times, and i dont mean practice. she is a short woman, who cannot reach or see the top of the closet, my grandfather being 6'4" could hide anything upthere, she new he had one gun. but in our time togeather, he would have me make cigarette runs for him, as he was sapose to have quite, but we saw no point by this time, and so in seeing me keep this secret for him, he told me, kinda non chalantly (spelling?) that he had two guns. when he new he was getting close, he told my grandmother to give the gun to my uncle...this leaves the gun she didnt know about unclaimed. so my mother as a gift to me, got it for me. i like the story, so i shared.
anyway, this gun, as far as i know, was not used by him in my life time. my dating as placed it in the 40's. i had the exact year, but forgot. i used it once to kill a snake when i was living with them. i remember it fired but didnt eject and cycle. today i decided i would take it apart and clean it. but...well, i dont know how. lol. the picture shows what i have dont so far, i dont want to do what i cant undo (or vise versa, technically). any help would be greatly apreciated. i dont plan on taking it down all the way for every cleaning. but im positive it hasnt been cleaned in at least 25 years. and knowing papa, possibly not at all past cleaning out the barrel.
this one is rough on the outside, and i wanna leave it like that. just as it was. but i think these are such nice rifles, i would love to get another that is either in great shape, ir that i can put in great shape.
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