My father gave me his rifle that he purchased new in '79. It's a 'Limited edition II' model. Unfortunately, it sat for years in the closet and got rusty The wood still looks fantastic, of course, and the bluing on the barrel still looks great. The problem is on the gold plated receiver, which has a few places where the gold plating is bubbling up and the rust is popping up through.
My questions is, is there any reason not to shoot this and enjoy it? I see examples in perfect condition for sale for $1600, and I would be surprised if this gun is worth even half of that in it's current condition, so using/ shooting it would likely not do anything to diminish its value. That's the silver lining to this story, I don't have any leverguns, and I would rather have a gun to shoot than look at...
On that note, I think it is drilled for a rear sight. Could someone confirm that the two small screws at the top rear of the left side of the receiver are those? And what is the difference between the Williams 5d-94 for $27 and the fp-94 for $74?
My questions is, is there any reason not to shoot this and enjoy it? I see examples in perfect condition for sale for $1600, and I would be surprised if this gun is worth even half of that in it's current condition, so using/ shooting it would likely not do anything to diminish its value. That's the silver lining to this story, I don't have any leverguns, and I would rather have a gun to shoot than look at...
On that note, I think it is drilled for a rear sight. Could someone confirm that the two small screws at the top rear of the left side of the receiver are those? And what is the difference between the Williams 5d-94 for $27 and the fp-94 for $74?