jmohme
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Sitting in the gun safe right next to my Garand is this FN49 Columbian.
The previous owner had done a butcher job on the front sight. He had hacksawed off the ears on either side of the sight blade and installed some abomination of a front sight.
The biggest problem with that is that the sight is part of the gas tube, so I had to search out a a new one and replace it, but it is back as it should be now. Well, all accept for the recoil pad that the same previous owner had also installed. One of these days, I hope to find the original style steel butt plate and finish this classics restoration, but for now she is ready to be test fired!
The previous owner had done a butcher job on the front sight. He had hacksawed off the ears on either side of the sight blade and installed some abomination of a front sight.
The biggest problem with that is that the sight is part of the gas tube, so I had to search out a a new one and replace it, but it is back as it should be now. Well, all accept for the recoil pad that the same previous owner had also installed. One of these days, I hope to find the original style steel butt plate and finish this classics restoration, but for now she is ready to be test fired!
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