A friend had these three ,belonged to his FIL, all bubba guns. His FIL is getting on, aparently he took them as trade on a loan to someone.
The Argy is a 1891, in fine shape except for being cut down, I will clean it up and keep it as a plinker. Has a nice williams peep on it. Came with a box of Norma ammo, I am a bit reluctant to use that in an 1891. (six rounds were gone from the box though, so maybe the rifle has been "proofed!)
The Eddystone 1917 has an original barrel, dark but with strong rifling. The rifle is in a sporter stock , and has had the receiver drilled in four locations (front back and left right on top of the receiver ring) for a scope. It looks like a poor job, the holes are not exact by any means. Also the rear receiver bridge is drilled for the scope mount, which is still there - some type of quick release cam affair- do not know why, as there are no irons on the gun.
This is not a gun I want to put much into, if it is safe to fire I will clean it up, use gun paint on it and keep it for a cheap 3006 truck gun.
Any ideas on that drilled receiver? Safe? (I do know about the Eddystone crack issue, apparently it is confined to the rebarreled guns.) The drill holes are what concern me.
The third is a carcano sporter. Dark bore, solid rifling in 7.35 carcano.Marked Terni, it was a Finnish rifle marked SA.
Almost impossible to get clips or ammo for, although I did get 24 boxes of original ammo, in clips, in the original unopened boxes. Extremely clean for having a 1939 headstamp. I checked a site that listed the same ammo for $39 a box. Yikes!
The bolt on this gun is straight, and lightly ground all over to remove rust. I have no idea if it is original or not.
Should I throw it in the river? The ammo is probably worth more than the gun here, although it has by far the best trigger out of the three.
Help me figure out what to do with these.
The Argy is a 1891, in fine shape except for being cut down, I will clean it up and keep it as a plinker. Has a nice williams peep on it. Came with a box of Norma ammo, I am a bit reluctant to use that in an 1891. (six rounds were gone from the box though, so maybe the rifle has been "proofed!)
The Eddystone 1917 has an original barrel, dark but with strong rifling. The rifle is in a sporter stock , and has had the receiver drilled in four locations (front back and left right on top of the receiver ring) for a scope. It looks like a poor job, the holes are not exact by any means. Also the rear receiver bridge is drilled for the scope mount, which is still there - some type of quick release cam affair- do not know why, as there are no irons on the gun.
This is not a gun I want to put much into, if it is safe to fire I will clean it up, use gun paint on it and keep it for a cheap 3006 truck gun.
Any ideas on that drilled receiver? Safe? (I do know about the Eddystone crack issue, apparently it is confined to the rebarreled guns.) The drill holes are what concern me.
The third is a carcano sporter. Dark bore, solid rifling in 7.35 carcano.Marked Terni, it was a Finnish rifle marked SA.
Almost impossible to get clips or ammo for, although I did get 24 boxes of original ammo, in clips, in the original unopened boxes. Extremely clean for having a 1939 headstamp. I checked a site that listed the same ammo for $39 a box. Yikes!
The bolt on this gun is straight, and lightly ground all over to remove rust. I have no idea if it is original or not.
Should I throw it in the river? The ammo is probably worth more than the gun here, although it has by far the best trigger out of the three.
Help me figure out what to do with these.
