| Well I picked up the Turkish 1903 mauser today and the manager would not do the $100.00 out the door. He did do $120.00 and then sold me 350 rounds of 1942 surplus ammo for $75.00 so I figured it worked out pretty darn good in the end. The ammo looks brand new and is 70 Rounds per 7 pouch bandalier ( I think that is what it is called ). The rifle was covered heads to toe in cosmoline. I took the bolt apart and dropped the magazine well. I got it cleaned enough to shoot tommorrow and probably will do a total disassemble this weekend and heat lamp the cosmoline off of the inside of the stock. The bore looks outstanding with good rifling and is very shiney. In the store the thing looks awful but it looks alot better now and should look alot nicer after I clean up the stock. The stock is pretty dinged up so I may do the Damp towel with hot iron trick to lift some of the nicks. |