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EOD - bombs and bullets
Last week we went on vacation to visit my parents in WNC...love the mountains there! Anyway, one afternoon my dad and went out so I could hit a few gun stores and pawn shops around Hendersonville...not a lot of milsurp in the area I have found over the years, but never hurts to look. We hit about 4, and were on our way to the next one when we passed a shop we had seen, but my dad never checked it out, so I said lets stop...
Turns out it was the best store around if you like milsurps and old stuff, tons of cool stuff...prices ranged from ok, to what are you smoking, but lots of neat stuff. I saw a 98k on z rack, so asked to look at it...I got a little excited to see it was an swp 45 semi-kriegs...the light was shite in there, and the gun had been liberally coated all over with varnish or shellac which had turned dark, so it was hard to even make out the serial, although I just could. Then I got real excited to see the bolt matched...I asked the price, and it seemed reasonable for a matching swp…
I shot out a few texts for advice, and while waiting, I decided to hell with it, I'm going back to get it...so I did...
Unfortunately (maybe) with my buck fever I didn't notice the font on the bolt was bad, but the two guys I texted saw it right off the bat when I sent pics...
I could probably take it back and return it, as the guy also had it listed on GB and said he gave a 3 day return policy. After mulling it over for a day and a half, I decided screw it, I'll keep it...so I brought it home, and worked on cleaning it up. I had to get the crappy varnish off of everything, and clean it up a bit.
The bolt has issues, and some oddities and is renumbered...but I dig the really chattered, rough stock, and I think the rest of the gun is ok...I like it anyway...
Here are some overall shots...
Turns out it was the best store around if you like milsurps and old stuff, tons of cool stuff...prices ranged from ok, to what are you smoking, but lots of neat stuff. I saw a 98k on z rack, so asked to look at it...I got a little excited to see it was an swp 45 semi-kriegs...the light was shite in there, and the gun had been liberally coated all over with varnish or shellac which had turned dark, so it was hard to even make out the serial, although I just could. Then I got real excited to see the bolt matched...I asked the price, and it seemed reasonable for a matching swp…
I shot out a few texts for advice, and while waiting, I decided to hell with it, I'm going back to get it...so I did...
Unfortunately (maybe) with my buck fever I didn't notice the font on the bolt was bad, but the two guys I texted saw it right off the bat when I sent pics...
I could probably take it back and return it, as the guy also had it listed on GB and said he gave a 3 day return policy. After mulling it over for a day and a half, I decided screw it, I'll keep it...so I brought it home, and worked on cleaning it up. I had to get the crappy varnish off of everything, and clean it up a bit.
The bolt has issues, and some oddities and is renumbered...but I dig the really chattered, rough stock, and I think the rest of the gun is ok...I like it anyway...
Here are some overall shots...
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