You can't judge a book by its cover.....
Ricci.Wright
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or sometimes a rifle by the appearance of its bore. I sold a really beautiful custom Springfield 1903 rifle recently. It had been professionally built and the wood was superb. The gun had been stored improperly and the bore showed some pitting but still had a good deal of rifling remaining. It was a custom not a military barrel.
This is what I wrote in my description for the auction. "The bore has some light pitting but there is a lot of rifling remaining. My opinion, and that’s all it is as I have not shot the rifle, is that the bore is good enough that she may shoot well. Obviously, there is no way to tell without a trip to the range."
The gun was delivered yesterday, and I received this from the new owner today. "
"The rifle arrived and looks wonderful! Rings too low to put the Zeiss
on, so I sighted in the Leupold 2-7 that was on it.
After getting it in the bull on my second shot at 25 yards, I brought it
back to a hundred and made a 3 shot group of 5/8ths inch C to C using
Remington core-lock 150 grain.
Inexpensive hunting ammo. To say I'm delighted would be an understatement!
Will leave very positive feedback on GB."
That made my night. I had a feeling that old rifle would be a shooter.
Comments
Wow!! That's great all around. Well done, and thanks for sharing.
Cool.
Nice!! In my limited experience, rusty bores always shoot better than it looks like they should.