I bought a Garand receiver that the story said that it was taken from the scrap pile that was purchased at an Army Depot. Paid a premium for it since it was not rusty. Spent a small fortune in time and money gathering all the necessary parts to build a beautiful M-1 rifle. Spent hours polishing it until it looked like a presentation Browning without the engraving. Sent it off and had it blued by the best in the area...
It was gorgeous! Thirty rounds of test firing proved to me that the weapon had been in a fire... the bolt lugs had eaten a nice depression in the receiver from firing...
It hung on the wall for a couple of years and then I contacted Springfield Armory in Illinois and they replaced the wasted soft receiver with a serviceable one... but it just wasn't the same... and wasn't very accurate.
I ended up trading it even for Nickle plated Colt Gold Cup NM... Boy could that gun ever shoot! Wish I still had that one!
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regards, -John S
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