Uncle Buck
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I finally got around to repairing the extractor on the rifle I picked up in trade.
Got her cleaned up. It had sticky nasty old yellow-brown grease all over the inside of it. ( Cosmoline?) I wonder if the amount of grease inside the rifle contributed to the extractor breaking. It had been used for many years as a ceremonial gun for military funerals, firing only blanks.
Anyway, nice rifle, but I want to make sure I did not miss something in my research.
It was made by Smith-Corona Serial number 362XXXX. At the end of the barrel is the stamp 12-42 and what looks like the Army Ordinance Bomb with a flame inside of it.
I am under the impression that this rifle will fire the standard 30-06 off the shelf load. Is this a true?
Also, Any idea what it might be worth?
Got her cleaned up. It had sticky nasty old yellow-brown grease all over the inside of it. ( Cosmoline?) I wonder if the amount of grease inside the rifle contributed to the extractor breaking. It had been used for many years as a ceremonial gun for military funerals, firing only blanks.
Anyway, nice rifle, but I want to make sure I did not miss something in my research.
It was made by Smith-Corona Serial number 362XXXX. At the end of the barrel is the stamp 12-42 and what looks like the Army Ordinance Bomb with a flame inside of it.
I am under the impression that this rifle will fire the standard 30-06 off the shelf load. Is this a true?
Also, Any idea what it might be worth?