That Guy From Texas
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So i picked this up yesterday for $30, thought it'd be a neat project rifle. i wanted to learn how to work on rifles, do headspacing, parkerizing, the whole thing.
i blurred the serial numbers on the rifle, but none of them match.
the bottom metal isn't original as far as i can tell, you know: stainless, only has 2 screws rather than the original 4, no serial number. however it's long enough for a 30-06
everything looks solid and works proper as far as i can figure, no cracks that i can see (still probably going to take it to a smith to be sure)
my main question is: what should i do? should i try to rebuild the original? parts are cheap enough. or should i do what i want with it? "sporterize" it since it has no matching numbers to speak of?
i already have a 30-06, so i was wondering about fitting it with a smaller bullet, similar to a 243, but it's also a long action and would prefer to not try to get the long action to feed short rounds if it might cause feeding issues or not even work in the long magazine.
i blurred the serial numbers on the rifle, but none of them match.
the bottom metal isn't original as far as i can tell, you know: stainless, only has 2 screws rather than the original 4, no serial number. however it's long enough for a 30-06
everything looks solid and works proper as far as i can figure, no cracks that i can see (still probably going to take it to a smith to be sure)
my main question is: what should i do? should i try to rebuild the original? parts are cheap enough. or should i do what i want with it? "sporterize" it since it has no matching numbers to speak of?
i already have a 30-06, so i was wondering about fitting it with a smaller bullet, similar to a 243, but it's also a long action and would prefer to not try to get the long action to feed short rounds if it might cause feeding issues or not even work in the long magazine.