My MN that I bought through Cabellas for $89.95 was arsenal refurbished and not re-issued. It was in really nice condition. The only problem I had was that the barrel had probably never been thoroughly cleaned of powder and copper fouling.
Four days of cleaning with copper solvents, brushes, patches etc to get it to the point that a clean patch would come out just barely darkened. Rifling is clean and sharp and no pitting is visible in the bore.
I've read that a lot of the MNs have barrels like I had. YMMV.
Roger
Four days of cleaning with copper solvents, brushes, patches etc to get it to the point that a clean patch would come out just barely darkened. Rifling is clean and sharp and no pitting is visible in the bore.
I've read that a lot of the MNs have barrels like I had. YMMV.
Roger