I picked this up earlier in the week for a U fixem bargain and now that my Savage 111 project is finished I will start into this. The bore and crown are perfect but the bluing is almost completely worn off and the stock has a crack at the tang as well as other issues. My plan is to get to work on the bluing right away. I am pretty sure I will be replacing the trigger with a Timney that has a trigger safety and then replacing the bolt shroud with one that has no safety cutouts. I will be repairing the crack and then glass bedding the action using steel sleeves through the wood for the bolts and of course sanding and refinishing the wood. I am going to do some research on re checkering it as well. If it is not too complicated then i will attempt that. This is of course a non rush hobby project. My goal is to be finished by hunting season. These beat up scope bases are going to be replaced and a Nikon pro staff will be mounted.
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