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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Blacktail Sniper on October 02, 2025, 01:33:26 PM

Title: Well, it could be worse...
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 02, 2025, 01:33:26 PM: Just picked this up this morning from the Sheriff's Office in Kelso.

Was taken in a burglary of my place while was at work in 2011.

Going to see if I can bring it back to some level of functionality.

Thinking am going to have to just skip past WD40 and go with something a little stronger to start... :chuckle:
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Post by: hunter399 on October 02, 2025, 01:51:02 PM: Little 22 mag or what .
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 02, 2025, 01:59:52 PM: Yup, Marlin 25MN in .22 mag.

Had less than 2 boxes of rounds through it when somebody decided they needed it more than me.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on October 02, 2025, 02:07:11 PM: I'm glad it was recovered. Sorry about the condition. Was the burglar caught?
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 02, 2025, 02:45:54 PM: Nope, no suspects ever identified.

My Win 70 in .30/06 that was taken at the same time is still out there somewhere in the world.

Hopefully it has been better taken of than this one was.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 02, 2025, 05:28:33 PM: Was it recovered out of water/salt?
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 02, 2025, 05:59:33 PM: Yup, it has more hours as a submarine than rounds fired…
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Post by: lewy on October 02, 2025, 09:15:11 PM: It will clean up. I just restored an old single shot 12g that was literally yard art for who knows how long and it looks amazing
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on November 01, 2025, 04:04:39 PM: Update on the progress, once I got it cleaned up and back together, I found that the bolt would not remain in the cocked position when closing it.

Also it would not extract/eject a cartridge when fed in by hand.

I ordered a trigger, sear and a spring set off a guy on eBay and it arrived today.

I installed it and tested the rifle and it now stays cocked, loads, fires and ejects as it should.

Next question is the condition inside the barrel and whether it will group reasonably or patterns like a shotgun, to be continued…