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To: Lurker
Had an uncle that was drafted at the end of WWII. He ended up pulling MP duty somewhere in West Germany.

He said that the weapons they were issued, and had to qualify with, were pretty worn from all the previous live-fire training.

You might want to factor in a rebuild visit to a gunsmith if you get one, and it's not NIB.

9 posted on 07/15/2017 10:56:29 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

The CMP will restore them to shootable conditions. It’d be really interesting to see which manufacturers are represented. If you could snap up a Singer or IBM made one that would be super cool.

L


11 posted on 07/15/2017 11:08:50 AM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: Calvin Locke

If you refinish you destroy collectors value. I would expect to put at minimum a new barrel, extractor and recoil spring in one.


32 posted on 07/15/2017 4:40:28 PM PDT by sarge83
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