Most abused surplus arms encountered

[jl1966]

I always think it is kind of funny when someone sees one of my guns and say's "man, you havent used this one much", and I have had the gun for twenty years, hunted almost exclusively with it, and killed a pile of game. I was taught by my dad, a WW2 veteran, and someone who had lived through the depression, to take care of what I had. His thought was " you might not get another one". Cleaning your gun was just part of the days hunting chores. I also have friends who engage in backyard gunsmithing. One has a swedish mauser that he sanded, cut down and refinished the stock on. It was a real pretty job. Then he decided to make it into a varmint rifle. He was short on cash, tried to drill it for a scope on his drill press, got the holes off center, tried to JB weld one and redrill it, messed that up. Then ground the bolt handle to clear the scope. It is a shame what he did to that rifle.