At least 97% blue finish remaining, bore shiny and unclouded, stock undented and with only one tiny chip from the pistol grip. I need to replace the tang screw, as a previous owner beveled a surface into the screw head so it would not stick into his little finger when he had it in firing position. There is just enough of the screw slot left to back it out of position and put it back in, but it looks awful.
I gave the gun a complete teardown cleaning, which it definitely needed; there was a lot of desiccated oil and grease in there. After a complete clean out and relube, the gun cycles fine. There had been some trouble with the bolt rotation when it was still dry. Since the cleanout and reassembly I have not had a problem during manual cycling. I won't be able to shoot this until I get some ammo, which may not be for a while. We'll see how that goes.
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