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Default Sorta on topic - Cowboy assault rifle?

On 2/20/2013 4:34 PM, Stanley Schaefer wrote:

Age on either is the thing. Post-'64, the Win 94 was made with a cast
receiver that can't be repolished and reblued like regular gun steels
can. Some of the USRA ones, at least, were made with regular gun
steels.

Stan



Thank yo much for that, Stan.

That makes the "new in the box" choice a lot less appetizing, doesn't it.

Problem is, the big box stores don't know squat about what they sell.

Glad I asked!


Richard