Q: When is 53-year-old-grease cool?

cruiserdan · 01-09-08, 08:55 PM

A: When it is still in place on a 53-year-old "new" M1...

Cube Dweller · 01-09-08, 09:00 PM

i'll bite. CMP auction?

dieseldog · 01-09-08, 09:01 PM

I'm betting a different auction source. But is that really a new unfired 1954? If so, I've got a boner.

cruiserdan · 01-09-08, 09:02 PM

You have a boner.....

cruiserdan · 01-09-08, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

i'll bite. CMP auction?

It is a CMP collector-grade HRA. I do not know if it was an auction piece.

phrogg4evr · 01-09-08, 09:28 PM

Boner for sure. What a great riffle

edit: Wait, am I allowed to say boner in H&F?

cruiserdan · 01-09-08, 09:34 PM

I said it before you did so it's prolly OK.....

Either that or we are all toast......

porkysan · 01-09-08, 11:27 PM

I was in the south store this past summer, there was a nice rack in the back loaded with collector grade HRAs. I came close to pulling the trigger on it, but picked up several other rifles instead.

Gotta love the CMP!

cruiserdan · 01-10-08, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkysan

Gotta love the CMP!

To a degree I agree. They perform a valuable service. The auction, on the other hand, is a bit of an oxy-moron.

They put the best stuff on the auction (surprise, surprise) and it almost always brings 3 to 4 times what it is worth on the open market. The net result is that unless you are independently wealthy with nothing better to do with your cash you have no hope of ever being able to purchase any of the good stuff....

MARLIN375 · 01-12-08, 10:40 PM

So what do you do now Dan?

Clean it up and shoot it, or leave everything the way it is and let the grease age some more?

cruiserdan · 01-13-08, 08:47 AM

This rifle will remain un-touched, including the grease. It's part of the provenience. There is zero finish wear on the receiver rails, barrel belly, bolt and op-rod. I have only opened the bolt and removed the action from the stock once to photograph it and inspect it for a data sheet. I did wipe the excess grease out of the stock inletting since it is not really all that good for the wood.

It has been very difficult for me to leave it alone as I really want to clean it up to make it prettier. The problem is that would hurt the value and lessen the over-all appeal of the rifle.

01-09-08, 08:55 PM	#1
cruiserdan Parts Shaman (per Romer) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Physical inventory prep. I'm edgy TLCA# 11332 Posts: 13,897	Q: When is 53-year-old-grease cool? A: When it is still in place on a 53-year-old "new" M1... Attached Images __________________ Original owner 93 FZJ80,locked,blown,water/methanol injected(like a WWII fighter aircraft),lifted,winched,snorkeled,slidered,Sleeed ,moneypit. Balanced on a pin head. 95 FZJ80 trail truck (hers), 94 FZJ80 320K with a knock and a lumpy old Dodge car.

01-09-08, 09:00 PM	#2
Cube Dweller ... Join Date: May 2004 Location: Building 6, Row H, Cube 8a Posts: 824	i'll bite. CMP auction? __________________ '73 Datsun PL510 2 Door Saloon '97 FZJ 80 Locked Mall Cruiser.

01-09-08, 09:02 PM	#4
cruiserdan Parts Shaman (per Romer) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Physical inventory prep. I'm edgy TLCA# 11332 Posts: 13,897	You have a boner..... __________________ Original owner 93 FZJ80,locked,blown,water/methanol injected(like a WWII fighter aircraft),lifted,winched,snorkeled,slidered,Sleeed ,moneypit. Balanced on a pin head. 95 FZJ80 trail truck (hers), 94 FZJ80 320K with a knock and a lumpy old Dodge car.

01-09-08, 09:34 PM	#7
cruiserdan Parts Shaman (per Romer) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Physical inventory prep. I'm edgy TLCA# 11332 Posts: 13,897	I said it before you did so it's prolly OK..... Either that or we are all toast...... __________________ Original owner 93 FZJ80,locked,blown,water/methanol injected(like a WWII fighter aircraft),lifted,winched,snorkeled,slidered,Sleeed ,moneypit. Balanced on a pin head. 95 FZJ80 trail truck (hers), 94 FZJ80 320K with a knock and a lumpy old Dodge car.

01-09-08, 11:27 PM	#8
porkysan IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baton Rouge, LA TLCA# 18038 Posts: 99	I was in the south store this past summer, there was a nice rack in the back loaded with collector grade HRAs. I came close to pulling the trigger on it, but picked up several other rifles instead. Gotta love the CMP! __________________ 1972 FJ55

01-12-08, 10:40 PM	#10
MARLIN375 IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kelowna, B.C. Posts: 515	So what do you do now Dan? Clean it up and shoot it, or leave everything the way it is and let the grease age some more? __________________ "Stupid things, happen to smart people that are affraid to ask stupid questions" 93 FZJ80 Full Load w/lockers, 2.5 OME, #7pin/CDL, Custom Bumper w/M8274, 315 MTZs 78 FJ40 Retired.....never left me, not once. 81LJ, 89JLX, 01Vitara SUZUKI wifemobiles (the only other 4X4 to own) 76 Chevy PU 292 6cyl, Restored w/collector plates

01-13-08, 08:47 AM	#11
cruiserdan Parts Shaman (per Romer) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Physical inventory prep. I'm edgy TLCA# 11332 Posts: 13,897	This rifle will remain un-touched, including the grease. It's part of the provenience. There is zero finish wear on the receiver rails, barrel belly, bolt and op-rod. I have only opened the bolt and removed the action from the stock once to photograph it and inspect it for a data sheet. I did wipe the excess grease out of the stock inletting since it is not really all that good for the wood. It has been very difficult for me to leave it alone as I really want to clean it up to make it prettier. The problem is that would hurt the value and lessen the over-all appeal of the rifle. __________________ Original owner 93 FZJ80,locked,blown,water/methanol injected(like a WWII fighter aircraft),lifted,winched,snorkeled,slidered,Sleeed ,moneypit. Balanced on a pin head. 95 FZJ80 trail truck (hers), 94 FZJ80 320K with a knock and a lumpy old Dodge car.

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