39a It works

I have obtained a 1960 39a which was being deposed of by a gun dealer as scrap .I put a offer in to the solicitors dealing with the estate of previous deceased owner they accepted 20 gbr apx $36 usd .
After a 2 month wait I have my licence back and am allowed to purchase .

The Rifle was black with dust and dirt and the furniture was black with grim and oil stains .
The rifles metal work is devoid of any Blue .The butt plate was cracked and topping a layer of rubber to lengthen .The fore sight blade missing and the scope rail snapped into two parts. The inside of the butt a crude poorly done of what can only be described as a a Onion with some initials craved.

My first job was to strip and inspect and clean -not cleaned for years and some carbon needed removing and grease where over oiled and attracted dust.
Found working parts in good condition.I cleaned the rifle and took to the range and she fired 50 rds with no problems nice strike on the cartridge and a very keen ejection -the action was smooth .
I decided that as the gun is 51 years old would not replace the wood work just to remove old hand /oil staines but will need to reblue . I want the rifle to look her age in a nice sort of way .
She is a fantastic rifle to fire -other club members are in awe -New Marlins 39a in the UK are very expensive over 750 pounds GBR OR $1200 usd and the club is full of CZs and 10/22s