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OK, I only have two more M39's after this one.
1942 VKT (Valmet)
99% (plus) original blue
matching barrel, bolt & floor plate
War time stock
1894 Chatterault receiver
Like new bore
The commerce which maybe carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue renders a knowledge of these people important ~Thomas Jefferson~ (to- Lewis and Clark)
Many of us would like to have just one nicely stocked gun. You seem to come up with one after another. But I know that it isn't easy. It takes real dedication, research, and time to gather the right ones together.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Do you shoot it? (If you don't I almost understand why) If you do how does she group?
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
"I think Congressmen should wear uniforms,
you know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could
identify their corporate sponsors."
"When I die, I want to be facing my enemies surrounded by their dead bodies and piles of spent brass"
"Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain
Short answer is ...no, I don't shoot it. It's not because I'm worried about messing it up, after all there were battle rifles and can stand up to the little "abuse" of me shooting them. The real problem is time. I just haven't ever got around to it yet!