Just took the stock off to clean and lube the action...I saw the initials TY and number 18 on the butt of the stock under the plate, with the same letters and number stamped into the frame of the receiver after the butt was off...I am assuming that was the assembler/inspector's initials and an assembly number.

At any rate, the inside was pretty clean, but I lubed it lightly with high temp lithium gear grease, which I have used on all my guns for many years. Very smooth and it still strikes me as a gun that was shot maybe once or twice a year, in deer season, and put away till the next year. Is shows almost no wear at all on any mechanical parts, just some loss of finish on the wood, which I am covering with a dark stain that seems to be working fine.

I really great rifle. A shame they are no more, but I imagine they would cost a fortune to make now...

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