Quote Originally Posted by Newtosavage View Post
Here's a couple pics of the brown "putty" on the recoil lug. Anyone know if this is factory, or maybe someone did this after the fact?

Phil, the best I can tell, the firing pin protrudes 0.065" according to my micrometer.
Thank you sir, was wanting a reference to compare to mine (which has never been touched) at .057".

What I like about those old actions is they are just slick and don't have the sloppy bolt (as some put it) of later models.

Interesting find in the stock. Don't recall mine having any, but it's been a while since I had the action out. I'll pull mine and share some pics.