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Well I met the guy in the parking lot of a Burger place , 35 miles from home, and actually we were going there for grocery shopping anyway.
I took the Taurus PT145 , with a sort of receipt showing the exchange .
He arrived at 11:40 (10 min late), but was a super nice 74 yr old man.
He had the Marlin in a soft rifle case , which he gave me also.
The rifle is close to pristine, a few nicks in the wood, bluing is 95%, tiny amount of thinning at muzzle of barrel, no rust, no scratches on metal.
Has sling, swivels, and a picatinny rail mounted, with a Nikon Prostaff 4x32 (looks new , sells for $110-130)) , the bore is like new also, mechanism is nice and tight, and works great, not much bolt wear, 20" barrel.
It does have the JM stamp. and according to S/N was mfg in 1982.
Heres the Taurus I got rid of , only had 2 mags fired thru it. I just dint like it.
Hers she is ,
I think I did OK.
I like it better than the Taurus,
I got to pick up some 30-30 ammo and , do a range report.
Did I do OK?
Jim
I took the Taurus PT145 , with a sort of receipt showing the exchange .
He arrived at 11:40 (10 min late), but was a super nice 74 yr old man.
He had the Marlin in a soft rifle case , which he gave me also.
The rifle is close to pristine, a few nicks in the wood, bluing is 95%, tiny amount of thinning at muzzle of barrel, no rust, no scratches on metal.
Has sling, swivels, and a picatinny rail mounted, with a Nikon Prostaff 4x32 (looks new , sells for $110-130)) , the bore is like new also, mechanism is nice and tight, and works great, not much bolt wear, 20" barrel.
It does have the JM stamp. and according to S/N was mfg in 1982.
Heres the Taurus I got rid of , only had 2 mags fired thru it. I just dint like it.

Hers she is ,




I think I did OK.
I like it better than the Taurus,
I got to pick up some 30-30 ammo and , do a range report.
Did I do OK?
Jim
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