1srelluc
Diamond Member
I picked this one up for $30.00......It came out of a local barn....And looked it!
The bolt was rusted shut, no finish, surface rust all over it and the mice had eaten the sling in half.
In other words....A mess.
I tapped the bolt back and ran a patch through the bore and the bore was fine as was the crown so I figured I'd try to recover it as this model has a rep of being great shooters. In fact the Boy Scouts used them as trainers, the only difference is those (the 320B) had target sights.
I got the bolt out, cleaned it up as well as the metal....The bluing survived remarkably well.
The walnut stock was a basket case finish wise but not a scratch on it so I removed the finish with Acetone and rubbed in a oil finish. The OEM sling swivels were rusted to hell and gone so I just replaced them with QD studs.
The 320K is notoriously hard to scope but I had a 70s vintage 7/8" Bushnell Scopechief that solved the problem.
The rifles were made between 1958 - '60 and were not serial numbered.
They also had what was called an automatic safety.....When you open the bolt and move it to the rear the safety automatically engages.
The bolt was rusted shut, no finish, surface rust all over it and the mice had eaten the sling in half.
In other words....A mess.
I tapped the bolt back and ran a patch through the bore and the bore was fine as was the crown so I figured I'd try to recover it as this model has a rep of being great shooters. In fact the Boy Scouts used them as trainers, the only difference is those (the 320B) had target sights.
I got the bolt out, cleaned it up as well as the metal....The bluing survived remarkably well.
The walnut stock was a basket case finish wise but not a scratch on it so I removed the finish with Acetone and rubbed in a oil finish. The OEM sling swivels were rusted to hell and gone so I just replaced them with QD studs.
The 320K is notoriously hard to scope but I had a 70s vintage 7/8" Bushnell Scopechief that solved the problem.
The rifles were made between 1958 - '60 and were not serial numbered.
They also had what was called an automatic safety.....When you open the bolt and move it to the rear the safety automatically engages.
