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<blockquote data-quote="Sgt Dog" data-source="post: 4187810" data-attributes="member: 15840">Backstory:&nbsp;&nbsp; My dearest friend, John, passed some time back with ALS.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bought some of his guns from his widow as much to be sure she got what they were worth as for their sentimental value to me.&nbsp; &nbsp; The rattiest one meant the most, partly because as a kid of about 8 or 9, I can remember his little brother who was my age taking me back in their bedroom to show me his big brothers rifle rack where this was one of maybe three guns on the wall.&nbsp; &nbsp; John was my eldest brother, Matt’s, best friend back then, and Chris was mine.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our older brothers were 6 years older than us.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sixty some odd years later, Chris was gone, Matt was gone, and now John was gone, and there among his other guns was that well used Herters Mouser 98 action in .243.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is my effort to bring it back to what it must have looked like then.&nbsp; Pictures are before and after (or at least current)… just getting its first coats out in Georgia by a friend I trust.&nbsp;&nbsp; He just sent pictures this morning!&nbsp;&nbsp; I’ll have to take a picture when finished and update this post once I have it back together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sgt Dog, post: 4187810, member: 15840"] Backstory: My dearest friend, John, passed some time back with ALS. I bought some of his guns from his widow as much to be sure she got what they were worth as for their sentimental value to me. The rattiest one meant the most, partly because as a kid of about 8 or 9, I can remember his little brother who was my age taking me back in their bedroom to show me his big brothers rifle rack where this was one of maybe three guns on the wall. John was my eldest brother, Matt’s, best friend back then, and Chris was mine. Our older brothers were 6 years older than us. Sixty some odd years later, Chris was gone, Matt was gone, and now John was gone, and there among his other guns was that well used Herters Mouser 98 action in .243. This is my effort to bring it back to what it must have looked like then. Pictures are before and after (or at least current)… just getting its first coats out in Georgia by a friend I trust. He just sent pictures this morning! I’ll have to take a picture when finished and update this post once I have it back together. [/QUOTE]

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