I got a note from my friend UH_SALT_RIFLE (Pronounced "Assault Rifle") from AR15.com, that said:

"I want to donate something to you and your wonderful Box-O-Truth and information posts. I consider it an experiment and a challenge for you. All I ask is that you do one of your cool threads with it if possible. This is FREE. A gift to you from me for all the information and fun threads you have given me and ARFCOM.

I have this .303 Enfield that I just don't really care for. I paid $80 for it. It's rough. It may not be a gift, but more of a curse! Since I know how much you seem to love the old guns, I thought of you. I want to give it a chance and you are the ONLY man I know who can do it.

All you have to do is say ok. It's yours. Once you do your thing with it it's yours to do with as you please. What do ya say? Up for a challenge?"

How could I pass up a deal like that? I said, sure, send it!

I sent him a copy of my C&R and his FFL shipped it to me. I opened the box and thought, "He wasn't kidding. This one is rough!"

It was leaking oil from the wood, but the metal didn't look too bad. The bore looked like a muddy road after 50 Abrams Tanks had driven down it. It was enough to make a grown man cry.

But I called Tman and said, "You bored?" He said, "Sure." I said, "I got us a project." He said, "It's about time."

Here it is as I got it. The gun didn't look too bad from a ways off.