I was poking around a local pawn shop, asking about really cheap single shot shotguns. I noticed the clerks started crunching number and said they could let me have this for $60. A J C Higgins/Sears model 583.23 bolt action 12 ga. with an adjustable choke. The previous owner had covered in in some cheap ass camouflage cloth wrap that was at the verge of dry rot. Then they stood it up in a corner and left it for 20 - 30 years. I checked the bolt and everything seemed to work alright. I looked at the loading ramp and played with the adjustable choke. So far it looks like a good cleaning and some lubrication would make this a usable low-cost shotgun.
Then I asked if he had a bore scope. He said no, but offered his flashlight. So I took a look......... OMG the inside of the barrel was lined with something that looked like a cross between fur and felt. It was a layer of dust. Decades of dust. And halfway down the barrel---a spider web nest of some kind.
So I am going to go back and look at it again to see if it is salvageable, or whether I should run like hell away from it.
Since I am not really familiar with shotgun, specially bolt action, does anyone have advice on what to watch out for????
Higgins/Sears model 583.23 bolt action 12 ga --advice please
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.—Aristotle