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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 2386741" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Mine is a Mark IV/series 80 in the Nickel finish. Bought it at a pawn shop in the late 80's. Finish had been abused then, and has not gotten any better. I could most likely drive a few nails with it and no one would be able to tell the difference. I do not have to be concerned about bumping it against anything and scratching the fine finish. I treat it like the crowbar it is and it seems to like it. </p><p></p><p>It apparently had been accuratized by those days standards, not sure what all was done to it, and had target sites put on it. Those sites are almost too big and annoying for my everyday carry, but have gotten use to them over the years. Trigger is butter smooth predictable. Not something I would pull out to show as a BBQ gun, but is the baddest dog on the porch I own when it is pulled out. I thought my accuracy might be the fault of the firearm until I clamped it down and did some testing, I have no excuses now. </p><p></p><p>Still have my Daisy Dad gave me for Christmas when I was seven, mom was not happy. (I could shoot my eye out.) He gave me all kinds of tips of how to shoot consistent 1" bulls eyes at 30 ft in a couple of weeks from many positions, but would never shoot it himself. After he passed away, I found out not only was he a classified as a "truck driver" in the war as he had claimed, but looking through his things, he had several medals and paperwork for appreciation of being an "Expert Marksman in the field" as part of his duties in service to our country. I guess he had shot all he had wanted to in life by 1955. I never saw him touch any firearm, even my Daisy after it was out of the box.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 2386741, member: 24583"] Mine is a Mark IV/series 80 in the Nickel finish. Bought it at a pawn shop in the late 80's. Finish had been abused then, and has not gotten any better. I could most likely drive a few nails with it and no one would be able to tell the difference. I do not have to be concerned about bumping it against anything and scratching the fine finish. I treat it like the crowbar it is and it seems to like it. It apparently had been accuratized by those days standards, not sure what all was done to it, and had target sites put on it. Those sites are almost too big and annoying for my everyday carry, but have gotten use to them over the years. Trigger is butter smooth predictable. Not something I would pull out to show as a BBQ gun, but is the baddest dog on the porch I own when it is pulled out. I thought my accuracy might be the fault of the firearm until I clamped it down and did some testing, I have no excuses now. Still have my Daisy Dad gave me for Christmas when I was seven, mom was not happy. (I could shoot my eye out.) He gave me all kinds of tips of how to shoot consistent 1" bulls eyes at 30 ft in a couple of weeks from many positions, but would never shoot it himself. After he passed away, I found out not only was he a classified as a "truck driver" in the war as he had claimed, but looking through his things, he had several medals and paperwork for appreciation of being an "Expert Marksman in the field" as part of his duties in service to our country. I guess he had shot all he had wanted to in life by 1955. I never saw him touch any firearm, even my Daisy after it was out of the box. [/QUOTE]
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