I know you don't want me to say it, but I think the thought ran thru your mind too.
If a thief stole the gun and didn't want it to be traceable he would grind off the serial number.
Then if the idiot got to thinking he would probably grind off everything else in the area to make it look less obvious.
No, I'm not suggesting the person who gave the gun to you is a thief. I assume he/she got it somewhere in good faith and didn't even wonder about it.
As I see it, it is yours now and there is no use worrying about "water under the bridge" because there is nothing that you can do to correct anything which deals with the guns past except to think about how to make it look half way presentable.
By the way, I really HATE Bondo and if it were mine I would go for some thin rawhide covering any day over Bondo and paint. :grin:
zonie
If a thief stole the gun and didn't want it to be traceable he would grind off the serial number.
Then if the idiot got to thinking he would probably grind off everything else in the area to make it look less obvious.
No, I'm not suggesting the person who gave the gun to you is a thief. I assume he/she got it somewhere in good faith and didn't even wonder about it.
As I see it, it is yours now and there is no use worrying about "water under the bridge" because there is nothing that you can do to correct anything which deals with the guns past except to think about how to make it look half way presentable.
By the way, I really HATE Bondo and if it were mine I would go for some thin rawhide covering any day over Bondo and paint. :grin:
zonie