I need a clear photo of the bolt showing both the bell shaped handle end & the saftey tang. The bolt handle comes out of the breech at a slight angle upward then bends down and slightly backward so that no notch or slot is cut in the gunstock for bolt handle clearance. The end of the bolt handle is bell-shaped not a ball shape. The barrel is 23" and the 1/2" long safety tang on the end of the bolt sticks up when on, thus blocking use of the gun sights. It's a bolt-action with tube feed magazine. I remember it having the model name in script (buffed out) on the top of the barrel, which I think was 'Sportmaster' or something like that. says a model 341 was made from 1936-1940, so that may be what it is. I refinished it myself at home in 1971 (ammonium nitrate & lye) and the only research I remember from that time is that the gun was only produce for 4 or 5 years around 1940 and that the bell shaped end of the bolt handle was fairly rare. I had it professionally re-blued by a reputable gun shop about 25 years ago and unfortunately they ruined it by buffing almost all identifying marks off of the barrel.
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