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mm1ut1 Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Location: Sheboygan, wi Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2012	El Salvador Rolling Block question Mar 29^th, 2016 at 4:49pm	Print Post
	Later in the week I'm going to be looking at a 1902 rolling block with the El Salvador crest. Did all of these have the grooved hand guard ? The one that I'm looking at does not have one. I can find little on this variant other than there weren't many that found their way to the US

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Bonner Full Member Offline Posts: 135 Location: middle georgia Joined: Mar 2^nd, 2015	Re: El Salvador Rolling Block question Reply #1 - Apr 1^st, 2016 at 2:51pm	Print Post
	The Remington Rolling Block Military Rifles of the World by George Layman shows a El Salvador 1902 rifle on page 182. In addition to the national crest on the receiver, there is a distinctive groove that runs down the middle of the handguard. Midway sales this book. Hope this is of Help. Bonner


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mm1ut1 Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Location: Sheboygan, wi Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2012	Re: El Salvador Rolling Block question Reply #2 - Apr 1^st, 2016 at 4:11pm	Print Post
	I read the same, but some of the photos I've seen show them without the grooved handguard. Apparently some were replaced with non-grooved or not at all. The one I looked at was pitted at or below the woodline. Surprisingly the bore is in very good shape. Banged around a lot, but not shot much. Like a lot of military firearms, I guess. The M16 I carried in Iraq mostly just sucked up all of the dust in the GP medium tent I lived in.

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