HA! Well, along with a few politicians, a SOCOM is on my bucket list. This Garrand was a gift, and a damn fine unused one at that. So I don't want to break it. Still, going to the Rockies next weekend to hang in the forest and create empty brass and try out truck parts. (;0)
Mines a very early 5 digit National Match model that I've glass bedded in a fine tiger birch stock and topped with a 2nd Gen SA Rangefinding scope. It shoots way, way better than I ever will.
This Garrand was a gift, and a damn fine unused one at that. So I don't want to break it.
You have some darned nice friends. That weapon was responsible for the demise of tens of thousands of the enemies of freedom and liberty. It's a damn same they ended up winning from within, ain't it?
I'd keep that thing fed the proper fodder or as close to it as you can get. You may need to use it for one or two of those other items on your bucket list some day.