New Man from Maine

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Hello everyone,

New man here from southern Maine.  I bought a new R51 at Cabelas on sale with a 10% & 5% discount as well.  Hunting month and military discount.  I am going to try to get out in the woods this coming week to try it out.  It caught my eye in a Cabelas flyer earlier this month, I really like the look of the firearm.  I have broken it down, and can say it is tough to get it back together the first few times.  I do have to pull on the barrel during reassembly of slide to frame as I have seen mentioned.
I've used firearms since I was  22 years old, now I am 68.  Not an expert by any means though.

Thanks.