Got to love surprise visits from the Postal lady... sender never sent the tracking number so I wasn't expecting it quite yet... BUT IT IS HERE!!!
First impressions and observations...
Bolt Carrier, Bolt Group, Top Cover and Receiver serial numbers all match. Recoil spring is with gun.
Missing the obvious stuff, but also missing the front sight post. The front sight is mangled and from what I can tell it has nothing to do with an intentional bubba modification. The front sight damage is not uniform an any way, and actually looks like the top of the sight was impacted with enough force for the remaining left and right portions to push out and away from the front sight with force.
The gun has some pitting, but most of the rust on the gun currently looks to be surface rust and may clean up by hand with some oil and a soft brush. The receiver will get a proper cleaning without going into abrasive aggressive stuff. The camera flash makes it look worse.
The bore and muzzle look quite good which surprised me. The outside of the gun and the bore don't seem to match. The rust seems to have just kept to the outside. Need to run a patch down the bore to shine it up but really looks nicer than some refurbs.
Will get some pictures up soon.