I went by today and it was still there, so I took a better look.

The cylinder was hard to open and would barely turn. It took considerable effort to cycle it, but it locked up fine.

It was still marked $499 (down from $619) and they wouldn’t budge besides giving me the GI Joe discount which made it $475. Close enough.

While they were doing the paperwork I snagged some oil from the shelf and gave it a sneaky drop down the ejector rod. Wonder of wonders - it started spinning like it should. The prospects seem good.

The backgrounds were running about three hours so I’ll get it tomorrow and pop it in the 50/50 mix for a while.

I still don’t need it, but if it recovers I may give it to my nephew for his birthday.

Pictures tomorrow!

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