u/Feeling_Mammoth_388

Found what I assume is an alarm/school bell in the Iowa River. My internal dialogue as to how it got there: The University of Iowa used to run a grade school/high school upstream. It was probably tossed when the school shut down and the building was used to hold the School of Social Work and for university courses. Some rust removal revealed bright red paint. It’s heavy!

One of my coolest finds yet. I know next to nothing about rifles, but it doesn't take a historian to tell that this has been down there awhile. Some of my friends speculate it's American-made WWII era, but they admit it's hard to tell with so much deterioration. Any gun buffs out there wanna take a shot at identification? The rifle is 2 ft, 9 in long.