lets see those rimfires
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American_Fusilier
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Is that a Mossberg?
desmobob
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10/22 w/Green Mt. barrel...
desmobob
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Absolutely! With the right barrel and some Volquartsen goodies, it really is easy to build a satisfyingly accurate 10/22. Just another reason they may be the world's most popular rifle...
Mac Attack
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Winchester 75T with Litschert 20X scope
45/30-06OKIE
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That gives me Carlos Hathcock vibes!
I mostly shoot bolt-action rimfires, but here are photos of my only semi-automatic .22 LR rifles, a 1966 model 10/22 that I've had since I was probably about 13 or so, and a 1970 model SA-22 that I have had for a few years. I sent the 10/22 trigger to Brimstone a few years ago when they were still offering their trigger jobs on factory trigger groups. They worked it to the "sweet spot" (one of their offerings) and it came back at 2 pounds and outstanding pull quality. The gun has always been pretty accurate, so it's a great old gun in addition to having decades of memories going all the way back to what was essentially my childhood.
The 10/22 has a Clearidge 3-9x32 A/O. The SA-22 has an older inexpensive Bushnell with parallax-free adjusted to 50 yards (it's on the gun because it literally beat or tied every other 3-9x scope I have so long as the fixed 50-yard focus didn't become a handicap - including two nice Leupolds, the above-pictured Clearidge, a Japan-built Sightron SII, and a Japan-built Weaver RV-9 - in my own detailed side-by-side comparison of optical performance).
The 10/22 has a Clearidge 3-9x32 A/O. The SA-22 has an older inexpensive Bushnell with parallax-free adjusted to 50 yards (it's on the gun because it literally beat or tied every other 3-9x scope I have so long as the fixed 50-yard focus didn't become a handicap - including two nice Leupolds, the above-pictured Clearidge, a Japan-built Sightron SII, and a Japan-built Weaver RV-9 - in my own detailed side-by-side comparison of optical performance).
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Collectors of fine Rimfire rifles have long been puzzled about why Remington never offered a sporting version of their superb M-37 target rifle, as Winchester had with their M-52 target rifle. And all the more puzzling because the M-37 had features that better lent themselves to a higher quality sporter. The M-52's trigger guard, for example was nothing more than a bent metal strap, whereas the M-37's trigger guard and entire bottom metal were gracefully shaped and machined from solid steel, along with other features of higher quality than the M-52. So what would a M-37 Sporter have looked like had they ever produced one? With such a tempting mystery to challenge me I enlisted the artistic skills a master of metal and wood, Roger Green to create M-37 Sporter. Other than supplying Roger with a M-37 target rifle to build on and some pretty wood, my only request was that it be styled after vintage British heavy game rifles, with quarter rib, express sights, pancake cheekpiece and elegant lines, topped off with lever release scope mounts. The buttplate is hand checkered buffalo horn. So what do you think of a M-37 Sporter?
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Speedo66
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Fantastic, one of the best looking .22’s I’ve ever seen.
1976B.L.Johns.
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Very nice!
That is a fabulous rifle!
But I'm pretty sure it's way beyond what would have come out of Remington had they produced M-37 sporters.
American_Fusilier
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Alright, I'll show one of mine. This is my TC/R 22, sporting a Primary Arms 1-4x24.
5118ar
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I had the same gun, bout the mid 70's...
It looks good as is, but there's some really nice grain hiding under that heavy factory finish that could be set free with a refinish.
Chuck R.
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Mine's a little different. Ballard Rifle & Cartridge made 1885 Low-Wall "Special Sporting" with Helm Schuetzen lever, DSTs, 30" Douglass air-gauged match barrel, exhibition grade wood, hand checkering with MVA Schueten Soule rear sight and aperture front. I had it built to replicate my silhouette match rifle. For those that remember him, it's got Steve Garbe's initials (SPG) on the barrel under the forearm. Because it's a .22lr he could get away with a little more figure in the wrist than he would with a normal centerfire.
I never get tired of seeing pictures of that rifle!
might need to see more of that one too!
I know, but it's a working gun and needs to be ready for woodchucks and other critters nearby or down the blueberry field road behind the house.It looks good as is, but there's some really nice grain hiding under that heavy factory finish that could be set free with a refinish.
It looks good as is, but there's some really nice grain hiding under that heavy factory finish that could be set free with a refinish.
Maybe, but at my age and considering that it's still in excellent shape, I choose to NOT refinish at this time. Still too new and the bull barrel is just about broken-in. When I bought it "used" from Kittery Trading, it had a .22 Mag barrel, but I'm not crazy about them, so when I bought the new heavy-fluted barrel it's a great rifle for the "back 40" and the woods/fields roads. Maybe next year's project?
It looks good as is, but there's some really nice grain hiding under that heavy factory finish that could be set free with a refinish.
I agree, but am not into refinishing stocks like I used to. It's good enough as-is for me these days. JP
