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In the good ol' days
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:17 pm
by perazzi
They shot these...
My latest toy, still cleaning it up. a MVA rear tang sight and a Shaver front sight...
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:08 pm
by stork
SWEEEEET!!!
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:18 pm
by blue68f100
I would hate to have some one jam that stock into me. OUCH
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:32 am
by perazzi
blue68f100 wrote:I would hate to have some one jam that stock into me. OUCH
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Back in the day they planted it out on the arm above the bicep. Not the most comfortable I assure you!
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:05 am
by KAZ
Very nice! Even since I read "The Life And Times Of Billy Dixon" where he made his historic shot with his Big 50 to save the day I've lusted for one. Now, you need one of those steel buffalo targets to bang away on.
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:08 pm
by perazzi
Let's not get carried away here!
It's only a Stevns .22!!
Lol
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:02 pm
by Tbag
And oh it must shoot tinnie tiny groups.
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:29 pm
by Downeaster
Nice! Looking forward to a shooting report.
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:55 pm
by perazzi
Actually, unfortunately, it leads terribly!!
I'm probably going to have John Taylor reline it in .22 long rifle to make it shoot. too bad, but, you can push a .22 bullet thru the bore easily by hand. When you push a tight fitting patch thru from the muzzle, you get 1" long shards of lead!!
Ol' girl just wasn't maintained inside. But, we'll get 'er shooting again!!
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:21 am
by stork
Perazzi,
Sounds like a prior owner got hold of some 22 rounds with Arsenic in the mix instead of Antimony. the result is a bore that strips lead from the bullet and gets it packed into the grooves.
A quick & effective way of removing lead without doing any damage to the bore is to wrap several strands of 'ALL COPPER' Chore Boy (sp) pot scrubber around the diameter and woven into the brass bristles. Then pull the wrapped brush through the bore from the breech to the muzzle.
Very Very important that you use an ALL COPPER strand. Anything harder couldl damage your rifling.
If it's leaded as much as it sounds, you're going to have to do this a few times. I do this after every match with my 45's to clean out any lead. 5 or 6 strokes and the bore looks like new.
FWIW
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:29 pm
by perazzi
Ice heard of that. I will five it a try first. Last time I bought chore boy brass I for questioned by the medication squad!! Lol
Apparently its used for heating up crack..
Last night I shot it at 50 y. 4 shots covered by a nickel and then 3 " all over. Fun fun to shoot though.
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:26 pm
by KAZ
OK, so you have to shoot at tiny buffalo targets! You still get to "work" that wonderful old action design. For a while I owned one of the Remington rolling blocks in 43 egypt
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:16 pm
by perazzi
I'll keep my out for those lil' buffalo targets lol..