Thread: Interesting rimfire models: your reviews, pics, comments

I have my grandfathers wee pump action away getting a little work done. I would love to post a pick when I can. It is a 1907 era Stevens visible loader. My Grandad learn to shoot with it before doing his service for this country in WW 1 (thats right 1914-1918) Came back home to the farm for his rifle and with an English bride.....My own father and his brother learnt to shoot with it in the late 40s in that both were too young to serve in WW2. By the time we came along, it was no longer functioning having been dry fired millions of times as these two boys played cowboys and indians etc with the unloaded rifle (as one was allowed to do in the 40s.......) Very worn out but still a piece of NZ family history....and nearly nearly caught up in cindys gun grab as it holds 10 round of 22 long - most were for 22 short and had the same length. So how does a pre WW1 rimfire count as a Military Semi Auto ??????

In the meantime here is a picture of one I fond online...

I had to get my grandads Browning Trombone modified as the spec says the mag holds 11.

Originally Posted by vulcannz

I had to get my grandads Browning Trombone modified as the spec says the mag holds 11.

Yep, my Trombone has been modified/shagged with.

Interestingly my BSA pump which is rated 10 would take 11 so that was dealt to as well. Who ever is going to check?

Likewise my BSA Sportsman 15 would hold 16.

That's a nice old Stevens - 113 years old. You still see a few of the old Stevens Favorit singles around. Saw one somewhere recently that had been updated with a modern target barrel etc - far from original but could be alot of fun.

I keep an eye open for a good condition Lithgow model 12. Learned to shoot with one as a wee bloke 50-60 years ago. Wooo!! Accurate and useful little hunter - all open sights then of course.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lith...D9ZAlMOwQqXPVM

Might have to start an old 22LR group on the forum. Strictly for the old school 22s with open sights etc - 25 yard targets, bunny kills etc. Time I got a couple more...

I have inherited my dads Bretta .22 semi auto. Has no markings except AUT on breech. Has a crack through the wrist. I’d like to repair it then get a new stock for it to use it. It is/was a nice wee shooter. He shot many a goat with it doing pest control duties with. I gave him a Martin .22 mag for his birthday (he paid for part of it) which he then used.


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Picked this up today.
1975 TOZ 17. Bought one of these at 14, on my dads licence, nostalgia rules.

Russian Margolin .22

Designed by a blind man

https://revivaler.com/mikhail-margolin-target-pistols/

They won't get you to the Olympics but you could win the nationals with one.It eats any ammo I have fed it and cost me $150 .

I like the old Mossies - very nearly bought a model 640 Chuckster in 22WMR many moons ago, but on arrival to pick it up it was too badly altered to restore. Nice old rifle - had the characteristic sloping rear receiver/stock mount - like the model 377 thumbhole you have a pic of. Same era too - the 640 was about 1959-80. Supposedly quite accurate hunters. The 640 also comes in a fully wooded version which would be a cool little unit.

Those WW2 to 1980 Mossies alot better in my view than some recent Mossbergs made in Brazil? Played with a few of these and they were not nearly as well made - cheapies..

Still on Mozbergs
Bit of a story off to the side of the topic. Was trying to locate a Parker Hale 16 rear aperture sight to fit my BSA Sportsman 10. Mate said he had one I could have. I was rapt. Only problem was it wouldn't fit the BSA. It was a PH 16D. After some research I found these were made to fit the Mossberg 42MP 22RFs. These were the trainer rifles suplied to Britain under Lend Lease during WWII.

Mate had no idea where he got sight from.

Originally Posted by muzza

I havent played with a new Mossberg - anything made after about 1990 is new to me - but the Rimfire Central guys dont rate them very highly. Walnut and blued steel is my interest - except for obscure and quirky like the 377 ;-)

Same, RFC don't rate old Savages. Fixated on Win 52s and older Rems.
One my nicest old 22s is a Savage 23a.

Stupid auto spellchecker in post 51. Should read Mossberg 42MB.

Here's another earlier Savage Stevens - have looked at these before but not owned one. Savage Stevens offer basic entry level firearms but can be very effective. This is a surprisingly late - 1970? - model 34:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...cf8031bac7-002

Anyone tries these?

Yep I agree - often simple sturdy builds and better than many cheap mass production models now.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

Not from factory but apparently there were local gunsmiths drilling them and making small.pins chained to the trigger.
I didnt know you tuned the bolt weights on the gevarm
Mine functioned fine with subs or hv no probs

In my youth on anorher dark continent (rifle long gone) I had a Gevarm with stripped action screw. So string/cord held it together but if the binding was loosened and the bolt released 10 rounds would be delivered in approximately 1 second..funny how today it seems so easy to access good gunsmiths/tool and die makers to fix such problems, but as an impecunious youngster in the wops not so much...

Mauser M201 22LR. Front locking action.
[img]IMG_0033 by Sneeze again, on Flickr[/img]

Very nice - what does it shoot like - repeatably?