PhillipM
09-27-2013, 08:50
I have a 1962 model my dad bought for me when I was born in 1968. It had a fairly tough life as I grew up! Somewhere, sometime I lost all the barrel locking piece, spring, and detent. I compensated for years by cranking the barrel nut down TIGHT. Then the silly thing started jamming by trying to shove two cartridges in the chamber at the once. To work around that I left the magazine tube uncompressed when chambering the first round. Next the fold down rear sight leaf broke, so I made a poor copy from some barn tin. At this point I was shooting my 22 by thumbing the rear sight upright, hoping my barrel didn't unscrew with the lock gone, and loading the first round with the mag spring unloaded so it wouldn't jam. I tried to adjust the elevation one day and the head of the screw snapped off. I threw it in the back of the safe after that for 15 years.
What got it out of the safe was a post on some forum regarding the bullet stop. I read it and it said something to the effect, "the often lost bullet stop". I pulled mine out of the safe, and lo and behold, at some point when I was a kid, I lost the bullet stop and that is why it jammed.
I ordered the bullet stop, and all the missing pieces of the takedown, the piece operated by the thumb and the spring and detent. I also ordered a barrel mounted scope mount and a Nikon rimfire BDC scope.
The problem I have is the piece that is thumbed to release the barrel moves too far forward allowing the detent to go past the end of the adjustment nut, requiring disassemblely to get it back in place.
Question 1: Do I build up the wood in the forestock to keep the release from moving too far forward?
Question 2: I have a backpacking trip on the horizon. The barrel mounted scope makes the barrel group too long to transport broken down. What is a good receiver sight? My rifle has the 3/8" dovetails.
I realize a take down rifle with sights on different parts is not going to be a precision rifle. I'm looking for minute of coyote or close quarters with a venomous snake accuracy.
What got it out of the safe was a post on some forum regarding the bullet stop. I read it and it said something to the effect, "the often lost bullet stop". I pulled mine out of the safe, and lo and behold, at some point when I was a kid, I lost the bullet stop and that is why it jammed.
I ordered the bullet stop, and all the missing pieces of the takedown, the piece operated by the thumb and the spring and detent. I also ordered a barrel mounted scope mount and a Nikon rimfire BDC scope.
The problem I have is the piece that is thumbed to release the barrel moves too far forward allowing the detent to go past the end of the adjustment nut, requiring disassemblely to get it back in place.
Question 1: Do I build up the wood in the forestock to keep the release from moving too far forward?
Question 2: I have a backpacking trip on the horizon. The barrel mounted scope makes the barrel group too long to transport broken down. What is a good receiver sight? My rifle has the 3/8" dovetails.
I realize a take down rifle with sights on different parts is not going to be a precision rifle. I'm looking for minute of coyote or close quarters with a venomous snake accuracy.