A buddy of my coined the term "Frankengun" when I mix and match parts to build a project. Typically its simple stuff like re-threading take off barrels for another action. In this case I was looking at a pile of parts and decided I could make something work.
A while ago, a friend gave me a Springfield 87D with a rather short barrel, lets just say it was too short for any practice purpose, so I removed it and was left with an action and long barrel stub, but not very long. I also had a barrel and tube magazine (like new) from an Erma lever action that was sold under the Iver Johnson name. Anyhow I figured I could stick them together and build a rifle for my niece who likes to shoot. Of course it would have to be pink. Since the Erma tenon was too small for the action and the Springfield had several featured I didn't want to duplicate (ramp and extractor notches). I machined the Erma barrel to fit into a cut down portion of the Springfield tenon, I made this stepped to maximize surface area and preserve the ramp. It was a press fit glued together with Loctite 680 (I believe the sheer is ~3K psi). This is the same stuff I used for barrel liners and given that there is basically no forward pressure with the straight case of a 22 and the amount of surface area I have I do not expect any issues. The trigger came from a Jap 38 that I recently sporterized (It was already butchered when I go it). The scope base is a modified Weaver 94 (Contender). To get the stock pink I used Tru-oil with a little pink enamel mixed in. This gave a finish with some depth, unlike what I'd expect from simple paint. The stock was purchased on eBay. What do you think?
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Originally Posted by Texas by God
