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    Old Rifles are Fun

    I got in a short range session this afternoon. 10 rounds fired from a 88 year old Savage, using a 65 year old Weaver scope, fired off a 70 year old and home made front rest, by a 72 year old guy. The ammo is modern.

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    Very nice!!
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    Nothing wrong with that group! I personally would rather shoot older classics than newfangled modern rifles too. Good shooting.
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    I took my 1943 M1 Garand to the range today. First time shooting it since I acquired it a few months ago, belonged to my Marine buddy.
    3 shots at 50 yards with one going thru another hole.
    13 shots at 100 yards put me back to reality.
    Think I'm going to like this one, I like old war weapons.

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    Slim
    JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS JOINT.

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    Slim, that is nice. I have never owned an M-1, though the one I did fire was very pleasant to shoot. Yours is a treasure.

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    Careful ! this can be habit forming.

    Very nice rifle, love blue steel & wood. Whoever said that an ole'Dawg can't get in the hunt?

    Looked all over the web, can't find that particular front rest...interesting how they designed the elevation adjustment. Who made that rest?
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    OS OK, it is home made. The base is cast iron and was a base for something. The three leg screws have the old GE emblem, The center shaft is 3/4 rod. The top is simple folded sheet steel just large enough to set a front bag in with no side adjustments.

    I got it in 1988 when I was asked to help lady clean out her father's basement in Iowa Falls, Iowa. There had been an active BR shooting league in the years right after WW2. I never seen any of the rifles he used, though I did get a couple of old stocks. I know he shot Remington rifles with heavy barrels chambered in .222. He loaded with a Tru-Line Jr.
    He also made a rear rest, not a bag, from wood.

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    good shooting !
    nothing wrong with older equipment
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    back about 9 years or so ago, the 7 - 10 are the group that was made by my sporterized 1898 spr armory(made in 1903) in 30-40 krag with 165gr ranch dogs at 100 yards. this was before i put on a redfield 102k no drill aperture sight. 1-6 are sighters




    what it looks like now




    i have to go to my eye dr this week. my eyes aren't that good anymore, but i sure do like my old rifles!!!
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    "Old Rifles are Fun"

    Ummm. . .Duh?

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    WWJMBD?

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    Umm Bigslug, vintage .22's. It doesn't get much better than that. And the bottom one is one I don't own, yet.
    Nice,
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    Does shooting a Winchester 67 and a Remington 511 with my 11 year old great-nephew count?

    That was Thursday.

    And I had some 50's vintage Winchester shorts to shoot up as well. 99% fired no problem. The last 1% took a second time to fire.

    Another wasted day in an old guy's life.

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    Wood and metal! You can keep the black plastic junk.

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    I expect to hunt with my Savage 99's from the 30's,40's,50's until I finally stop hunting(10,20 plus years). Most of my 'newer' rifles are Marlin's and Savage 99's from the 60's and 70's, same with my Mossberg 22's, though Henry has made some inroads, but all blue steel and wood. After a week in snow/rain mix I do wish the barrels were stainless though.

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    Very nice group. I like to shoot fly's at 50 yards with my military 513 bull barrel Remington and a 32 power scope. You can tell a hit by the blood splatter.

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    For just joy of the shooting experience, I think the early 1950's Winchester 63 I scored 3-4 years ago is possibly my favorite. It has no provision for optics, and the care that the factory lavished onto a pure plinker speaks of much we have lost. I think the only negative to it is that the lack of a last round hold-open makes you count your shots (I had to replace the firing pin when I got it home before I could start playing).

    The 67 in my first post walked into my usual shop as I was hanging out. By the look of who brought it in, the $50 the shop gave went to support a drug habit. So, in honor of the previous owner, I nicknamed it "Tweaker". The 63 happens to be nicknamed "Crack Pipe", because you can't put it down.

    The 1906 was purchased for the simple fact that it got me OUT of the match-accuracy, bughole-group shooting trench I was stuck in and got me having FUN with a rifle again. It does not CARE what kind of ammo is in the magazine, and neither do it. That mechanism may be John Browning's greatest gift to mankind, AFAIC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigslug View Post
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    For just joy of the shooting experience, I think the early 1950's Winchester 63 I scored 3-4 years ago is possibly my favorite. It has no provision for optics, and the care that the factory lavished onto a pure plinker speaks of much we have lost. I think the only negative to it is that the lack of a last round hold-open makes you count your shots (I had to replace the firing pin when I got it home before I could start playing).

    The 67 in my first post walked into my usual shop as I was hanging out. By the look of who brought it in, the $50 the shop gave went to support a drug habit. So, in honor of the previous owner, I nicknamed it "Tweaker". The 63 happens to be nicknamed "Crack Pipe", because you can't put it down.

    The 1906 was purchased for the simple fact that it got me OUT of the match-accuracy, bughole-group shooting trench I was stuck in and got me having FUN with a rifle again. It does not CARE what kind of ammo is in the magazine, and neither do it. That mechanism may be John Browning's greatest gift to mankind, AFAIC.
    Inherited one from an uncle in the early 70's.

    Killed a lot of woodchucks with it. It fit between the back rest and the lumbar support on John Deere 3020's and 4020's. Cultivating beans, woodchucks weren't afraid of the tractor. Cultivate up close to the woodchuck, push in the clutch, then leaned forward SLOWLY and pulled out the rifle.

    22 solid in the belly and they self-buried. Politically incorrect today, but I didn't have to deal with the carcasses.

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    I have several 22lr rifles. My absolute favorite is a Savage 1919 NRA Match.

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    rbuck351, I must agree with you on the Savage 1919. I acquired on two years ago for pennies on the dollar, it looked rough. A good cleaning at it quickly became my favorite rifle. I need to shoot this afternoon and it will be going along.
    A have its cousin, the 19-33 NRA Match. It's just as accurate but lacks the personality of the 1919.

    15meter's story is great, cultivating beans with a 3020 kind of dates him

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    Pressman---Your post inspired me to take a couple of my older 22lr rifles to the range. I took my first rifle, which was a Winchester 72A, and a Remington 512. The Winchester wears an old Weaver 4X scope.
    The Winchester was still sighted in, even after all these years. I haven't adjusted the scope more than a couple of clicks in the last forty years. Previous to that, it wore a cheap 22lr scope. I have taken tons of squirrels and rabbits with this rifle over the decades.
    I bought it from a relative when I was ten years old back in 1962. I took my first squirrel ever, with a single shot to the head, with it and open sights in the fall of that year.
    The Remington, I fired using open sights and my failing eyes.
    All shots were at 25 yards using a rest.
    It was a lot of fun taking these old rifles to the range and seeing that they could still do what they were intended for.

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    The Winchester was shooting exactly where I was aiming. I need a bit more power to see well, so I was aiming at what I could see clearly in the scope.
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