A fellow walked into my shop a couple of weeks ago with an old Remington No.4 32 Rim Fire rifle. The gun was a disaster. The bore looked like a sewer pipe. Think there was a hint of rifling left. The wrist had a real nice electrician repair. Several layers of black friction electrical tape covered the broken wood. I offered him $150 for the gun just to get the little rolling block action. He was happy. After a couple of days I started to measure up what I had. I removed the extractor and turned up a 4" piece of 22LR barrel to 32 caliber complete with a rim on it. It slid into the chamber flush. A 22LR chamber reamer cut a chamber in the insert. Wanted to see if the rimfire firing pin was wide enough to crush the rim and fire the 22 LR cartridge. Walked outside my shop and pow! The 22LR fired into the dirt. So now I need a barrel. Figured if the 32 Rim Fire pin in the breech would fire a 22LR it should easily fire a 22 Win Magnum round. The rim of a 22LR is .275" and the rim on a 22 Win Mag is .290" Cup cake of a restoration. Now I am looking for a 22 center fire barrel .224" about 27~28" Will have to make a new butt stock and forend. Pulled an old brass telescope off the shelf that I had found at a flea market. This old scope looks like 19th century. Optics are clear about 6 power. Should work good. Maybe come Spring this project will be looking like a shooter. Will try and post my progress. Attachment 320906Attachment 320907Attachment 320908