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I remember the first time I saw these 5 or 6 years ago, and was all excited about them and made a post here about them and it was like nobody was interested. I should have bought one. They were under 200.00 then. I like these alot. You found a nice one here, which is no surprise since many of them look like new.
bunkysdad wrote:I remember the first time I saw these 5 or 6 years ago, and was all excited about them and made a post here about them and it was like nobody was interested. I should have bought one. They were under 200.00 then. I like these alot. You found a nice one here, which is no surprise since many of them look like new.
I looked high and low for a nice one under $250, and found this one for $230. I to wish I had gobbled these up when they where under $200. But I was more intrested in AK's at the time
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They are really nice to teach a younger person how to shoot. They came in the first I saw them from Gibbs Rifles. They were 3 for $150 and shipping. They could not sell them for that price! I got one and like it so much I talked them into sending me two more and sent them the balance of the total price of $150. The trick to finding one that shoots really good is to fire a shell after measuring it with a mike or vernier caliper. See how much the shell swells after firing and the one you find that has the least amount of swelling has the tightest chamber and will more than likely be the best of the shooters. Only catch is after a bit of firing that tight chamber may hurt extraction and make it a bit hard. It has been so many years since I first got these rifles I can't remember what the average swelling of the cartridge was but I do remember it wasn't much. Neat little guns and I sold the last one of the two I sold for $325 if I remember right. Congrats that is one cool little single shot 22 you bought. Now if you can find and afford the 22 ammo you are set for some fun! Bill
I was lucky and got mine for $160 shipped a couple months ago. Unfortunately, it is a bit finicky and it only likes the 50rd boxes of Federal match and CCI mini-mags
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