absolutely pointless accuracy project

[Bugs]

Find yourself an old surplus south american rolling block and have a good smith rebarrel it to 38-55. Use a Douglas air guaged barrel and put some good sights on it. Be prepared to live with a terrible trigger but accuracy will be amazing.

 

[jonbearman]

Fella's I only suggested the .303 british because it has a long distinguished history.It is a fine round and I agree that there are few rifle's other than enfield's to base it on.However my shooting partner had one in .308(sniper version) and it shot tight groups at 100 yards.I thought this thread was to get idea's for an unusual project.Some of the suggestions were great,but for some reason I got ganged up on for my choice.I love the .300 savage and the 250-3000.,but the .303 is really a neat idea,that's all. I have a no1 mark4 that shoots 50 yd ragged hole's when I could actually see real well.I always wanted to see what it really could do with a good barrel and some other work ,like the trigger and bedding.In my opinion it would be very unique compared to the 45-70 etc etc. It was just my idea and thats all.No insult intended to anyone others idea's.

 

[mattri]

Glad to hear so many positive responses.

At the gun show today there was a '68 Marlin 336 in .35 Rem, seriously considering going back for it tomorrow.

Thoughts?

 

[dmickey]

What about a .250 Savage?

 

[jonbearman]

Well said 45bpcr.Newton and ackley were way ahead of there time.There is almost no general cartridge he didnt improve. Newton designed for savage(250-300) was part of his brainchild I think.It held the top speed record for awhile.The 243 rockchuker was slightly revamped and winchester picked it up .It goes on and on as you well know.Elmer keith was a pretty smart guy too,357 and 44 magnum. That is why I chose the .303 british.It is a great cartridge.By the way someone said the .300 savage was only a little better than the 30-30,it is only a sneeze behind the .308.As a matter of fact the us military was thinking of adopting it for battle use.

 

[jonbearman]

I had a m1 carbine that was modified by melvin johnson in 5.7 johnson spitfire and it was a shooter,I sold it to one of the biggest m1 collectors in the country. I also had a 6.5x257 highly modified jap rifle,sold it and I am kicking myself.It shot in the .2's with the factory jap barrel.You goota love the old iron.

 

[mattri]

Ended up passing on the .35, but found a really interesting old rifle at a local shop. It's a Stevens 325C in 30-30. Stock is solid but finish leaves a lot to be desired. Blueing needs work but the bore was bright and clean and the buzzle looked good. The price was very reasonable and the owner of the shop had done a basic clean-up/safety inspection so away we went.

Picked up a box of Rem Core-Loct 150 grn ammo and headed into the sage.

Shooting off of a make-shift rest at 50 yards this was the best group of the day.

All things considered I think it's a great place to start.

 

[mattri]

Looking for all the info I can get on the older Stevens 325 series, going to post a new thread in the big stuff area, thanks to all who replied.

 

[mattri]

New thread is in the gun projects section, thanks.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Mattri, Where you located in Wyo??

 

[Rock Knocker]

check this out... 38-55, ive never heard of it but impressive shot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XWEPgy2pxU

 

[mattri]

Green River, SW corner.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Green River, SW corner.

Well Howdy Neighbor.. Rock Springs, SW corner.. And I R an lectrician as well..

 

[45bpcr]

Check out these shots. Black powder, iron sights, one mile !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RazDsknjkfM&feature=related

There's 4 of them all told,

Craig

 

[flatlander]

mattri, The 30-30 is a great choice. I'm kicking myself for passing on a NIB Rem M788 in 30-30 last year at a gun show - talk about a great candidate for an accuracy program! Those of you who've experimented with cast bullets know that the 30-30 is a nearly ideal chassis for accuracy work with lead slugs. I believe that 788 would be fully capable of shooting sub-inch 100yd groups with quality cast bullets & careful load development.

Due to a fortunate set of circumstances a few years ago, I happened to have enough cash in hand to purchase an original Win. highwall in 32-40 when it was offered to me. The bore is pristine, and it shoots extremely well with cast bullets fired in brass formed from 38-55 (there was no 32-40 available at the time). I've shot several 1.25" 100yd. groups with the original open sights - if it weren't for the collector value of this rifle, I'd mount a target scope on the barrel to see what its true potential is.