Old School Boy's Tool

[jds holler]

I wonder how many of us started out our shooting lives with a sweet little gem like this. My starter was admittedly not quite this vintage, but this one would have been enough to get me or anyone started.

I found this one at our local gun show the other day, and just had to grab it since I already had the parts rifle you see behind it. It was in need of a better main spring, and that was one of the parts that I had. Aside from that, it was in pretty good shape, with a bore that I'd call 80%. After installing the new spring, and cleaning it up, I took it out and used it as it has probably been used thousands of times in it's past; ushering ground squirrels into the great beyond.

Barrel code says it's a 1926 version, and it's fun to imagine how many boys or girls may have loved it over the years. Thanks for looking. jd

 

[Pappy42]

Ive got one of those and a Stevens Favorite; neither is as nice as your new one.
Both still shoot. The Favorite belonged to my maternal grandmother and has a portion of a 1910 dime as the front sight.

Like you, I wish that they could talk.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Cool rifle.. I have a Stevens Favorite that I bought in the 80's. It's a commemorative model, but he only I ever saw for sale. Gave it to the wife.. Extremely accurate.

 

[nfhjr62]

Had one almost like the one shown a single shot brake open 410 got my first deer with this shot gun also found a Mossberg 144LS with two clips at the gun store for $50.00 and shoots well used it at gun club indoor range.

 

[jds holler]

These little rifles were called rolling block, or more accurately "falling block" actions.



They also came in 32 Rimfire. I haven't actually put it on a target to see how it groups yet, but I can tell that it will be pretty good. It's been fun switching my philosophical mind set in shooting squirrels with this little fella compared to my standard 2 or 3 hundred yard rifles. This rifle makes me proud of the ones I've nailed at 50 yards.



If anyone has basket case rifles or parts of these, I'd be interested. jd