a little ot-family heirloom-thanks jdad

[pokey]

an old .22, that's all it is.
owned by my wife's great grandparents, so the story goes.
when my FIL pulled it out from the back of a closet, it was tightly wrapped
in a plastic bag and taped up. when i unwrapped it, what a heartbreaker, red
with rust, broken firing pin, and parts removed[more broken than i first knew].
well that was several years ago. with jdad's help i found dick williams gun parts,
they had the second to last part i needed,[i thought it was the last until i got her put back
together, surprise.] i ordered a firing pin tuesday and had it by friday, nice.
so she is finally back together, and i test fired her this morning. she works OK.
so this is as close to a family heirloom as we are going to get.

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so anyone else have something that has come down through their family?

[J Miller]

Pokey,

You did good by that old shooter. I'd be proud of my work had I accomplished what you have.

Sadly though I have none of my family's guns. There was one I was supposed to have that I wanted desperately, but my Grand mom changed her mind at the last minute and gave it to my idiot cousin. Oh well.

Joe

[deerwhacker444]

Neat..! Is that a Savage? I think they made one like that with a clip instead of the tubular magazine, that's the one I'm looking for. Let us know how it shoots.

[jdad]

That looks pretty nice! Is the top tang d&t'd for a tang sight? If yes, is the ctc spacing 1.125"? I'm selling my sight collection, at the big August show, and I may have something to fit.

[pokey]

That looks pretty nice! Is the top tang d&t'd for a tang sight? If yes, is the ctc spacing 1.125"? I'm selling my sight collection, at the big August show, and I may have something to fit.

no i don't believe it is. there is a cocking indicator, that sticks up where the tang sight would go.

[pokey]

Neat..! Is that a Savage? I think they made one like that with a clip instead of the tubular magazine, that's the one I'm looking for. Let us know how it shoots.

yup, savage 25, manufactered twixt 1925 and '29.
i don't plan on shooting this one to much, cuz i can't replace it.
i have several others for that duty,
but i hate having something that doesn't work.
i like bringing back old things from the brink, too.

[lthardman]

Congratulations on a job well done. Its great to restore a proud shooter to its former glory.

[Hobie]

The family stuff is the best stuff....

[Booger Bill]

This 1890 winchester in .22 wrf already had some customiseing done to it when I bought it 35 years ago, so I had it rechambered to .22 wmrf.