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Got this rifle about a yr ago. IIRC paid $375 for it. Spent a good bit of time removing some of the bedding that was in it as it was very tight, particularly around the mag area. It shot well after that but was still tight in the barrel channel so recently free floated it back to the forward part of the chamber area.

JC Higgins M51. Told people before it was a M50, have targets I marked as M50, when recently working on it I realized it's a M51. Says so right on the barrel. Duh.

Since free floating it, loaded the tried and true 56 gr's of IMR 4350 with a 180 gr bullet. A Hornady RN loaded @ .085 off. It shot .960. Not bad.

Have an old metal can of IMR 4831 that needs used up so went back today with 56.5 gr's of that loaded at .090 off. Certainly not worse. Shot .830. I'd say this old rifle is ready to go and got a long wait until deer season.

Rifle pic is not from today. Have an old Vari-XII 3-9 on it now.




Target from today. I never get tired of working with these older rifles.