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Picked up a toy on the way home from the Fest. Nice shape, except a little bit of black oil or something soaked into the buttstock. It'll be a nice mate to my 19H in 22 Hornet.
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Rory, That's a neat rifle. What level of accuracy did these acheive? With my high-end 54 SA Sporter I get about .3-.4" at 50 yards, but to tell you the truth, one of these 19s looks like it would be just as much fun to shoot.
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I never had one that would out-shoot a M52 Winchester. But we are splitting hairs. Neat gun!
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Rory, is that a solid receiver-barrel like the model 23's?
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Nice pick up Calhoun. I like barrel bands, may not help with accuracy though.
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Rory, is that a solid receiver-barrel like the model 23's? Yes, in fact the action is the same on the 23's and the 19's.
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Therein lies my main beef with that series of guns. That and the sloppy sights they insisted on using.
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Rory, is that a solid receiver-barrel like the model 23's? Yes, in fact the action is the same on the 23's and the 19's. Yours is the 1933 version, same action as the 23-AA's, it has a faster lock than earlier guns and also a second locking lug, earlier 22's just locked with the base of the bolt handle. I also see it has an optional 10 round magazine.
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How is that scope mounted? What base(s) etc.
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Gene, yep, it came with the 10rd magazine with no markings and no 5 round. Had another 10rd at home with an S stamp on the bottom that fits it fine as well, but only 5rd mags are in my 23's. Thought I had a few extra.. and might.. just have to find them. Mike, side mount Weaver - forget the number. I can take a pic tonight. It's a Bushnell Banner scope with a Circle X reticle. Gotta clean the copper out of the bore and take it out shooting, hopefully tonight. Here's my 19H to go with it, with aftermarket checkering added and a late 23AA with factory checkering.
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Are the magazines interchangeable with later series, ie:34, 35,65,85? If so, Wisner's sells a new 10-shot for $23 and a 5-shot for $20. I can vouch for Wisner quality, having used their M-52 Winchester mags- they work flawlessly. (Or perhaps one could get Gene to make you one... )
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I got a 10 shot from Numrich for my 1933. Works fine.
Anybody have a hankering to add a 1933 to the herd? I have one to move.
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Left view on a GREAT door prize from the Fest (courtesy of Joe Martin). Side mount is a Weaver 1"H? That's.. an odd model name.
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I hope it doesn't fall over, then you'll be trying to get me in the cross hairs, Joe.
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It could use to be 2 inches longer on the barrel end, Joe.
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I hope it doesn't fall over, then you'll be trying to get me in the cross hairs, Joe. I bought a hook/eye set for the back to keep the upright from falling over.
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Good Idea, why didn't I think of that, Joe.
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Tried my hand at some 25yd small bore benchrest last night with this, first time I've done that. All I've done to the gun since I got it was run a boresnake through to remove dust, I'm presuming there's still a lot of copper in there to remove. But I'm happy with the results, considering I was running on 3 hours of sleep and a whole lot of coffee/soda. I think the gun is a shooter.
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Doubt you'll find any copper in there, Rory. Perhaps some lead. Back her up to 50 yards and see what she'll do!
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The Bushnell Banner scope is not a great choice for this. Can't get the reticles close to being in focus without the targets at 25 yards being a bit of a double vision blur.. felt like I'd had a few too many kamikazes. 50 yards would probably be better if for no other reason than the focus. Gonna look and see what other scopes I have sitting around tonight.
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