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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.

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.

I never had one that would out-shoot a M52 Winchester. But we are splitting hairs. Neat gun!

Rory, is that a solid receiver-barrel like the model 23's?

Nice pick up Calhoun. I like barrel bands, may not help with accuracy though.

Yes, in fact the action is the same on the 23's and the 19's.

Therein lies my main beef with that series of guns. That and the sloppy sights they insisted on using.

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.

How is that scope mounted? What base(s) etc.

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.

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... )

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.

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.

I hope it doesn't fall over, then you'll be trying to get me in the cross hairs, Joe.

It could use to be 2 inches longer on the barrel end, Joe.

I bought a hook/eye set for the back to keep the upright from falling over.

Good Idea, why didn't I think of that, Joe.

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.

Doubt you'll find any copper in there, Rory. Perhaps some lead. Back her up to 50 yards and see what she'll do!

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.