I was given a model 187 Series A 22 LR rifle several years ago that was buried in an orange grove for who knows how long.
The bolt and everything else was froze up solid.
I started soaking it in diesel fuel about two or three years ago and forgot about it. Well with the talk about another rifle here at the fire I remembered about my gun and today I got the itch.
I was able to take the barrel off and clean it real good and I was amazed that it was not pitted it is like brand new. I cleaned the feeder tube tube.
I removed the breach plug and cleaned that as well.
The bolt was giving me some troubles but I was able to get that cycling as well.
Every thing is clean and functioning with the exception of feeding the bullets. It will not feed. It looks as if someone had worked on it before because some of the screw heads were stripped and rounded.
I tried turning the bullet stop upside down and it worked a little bit better but it will not push the bullets up to chamber.
I looked at Brownell's for a schematic but they do not have one for that rifle.
Does anyone here at the fire have one or have a picture of how this is suppose to go together.
Any help will be appreciated
Last edited by funshooter; 04/28/13.
