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Ain't it amazing!
Here's another example: I just bought a rifle from a guy who had been so involved with "accuracy" rifles for decades that he did all his own gunsmithing, which involved owning two high-quality lathes, and a fine milling machine.
He somehow ended up with a bolt for an Anschutz .22 Hornet action, but after looking for a bolt-free action had no luck. So he MADE an action for the bolt, incorporating the factory bolt stop/release, and fitted and chambered a high-quality barrel for the .17 Ackley Hornet.
He's now 82, and though still of sound mind and body, is starting to downsize, so sold the rifle at a fine price. Of course, I will be writing about all this somewhere soon....
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John Steinbeck
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I allways take the easiest path my self get a set of dies, hunt up 2-3 100 ct bags of WW 64gr power pts find the load as fast as possible with the least amount of shooting. Use it on deer and antelope. P- dogs would be a waste of it. I used the 64's in my 22-250 for antelope they were very effective. Mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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Fotis,
A friend necked the WSSM case up to .35, and it works great. That was a hot conversion in IN before the change in rifle rules for hunting deer. Lots of those were built/sold for a while.
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I would gladly take it and use it. The 22 WSM has close to the same velocity as a 220 Swift or better than 1-200 fps over the 22-250. Both are excellent for deer and antelope. I bet you could scrounge up enough cases that you could burn the barrel out. I also bet that the cases and possibly the rifle will have some collector value even after being fired. My only reservation was that some were made when Winchester first started going on to a double shift with lots of QC issues, although this era may have been after the WSSM's not sure.
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I’d take it and use it. There’s plenty of brass available on GB. Get 100 rounds to go with the 40 and be set for life. Or rebarrel to one of the several wildcats on that case.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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Buy a set of dies, shoot it and enjoy it until the barrel needs replaced, then decide if It was worth rebarreling.
If it's an early one it's a 1-12 twist barrel , the later ones were 1-10..
I'd run everything from Bluedot reduced loads to TTSX and GMX at full speed just for the learning.
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You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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Ain't it amazing!
Here's another example: I just bought a rifle from a guy who had been so involved with "accuracy" rifles for decades that he did all his own gunsmithing, which involved owning two high-quality lathes, and a fine milling machine.
He somehow ended up with a bolt for an Anschutz .22 Hornet action, but after looking for a bolt-free action had no luck. So he MADE an action for the bolt, incorporating the factory bolt stop/release, and fitted and chambered a high-quality barrel for the .17 Ackley Hornet.
He's now 82, and though still of sound mind and body, is starting to downsize, so sold the rifle at a fine price. Of course, I will be writing about all this somewhere soon.... Looking forward to the rest of the story.
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Semper Fi
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