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Local shop has one. Are they a good one to have?
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Mine is accurate (2moa original irons), almost on par with a Savage 23 bolt..jacket or cast...good trigger...feeds good...ejects at mach 2...but what a pain in the ass to load through the loading gate. I am now to the point of taking a Dremel to the sharp edges and reducing the tension on the loading gate spring. All in all, a B plus, except for when we discovered that .22 rimfire was dependent on the winds of political humbuggery, then anything in .25-20 i'd say was an A plus.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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Mine is accurate (2moa original irons), almost on par with a Savage 23 bolt..jacket or cast...good trigger...feeds good...ejects at mach 2...but what a pain in the ass to load through the loading gate. I am now to the point of taking a Dremel to the sharp edges and reducing the tension on the loading gate spring. All in all, a B plus, except for when we discovered that .22 rimfire was dependent on the winds of political humbuggery, then anything in .25-20 i'd say was an A plus. Thank you.
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Check the bore real good if you want it for shooting..mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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I have a few 1892s, a savage 23 bolt action and Remington model 25. I really like the cartridge for plinking and small game. I shoot 86 gr cast flat points and the Speer 75 gr JFP. I shot one with a sewer pipe barrel with cast and surprisingly it shot really well despite it. Case life for reloading is infinite if you're careful of the necks.
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I was given one with an octagon barrel made in 1907 by my mom’s second husband. I suppose that I could shoot a close in deer with it, but being so weak compared to my normal deer rifles, it just stays home in the gun safe. I did load some 60 grain bullets for it years ago and it’s fun to shoot, but at what? I’ve got some factory loads for it, though I haven’t seen any factory stuff for a .25-20 in years.
My other auto is a .45
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory
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