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04-04-2017, 02:43 PM
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Looks fantastic to me! Is it marked what year it was made (I'm thinking late 20's to early 30's).
Ammo for training rifles, originally was standard velocity stuff. But my friends have found some rifles really perform with "High Velocity", but we never did find one that liked "Hyper Velocity" ammo. I have seen one that likes Remington "Thunderbolt" and shoots Iron sight groups in the 1/2" area with it at 50 yards. The same gun was 5 to 6 inches with Eley Club & Target ammos! Who would think that would happen! Let us know how it shoots!
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04-04-2017, 03:05 PM
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Drool-worthy photography right there of a very appealing rifle!
That rifle needed "saving" so I'm glad you got it.
The Springfield .22 trainers are fantastic shooters. I've encountered a few in years gone by and owned this one for many years. Barrel's dated 4-32 and receiver is marked Springfield Armory M1922A11. It used to shoot Federal "red box" copper-plated 40 grain high-velocity solids to 1 1/4-inches for five shots at 100 yards from the bench rest if I was in a shooting humor. Even got a fluky 1-inch five-shot group once.
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My experience is that every target-quality .22 rifle has its likes and dislikes when it comes to ammunition. I have a post-WWII Winchester 52B which shoots groups with Remington bulk pack "Golden Bullets" which are as good as, or better than, anything else. Including anyone's match ammunition. When I was into competitive 50 foot gallery shooting many years ago, I found that ordinary Remington and CCI standard velocity loads outperformed Eley Match, and that's what I used.
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Shot one on a ROTC rifle team in the early 1950s, and loved it. Finally got one at a Navy rifle sale in the 1960s, at Norfolk VA for $25!! It was lacking the extractor, magazine and parts of the Lyman 48 but I soon fixed that. The receiver is marked M1, but it's an M2. I don't think the Navy paid much attention to rifles unless they had a bore of 16 inches.
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