Let’s see those single shots.

dwh said:

With the ammo shortage being what it is. I find myself shooting the single shots more often. Since I just picked a #2 RB in 22lr I thought I’d bring them all out to the range today. First up a Varner 22lr Favorite, it’s a little gem to shoot and carry. Then a Savage 30gm 22mag. Next up are #4 RB’s 22lr and 32 S&W long conversion. The #2 RB’s are a 26in 32-20 and a 24in 22lr. The 22 has a considerable heavier barrel than the 32-20. Finally my high wall in 32-20. Let’s see those single shot that are out there. Rifles pistols what ever you have.

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Modified said:

I have some single shot rifles too, and I have owned other single shots, but these two are just so fantastic that they have eliminated all of my desire for other single shots (save 2, a Walter Roper modified Rolling Block .22lr Pistol, and a King Super Target Camp Perry).

The Swiss made Tip Up you see there is a custom affair from the turn of the century.

Walter Roper started me lusting for one of these, when he wrote in Pistol and Revolver Shooting on page 101 (in regard to the S&W Straightline):



I read that and I just had to know what on earth kind of gun Roper would label as "little short of perfect". Turns out.. one hell of an amazing gun. I can't compare it to anything, but I can say that when I have put it in the hands of people who are much more experienced with fine guns than myself it's a gun that they have both never seen, and was impressive. For a young collector like me its a real treat to have tracked something down like that.

The Camp Perry is simply my favorite shooting .22. When it comes to something with a little more punch my Registered Magnum and Triple Lock vie for first place in guns I enjoy shooting.

The Camp Perry is just such a satisfying gun, and in the case of mine D.W. King saw to sorting out the garbage sites, and Walter Roper's hired woodworker Mattias Gagne saw to sorting out the garbage grips. Ultimately making for a gun that I have had a very hard time prying away from other gentlemen at the range when it was time for me to pack it up and go home.

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CptCurl said:

Good Lord! My finger could stutter on the like button for these.

Curly

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crazyphil said:

I had a little single shot bolt action .22 rifle that I started out with when
I was about 9 years old. It looked kinda like PALADIN'S 6th one from the
top. 9 is too young for a boy to have a .22 rifle IMHO. Before I was
Crazy I was dumb. I did some dumb things with that rifle.

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RobertJ. said:

This isn't my only single-shot, just my favorite. It's chambered in .270 Winchester, and I consider it to be my varmint rifle that can kill an elk:

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2152hq said:

Savage Model 3B, mfg about 1938/39
Very accurate and a great trigger pull for such a simple rifle. A real pleasure to shoot.
It had seen some rough use and a little refinishing over the years.
The orig Savage rear peep sight and front target sight were till in tact. A rear bbl sight was still in place but had been roughly handled as well as the dovetail it sat in . So I elliminated both in a do-over of the little rifle.

The original stock afforded plenty of wood to trim it down to a nice sporter style. The orig 26" bbl was left as that. A beautiful figure hid underneath all the old added finish and damage.
A grip cap was added as well as checkering and sling swivels. The latter was available as an option on the rifle back then.
I used the orig sheet metal simple trigger guard but reshaped it and added an internal 'spur' to fancy it up. The old flaking chrome plate I stripped from the bolt and trigger and polished and left them in the white. The bbl was rust blued and the action and TG were grayed.
Engraving added to spruce it up just a bit.

It doesn't shoot any better than it did before. It does handle better I think. There's lots you can do with some of the older guns w/o getting into restocking and adding new parts.

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