Idle Speculation

[Green Frog]

Askins said he got the last of Remington's stock of 22 Velo Dog for the project way back then. Fiocchi still catalogs it but can they really deliver?

I have thought an interesting project for a M53 LR cylinder would be .22 Harvey Kay Chuk.

In the words of that great philosopher, Billy Joel, "All it takes is looks and a whole lotta money!" Unfortunately, the supply of Model 53 revolvers and auxiliary 22 cylinders for them has become pretty sparse, and they're priced accordingly.

I can sit here in my medically induced haze and dream up all sorts of wondrous projects, but unfortunately my snakeskin wallet is pretty thin.

BTW, is there enough meat in a 22 Jet chamber to ream it to 22 Kay Chuck?

 

[JSR III]

Just keep buying those Power Ball tickets!! And don't forget Lee and the forum if you win!!

 

[mtgianni]

Back to my original dream… it is fun (but a little frustrating) to go back into American Rifleman mags from the '50s and '60s and drool over the ads from Ye Olde Hunter's Lodge and others. If I could hop into my time machine and go back to that time, what a bunch of interesting guns I could gather up from the backlog of WW II surplus. Those BSRs and Victories and even WW I 1917s were available for a song and by the box full so you could pick some great ones to modify to fill a Target Box. One can dream!
Froggie

GUNS Magazine GUNS Magazine Classic Editions - GUNS Magazine

They have archived Guns magazine from the 50's. I see the ads and dream.

 

[Jim Watson]

BTW, is there enough meat in a 22 Jet chamber to ream it to 22 Kay Chuck?

There is too much air; Jet is much larger diameter.

 

[McShooty]

Regarding NRA Bullseye. Sometimes life makes us wait for desired activities,but if you are 45 or older, forget bullseye (BE) and maybe go for trap or skeet, or some other form of torture. For BE you will need to join a club and the members will be fine, fine, friendly fellows, but the poorest of them will be better than you and every week he will have a higher score. So get ready for at least 4 hours practice a week and enough reloading time to feed that practice. Did I mention the time it takes when the club goes to a 2700 match 150 miles from home? I also liked the revolver idea and used a 14-3 and a 25 for center fire and .45. For a time I followed a practice routine and my, I could shoot some purty targets. But in a match a typical 5-shot rapid fire string would be a 9, two 7s, one outside the scoring ring, and the clothespin that held the target to the carrier. My fondest memory was a timed fire target shot in a local match with my 14-3. When it was scored by the club member next to me he got a "95" and just about had a heart attack. A bit later I got a Clark accurized Government Series 70 but fame did not come with it

This is a bit tongue in cheek but it is all true. Hope you got a smile out of it, and if you want to shoot bullseye, go for it. I am just not an individual competitor, but I was a better shooter when it was all over.

 

[Green Frog]

In the 1930s, Col. Askins shot a Centerfire match with a Colt Woodsman converted to .22 Velo Dog. The rules were then changed.

Bob

I just found this reference to Askins' own description of his "221 Askins". I know it's thread drift, but since I started the thread, I give myself dispensation.
Froggie

 

[jcelect]

Jet / K Chuck

The parent case for the 22 Jet is a 357 mag and the parent case for the K-Chuck is a 22 Hornet!

Mr Watson
Above is a cheaper way to go for a K-Chucker. It's a 17-6 changed to center fire and reamed to the .224 Harvey K-Chuck. The gun pictured is better in the picture than actual life. It was a truck gun that was in great mechanical shape but poor shape on the exterior! I had Andy Horvath do the conversion for less money than a 22 Jet cylinder in 22 LR would cost!
jcelect

 

[Ruger 13]

I like the conversion of the ammo box…….good idea!

 

[boykinlp]

My gun box would also be GI, a 50 cal ammo can fitted with wooden dividers to hold the two guns and their necessary accoutrements for competition. I have a couple of pictures of the box of one of my more affluent shooting buddies.

Froggie

That is a really COOL gun box! Hope you are feeling much better very soon.
Larry

 

[DWalt]

I started Bullseye shooting in 1964 using an H&R .22 revolver. At that time, it was a .22-only winter league at the local YMCA indoor range. I used what I had. I wasn't ever at the top of the scoreboard, but not at the bottom either. Later I bought a used postwar Colt Match Target Woodsman, which raised my scores somewhat. Years later, in another town, I bought a Stoeger Luger when it first appeared on the market. Surprisingly, I could shoot almost as good scores as I did with the Colt MTW, and I preferred its feel. My Bullseye battery was the MTW, a S&W Model 14, and an accurized Colt 1911. I quit shooting Bullseye in the late 1970s, as I had lost the muscular coordination needed to shoot decent scores. It has been a long time since I have been able to hit anything shooting one-handed.

The Velo-Dog was an interesting concept. Can you imagine what would happen today if bicyclists were riding around shooting dogs?

 

[H Richard]

I helped run an indoor .22RF bullseye league for over 30 years. We shot a 10 week league starting just after the New Year, and went until about April. 30 round Gallery round every week. I very early on sent to the semi auto's, a Mod 41, then a High Standard Victor then upgraded with a lightweight Falcon match barrel so I could mount a red dot, then went with a Russian IZH35M with a Burris Fastfire 3 red dot.

I have fond memories of shooting in the 290's weekly, and winning various trophy's. Unfortunately age catch's up with us and it all starts going downhill. Last winter I shot along with the league but didn't participate. I felt good when I could squeak out a 250 for the 30 rounds of Slow/timed/rapid fire. I'll probably do the same this year.
High Standard with Falcon barrel


IZH35M


A few trophy's , I also shot Police PPC with our local Department, That's fun also.