Tell us about your cheap, old, accurate rifles

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Two I can think of, off-hand, are the old Nylon66, (22LR), and the Canoe Paddle M77MKII, in 30.06. They are the standards of comparison, in my rifle collection, for dependability, and accuracy. To be honest, I may never find two better rifles.
 
12Bravo20 said:
For cheapo rimfire rifles that surprised me with their accuracy, it is my Romanian M69 trainer and an old Savage/Stevens Model 120 single shot that had the front sight brazed on by previous owner.
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My brother bought a $35 Stevens .22 with a broken extractor and a brazed front sight that was bent for adjustment. Accurate as all get out.
 
Stevel said:
My brother bought a $35 Stevens .22 with a broken extractor and a brazed front sight that was bent for adjustment. Accurate as all get out.
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The old Savage/Stevens/Springfield Model 15/120/125 rifles are diamonds in the rough. I haven't ran across very many of them that will not shoot well. My grampa shot birdshot shells through my dad's Model 15 for decades to the point you couldn't see the rifling anymore. We cleaned all the lead out and that rifle shoots just like new again.
 
I think old is subjective. Here's my Remington 710 in .270, it delivers .75 MOA with Hornady loads. Some of the more recent budget offerings from T/C and Savage might be built better (occasionally the bolt pulls straight out the back when I'm cycling the action) but back in 2001 when I got this it was probably one of the cheapest new rifles you could get. Sometimes I'd regret not spending a little more and getting a 700, but that was around the time their quality was really suffering and there were so many reports of 700's only getting 1.5-2MOA.

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Remington 788 in 6mm Rem. Consistent half inch 5-shot groups at 100 yards with 100 gr Nosler solid base bullets. I will be sad when I run out of those bullets...
 
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Springfield Arms Company, got it for free, how cheap is that. Kind of a "rescue". The barrel had been cut off to exactly 16", so I soldered on an extension. Drilled a couple of holes in it for a muzzle brake. You know, to tame the horrendous flash and concussion from the .22LR cartridge. An attempt to put a side mount for a scope was done on the left side of the receiver, which was crooked. So crooked that it would have been impossible to zero a scope. Cleaned that all up the best I could. It looked like a drill-n-tap with a hand drill job.

However, this thing will put three shots into two holes, and will shoot 1/4" groups all day. The group in the middle of the black spot is typical. It's crazy accurate. I shoot Aguila SSB's in it, and CCI "quiet". With the perforated barrel extension it has the report of a good air rifle.
 
My 1968 Remington 760 is not quite a tac driver, but is well inside 2 inches at 100 yards. I can get it inside an inch sometimes.

My 1958 Marlin 336 in 30-30 is also about 1.5 inches with Core Lokts. Unfortunately a small crack has developed in the stock.
 
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Springfield Arms Company, got it for free, how cheap is that. Kind of a "rescue". The barrel had been cut off to exactly 16", so I soldered on an extension. Drilled a couple of holes in it for a muzzle brake. You know, to tame the horrendous flash and concussion from the .22LR cartridge. An attempt to put a side mount for a scope was done on the left side of the receiver, which was crooked. So crooked that it would have been impossible to zero a scope. Cleaned that all up the best I could. It looked like a drill-n-tap with a hand drill job.

However, this thing will put three shots into two holes, and will shoot 1/4" groups all day. The group in the middle of the black spot is typical. It's crazy accurate. I shoot Aguila SSB's in it, and CCI "quiet". With the perforated barrel extension it has the report of a good air rifle.
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Love the "sling!" :thumbup:
 
Around 90 I had a Marlin mod 30AS 30-30 that would consistently remove the cap from a 20oz bottle at 100 with 2460 and Hornady 170 flat points. Got the rifle for 125 and after hunting with it for 8 years sold it for 600.

My cheapest rifle was a $35 Mosin Nagant 91/30 from 43 I picked out of a 55 gallon drum in 89. Back when I could see better with the crappy worn down sights it would drill 20oz bottles at 100 pretty consistently

I picked up a NEF 20ga single shot for $79 at Walmart and stopped at a turkey shoot on the way home and was asked to leave after an hour. I won 3 turkeys, 2 hams, and $350. First time shooting a shotgun for me and hadn’t even made it home from buying it yet. It would also hit 1 liter bottles at 100 with Winchester slugs once you got used to it.
 
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