Rimfire Stevens Model 15B with Scope

[damienph]

A few weeks ago, I posted on a thread about single shot .22 rifles being good values for the money and that many of the older ones are capable of pretty good accuracy. I mentioned my old Stevens 15B was a great shooter, especially with a scope mounted. A forum member asked to see pics of the scope and how it was mounted so here after about three weeks, are some pics of it.







My receiver is grooved and with high rings I can mount a steel tube Weaver K4 right over the rear sight. I didn't think to take a pic of the complete rifle. I can if there is any interest.

 

[Cee Zee]

Did your 15-B come with those grooves because mine sure doesn't have them. I wish it did.

 

[damienph]

Yes, it came with the grooved receiver. I assume that it came from the factory like that since I have only seen two of these rifles and they both had them, maybe later models than yours?

 

[Cee Zee]

Stupid me. Mine is a 15-A. I knew that but I'm brain dead about half the time these days.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Try making a mount out of Brownell's Accraglas Larry Lyons published an article on that in the October 2001 edition of Guns & Ammo.

He did his for a screw-on mount, and needed extra clearance for a big scope objective. But following his method would be easy.

First, cover a strip of cardboard with electrical tape. Then make a box, use modeling clay to hold it in place, mix up the Accraglas and pour. Let it cure and pull it off.

I think I'd get some fairly fine wire and lay that carefully on the cardboard and put the electrical tape over it -- forming a longitudinal groove in the Accraglas that would become the dovetail when the cardboard was stripped off.

 

[Cee Zee]

Interesting method Vern. I've thought about trying to get that rifle drilled and tapped. But the receiver isn't very thick at any point. It's pretty much the same as the barrel all the way back.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Another method I have used is to take a strip of mild steel and file the edges at an angle -- making it slightly wider on one surface than the other. Use a ball peen hammer to give it the curvature to fit the receiver or barrel, then drill and tap to screw it to the receiver and/or barrel. The flare of the wider upper surface makes the groove for the scope mount.