Thisisyourcaptin
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I have 3 32 Rimfire rifles. A Remington #2 rolling block, Stevens Favorite, and a Winchester Low Wall. They were are family hand downs a not taken very good care of. The stevens is shot out and has no rifling left. The other two are just ok. Pitted and very poor bores. The actions are all tight and in good shape. The bluing is old and shoes lots of wear, but no rust. The wood on all of them is pretty dinged up and maybe a 3 out of 10. But none are cracked or chipped.
I do not care about the history of the guns as there is none really. They were family farm guns and used as such. I’d like to get one back into to shooting condition. I have access to a machine shop and can easily convert the rolling block and low wall. I’m pretty sure they can handle the power upgrade as well. With a rebore they will have new bores and chambers. It’s a matter of a couple days work to convert the action.
I do not know if the Stevens can handle the power, but that’s simply cause I know little about them at all.
Again there is no real history being hurt here. They have sat in a gun safe for the last 20-30 years collecting dust. I am going to keep the one I convert and sell the other two as I have limited space in my safes and the rest of the family does not want to have anything to do with them. Nor do I.
Thoughts on the rolling block or low wall conversion?
Nate
I do not care about the history of the guns as there is none really. They were family farm guns and used as such. I’d like to get one back into to shooting condition. I have access to a machine shop and can easily convert the rolling block and low wall. I’m pretty sure they can handle the power upgrade as well. With a rebore they will have new bores and chambers. It’s a matter of a couple days work to convert the action.
I do not know if the Stevens can handle the power, but that’s simply cause I know little about them at all.
Again there is no real history being hurt here. They have sat in a gun safe for the last 20-30 years collecting dust. I am going to keep the one I convert and sell the other two as I have limited space in my safes and the rest of the family does not want to have anything to do with them. Nor do I.
Thoughts on the rolling block or low wall conversion?
Nate