Winchester 1926 M54 30-30 4x Stith Scope Plain Base @ 100 Yds

quicksylver

quicksylver

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20160922_151355.jpg 20160922_151529.jpg 20160922_151537.jpg So while you guys have been having fun..I Bubbaed a Stith mount and a a Stith 4x scope by Weaver with 1/2" brass shim...I "antiqued" the brass with ammonia fumes ( both are actually the same color and darker than the pictures show)...now it fits my Winchester model 54 in 30-30 so as not to have to work on the bolt....nice little gun this 54.

The interesting part here is that the scope only has an adjustments for elevation...windage is adjusted via two screws on the base...this thing is crystal clear BTW..

The gun has shown some promise so I thought the work was worth while....

I have been on a Plain Base kick lately so I thought I would try the NOE's 30 Hunter and Noe #315..
both plain based by drilling out the GC and both cast with COWW +2% Pewter....sized .310 lubed with Ben's Red and Lightly rolled in BLL.

I pushed these along with 7.3 grs of Universal....figure they are doing about 1250 FPS....got Unique ...like this better...

I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story..and it does ..especially with my use of scopes...and that 5th round screw up....

Jim ...what you might find interesting is that the first and second groups were fired with me trying to fit the gun..I was NOT comfortable at all...constantly trying to get my head down...so dhuuu...I readjusted the rear bag backwards so as to raise the butt stock then elevated the front rest to get a good sight picture...groups 3 and four were shot with this set up...slight difference I would say...

enjoy the pictures ..and thanks for looking
 

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fiver

fiver

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I'm drawing from memory here.
airc they over engineered those triggers a bit and added a part that wasn't really needed [but necessary once it's in there] for some reason.
 
quicksylver

quicksylver

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fiver said:
I'm drawing from memory here.
airc they over engineered those triggers a bit and added a part that wasn't really needed [but necessary once it's in there] for some reason.
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Fiver it is my understanding that the gun was designed with the theory that if they took the good parts from the 98 Mauser and 03 Springfield and put them into one gun they would have the best of both worlds...well that was the theory...they came up with a very accurate gun with a two stage trigger...but quirks of its own....the model 70 is the 54 wo the quirks.... seems to be one too many springs in the trigger. ...sloopy..
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Two stage trigger was designed so that the rifle could be cocked, and then dropped without the striker falling, i.e. as in combat (Mauser, Krag, Springfield, etc.). First stage was to be "taken up" and the second stage was the trigger pull. The Model 70 trigger was called a "single set trigger" as it relied upon the spring pressure on the sear to hold the striker back. If dropped or bumped, they were expected to fire, as opposed to the two stage that was safe if dropped. HTH, Ric
 
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