This was my grandfather's .22 on my father's side. I have both my grandfather's and father's (Model 15). This particular one was given to me by my paternal grandmother, which is quite an honor because I not only am not the oldest cousin on that side of the family, but there are a slew of them which were quite close to my grandmother. I did not see her all that often, as when my parents divorced, the dad side tended in those days to bow out.
Anyway, I got it out of the safe for a shakedown box of bullets and had some fun on a sunny day after a rainy night. I was able to keep seven 5-shot groups on the paper and of those three were quite satisfactory all things considered. I was using those old macked-up Sears targets which are a little hard to see 50-yds away. I scored the following group sizes:
2.0" 2.3" 2.5"
3.8"
4.5" 4.8"
5.2"
The gun seemed to be sighted in a bit high, so I took a deeper bead the second time through and that brought it down. Next step, of course, clean it up and have a much, much more serious day and see if the groups can be tightened up.
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