I've a sweet model 25 in 25-20 for which I paid $675 at a gun show a couple years back. Took it to the range with some handloaded Starline 32-20 formed to 25-20, some A1680 propellant, and some Meister 85 grain lead bullets.
Didn't clean it. Din't do anything. Put five rounds downrange offhand at 50 yards and got a vertical 1.5" or 1.75" group 2" left of point of aim in a nearly perfect straight vertical line.
I don't claim to be an offhand rifle shooter, and I nearly dropped dead when I looked thru the spotting scope.
A PIROMA load*, an unknown and dirty rifle. Not too shaggy for a geezer with chunks of forged titanium supporting his spine?
The rifle has lost most of its bluing and has a nice brown patina. The stock has the usual dings and dents, and some cracking which appears to be thru and thru from side to side about 25% up from the bottom where the wood meets the metal. The stock has also shrunk around the butt plate with noticeable gaps. The forend looks like new? It is all a nice grade of walnut.
I expect that if i continue to shoot the rifle that all of this this is going to be a problem if it is not corrected.
The bore is actually horrible now that I have my Teslong bore camera (what a deal! $80? Ebay?) It is full of carbon, lead and pits. Clearly the previous owner din't use CLEANBORE ammo? It actually looked pretty good with a bore light at time of purchase. I am pleasantly surprised that it shot as well as it did.
Think I'm going to be taking that bore camera with me to future gun shows, as it will work with an Android phone.
I've read they only made around 33K of these, about 1/3 in 25-20 chambering, the rest in 32-20. That's not lots.
QUESTIONS:
(1) will repair of the stock affect value?
(2) would a refinishing of the stock affect value?
(3) would re-bluing the metal affect value?
It is soooo sweet. It is also a bit beat up. Not horrible, just what you would expect, and perhaps less, from a rifle manufactured in 1929.
tanks
mac
*"Pulled it right outta my aft...."
Didn't clean it. Din't do anything. Put five rounds downrange offhand at 50 yards and got a vertical 1.5" or 1.75" group 2" left of point of aim in a nearly perfect straight vertical line.
I don't claim to be an offhand rifle shooter, and I nearly dropped dead when I looked thru the spotting scope.
A PIROMA load*, an unknown and dirty rifle. Not too shaggy for a geezer with chunks of forged titanium supporting his spine?
The rifle has lost most of its bluing and has a nice brown patina. The stock has the usual dings and dents, and some cracking which appears to be thru and thru from side to side about 25% up from the bottom where the wood meets the metal. The stock has also shrunk around the butt plate with noticeable gaps. The forend looks like new? It is all a nice grade of walnut.
I expect that if i continue to shoot the rifle that all of this this is going to be a problem if it is not corrected.
The bore is actually horrible now that I have my Teslong bore camera (what a deal! $80? Ebay?) It is full of carbon, lead and pits. Clearly the previous owner din't use CLEANBORE ammo? It actually looked pretty good with a bore light at time of purchase. I am pleasantly surprised that it shot as well as it did.
Think I'm going to be taking that bore camera with me to future gun shows, as it will work with an Android phone.
I've read they only made around 33K of these, about 1/3 in 25-20 chambering, the rest in 32-20. That's not lots.
QUESTIONS:
(1) will repair of the stock affect value?
(2) would a refinishing of the stock affect value?
(3) would re-bluing the metal affect value?
It is soooo sweet. It is also a bit beat up. Not horrible, just what you would expect, and perhaps less, from a rifle manufactured in 1929.
tanks
mac
*"Pulled it right outta my aft...."