Oddball old .22's

by Sarge , Central Misery, Sunday, June 08, 2014, 23:55 (3763 days ago)

I scored a couple of old .22's this week; a Star Model F and High Standard Sentinel with the 4” barrel and George Effing Patton white plastic grips.

The Star showed a preference for Remington Thunderbolts, gobbling up the hundred I had on hand as fast as I could load the magazine. It did not particularly like Federal bulk HP. The Sentinel ate everything I threw at it. Both guns shot substantially high and I set about lowering the rear sight on each. Both required deepening the notch to accomplish this and I used Dremel wheels stacked for an exact fit to each notch.

This proved a worthwhile effort as both guns are easily minute-of cathead at 15 yards, where initial zeroing took place. These targets represent a full load of Federal 36 grain bulk HP from each gun.