Stevens/Springfield .22 single shot

by Catoosa, Monday, July 24, 2023, 20:47 (490 days ago) @ A K Church

Wife's mother had one of those that sat behind her kitchen door. A solid, reliable little gun, even if not much to look at. She could shoot it, too. After she passed, I decided to clean the crud off of it and see what I could do to make it look better. Stripped and stained the stock with walnut hull juice and finished with a couple coats of BLO. Reshaped the trigger and the trigger guard and inletted the guard into the stock (it was originally just screwed on and looked like crap). Added sling swivels and a nice leather sling. Dredged up a Springfield brand 4X .22 scope from my junk box and mounted it on the receiver dovetail. Zeroed it with Winchester LR hollow points, which that rifle seems to particularly like.

I'm right proud of the way the project turned out, and now the little rifle occupies a cubbyhole in the back of the house just in case something needs taking care of in the back yard.