I cant believe there is not more likes. Very informative thanks. Found one in a pawn shop but seems they wont take below $175 for it, I think I will pass

..I inherited my dad's Sears Ranger 101..the Sears copy..hehad his mom send it to him when he was in the USAAF, trying in Texas in 1943..a farmer he met at Sunday Mass invited him and his friends to come to his ranch and shoot Jack rabbits...

I have 887 short only. The mag tube doesn't like to push much more than ten rounds down. Sometimes a round pops out of the tube before the feeding round feeds all of the way. The bolt hangs up about half way. The round that popped out of the tube gets shoved up and the rim hangs up on the end of the tube preventing the round to go back into the tube. I have discovered as long as the bolt is locked back prior to loading the lifter totally blocks the ammo in the tube and the feeding crash doesn't occur.

@BTORange

Ай бұрын

I have not seen a Model 887 that was .22 Shorts only. On this model the lifter acts as the cartridge stop and blocks the second round from feeding out until the bolt is all the way closed. I would suspect the issue does not happen with .22 Long Rifle.

Fabulous video. Idea for more videos. What is the best Classic Tube Fed Semi-Auto? What is the best Classic Tube Fed Bolt Action? What is the best Classic Tube Fed Pump Action? You could contrast with the worst designs!

@BTORange

14 күн бұрын

That would be interesting. I do try to stay away from best or worst videos because that begins to be just my opinion

@tominva4121

14 күн бұрын

@@BTORange - "Opinions" of knowledgeable and experienced people will always matter to me. I've just gotten in to collecting tube fed .22s after falling in love again with my grandfather's Remington Model 34.

Andrew, we spoke in the parking lot a couple of months ago about my model 85, same as those 87’s, but clip fed. You sure have unique stuff. What fun. I should bring you my Winchester 1911 SL or Remington 81 to let you display some real Rube Goldberg stuff clickety clack stuff.

I'm currently working on a customers Westernfield Model 59 and have to replace the plungers because somebody ground them down for some reason. The problem I have is I can not find anything from Sav/Stev/Spring that matches what I have. It is a very similar design but still vastly different and could use some help in identifying this so I can look for parts and resources.

@BTORange

2 күн бұрын

Should be a pre-WW2 Stevens Model 6. Savage stopped repairing those by the late 1940's and would convert them to the then-current "Speed-Lock" action. Best bet for parts is to find a complete gun as a donor. I guess if someone absolutely HAD to, metal could be added and reshaped but the cost for that would be multiples of the gun's value.

Is the 87A scope ready? If so, what type of mount?

Hi I’ve owned this 87B for quite some years, but I’ve not run into this issue. Trying to disassemble the bolt for cleaning, the bolt carrier itself refuses to come out.

@BTORange

Ай бұрын

There are two plungers operating upward from the trigger group. You will have to hold the trigger to the rear, then release it to remove the bolt.

Winchester made a single-action 22-caliber rifle years ago. On the top center of the barrel, there was a gray knob. That knob was used to cock the gun by pulling it toward you. Do you know Model Winchester that was? Can you do a video on that gun also? My father had one when I was a kid. My oldest brother got it. Sadly he passed away. I don't know what his kids did with it. I would love to buy one just like it. Thumbs up to your great videos.

@BTORange

4 ай бұрын

Most of them single shot bolt action .22's by Winchester had a cocking knob at the rear of the bolt. There was a Model 55 that looked like a semiauto, is that what you are referring to?

I just purchased a Springfield Stevens 87A. i have not shot it yet but it appears mine is missing that upper cartridge guide. it looks like maybe someone broke it off or it sheared off somehow. would you be able to provide a link to a replacement?

@BTORange

Ай бұрын

Gun Parts Corp has both used original and new reproduction parts for that model - the part you need is called the "bumper." www.gunpartscorp.com/products/103880a Note the barrel must be removed from the receiver to replace that part.

Have a Western Field 87 round rear cap and I have not gotten it to feed, with bolt only in the receiver (VERY SLOWLY cycling the action by hand) the nose of the cartridge pops up but the extractor does not catch the back and it fails / falls out of chamber and fails to load. Have changed out the springs on the feed ramp and the feed tube. No luck so far. I had a couple of these when I was a teenager and picked this one up at the right low price. So far it has been a project gun that I am failing at fixing. Do the bolts make a difference? As what I have match's your video except it has the saddle type extractor which I have R&R'ed but again no joy. The cartridge is just really short of being picked up by the bolt and the upper guide is there at the top of the chamber but does not appear to contact the nose of the cartridge in time. Cartridge just falls out. Any ideals?

@BTORange

Ай бұрын

Feed throat

@canada3016

Ай бұрын

@@BTORange All right will check it thanks