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561packrat · November 5, 2009, 08:35 AM

Thanks petah,
Very informative. The bore is very rough and where the firing pin has been impinging on the edge of the chamber a ridge has built up preventing a cartridge from being chambered. An inadvertent safety feature, as a kid I'm sure I would have loaded it with one of the hotter .22's and gotten myself in trouble. I do have some CB and BB caps, but I don't see any point in firing it.
I was curious about its intended use as the sights are crude and the chambering is so mild, is it , as you previously suggested, a plinker?
packrat

November 5, 2009, 08:35 AM	#5
561packrat Member Join Date: September 18, 2008 Posts: 16	Thanks petah, Very informative. The bore is very rough and where the firing pin has been impinging on the edge of the chamber a ridge has built up preventing a cartridge from being chambered. An inadvertent safety feature, as a kid I'm sure I would have loaded it with one of the hotter .22's and gotten myself in trouble. I do have some CB and BB caps, but I don't see any point in firing it. I was curious about its intended use as the sights are crude and the chambering is so mild, is it , as you previously suggested, a plinker? packrat