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Posted: 9/15/2013 9:56:07 PM EDT
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Post your folders, takedowns, etc. I think I need one, and pics always inspire! I'll list a few to get started (don't have any to post pics, sorry): Marlin Papoose Win/Taurus/Rossi pump takedowns Ruger 10/22 takedown Rossi Trifecta AR-7 variants
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I've owned 2 AR-7 variants and they are worthless as a pack or survival rifle due to inherent inaccuracy.
I dumped mine at the 1st opportunity. What good is it if you can't hit a small bird or squirrel at 60 feet? I'm thinking hard of building a pack/survival .22 rifle out of a Savage youth mag fed bolt gun. It's ridiculously accurate for what it is. It already has a shortened stock, short bbl, is mag fed, is simple & robust, takes a scope if wanted ( It's on there) and the stock at the recoil plate can be easily & cheaply hollowed out for a spare mag, fish line & hooks, water resistant matches, extra .22 l.r. ammo, etc. It would only be better if it were SINGLE SHOT for simplicity. The .22 l.r. is by far better than the .22 magnum for reasons of: more ammo, inherent accuracy, availablitly if ammo, variations in ammo are almost unlimited, far less noise and whatever else you can think if that makes the .22 l.r. so versitile. I'm not speaking of a personal defense or combat rifle, but a rifle that is easy to pack, has light & available ammo, is quiet, can do what a pack/survival rifle should do. Keep you supplied in food, be it small birds, chimponks, rabbits, even a head shot deer if need be. If packing a rifle I DO NOT want it in pieces needing to put together in a "need it now" situation. Counter-opinions welcome. Opinions that agree are MORE welcome. 
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Modified Steven Model 15 http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/stevens_15_a.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/stevens_15_b.jpg Is that a Type 99 rear sight you got on there? |
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OK, so it's not lightweight... Belgian Browning .22 autoloader... <a href="http://s825.photobucket.com/user/LesSnyder/media/DSC00358.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/LesSnyder/DSC00358.jpg</a> Got one on a trade, they are awesome .22's! |
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Modified Steven Model 15 http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/stevens_15_a.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/stevens_15_b.jpg Is that a Type 99 rear sight you got on there? Yeah I think so. Just the ladder though, junk box find at a gunshow. The base is a chopped Swede 96. Front sight is a off a Gew98 |
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Modified Steven Model 15 http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/stevens_15_a.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/stevens_15_b.jpg Is that a Type 99 rear sight you got on there? Yeah I think so. Just the ladder though, junk box find at a gunshow. The base is a chopped Swede 96. Front sight is a off a Gew98 You know I was looking at one of those Savage Rascals today at my LGS and even though it's made for a kid it would make a great little pack/trap line rifle, sorta like the old "cat rifle" of the early 1900s my Granddad passed down to me with much better sights. If I can find one used for under $100.00 someday I might buy it and see what I can do with it. Unlike many folks these days I don't think I would need anything more than a single shot to put a rabbit/squirrel on the spit. 
As far as takedowns go here is a old Stevens Model 75 pump I got at a yard sale in a pile of parts parts that I rescued. It's very accurate. Most of the .22 pumps of that era as well as many semi-autos like the FN/Browing semis are takedowns. 
Here is a brace of FN (Browning patent) .22 semi takedowns. One is in .22 lr and the other in .22 short. Thjey date from the 1920s. 
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Curious? That's a pretty spiffy pack rifle you got there. Is the Federal tax stamp for a short barrel rifles ( a pistol now) still $200 bucks?
Do you buy the tax stamp then have the rifle converted or buy the stamp then buy the pistol? What s.g. did you shoot the target pattern with & at what distance? The dot sight you have mounted on it; do you carry an extra battery or does it still work o.k. without electric power? I have the Burris AR-332 that works with a battery but is still usable if the battery dies. It's a great "dot" scope with a 3 X magnification and very wide filed of view. It's mounted on one of my AR's. I'm still working on my Savage youth rifle as a pack or truck rifle. It won't look tacti-cool but it should still meet my requirements for a light pack type rifle. I once owned a Papoose take down but not for vary long. It was almost as inaccurate as the 2 AR-7 survival things I had. I couldn't get 2" groups at 25 yards from it and it was very ammo sensitive. The thing jammed often and would only shoot hi vel ammo. My 10-22 Rugers will shoot subsonic & std vel .22 r.f. ammo as well as hi vel stuff. None of my 10-22 rifles will make pack rifles as they all wear "match" h-bars & variable X glass. |
Action open, ready to receive a shell.
Action closed, ready to fire. 
A close up of the trigger group. 
An old "bicycle gun", called the Bronco. An Italian import from the early 60's. Still very accurate, and always reliable. The front "trigger" unlocks the action so the barrel can be twisted open to insert a .22 rimfire shell (anything but .22 WMR). All up, it weighs just over 2 lbs. My son learned to shoot with this little rifle, 1 round at a time. I keep it hung over the back door in case I have to dispatch yard vermin, pests, or tomato thieving squirrels. Aguila Super Colibri rounds work very well for this task at short, backyard, ranges. At longer ranges or for larger vermin, std 40 grain .22lr shells still get 'er done. My wife's 10/22TD is also a very lightweight, but very accurate, go anywhere little rifle. I recently put a set of fiber optic sights on it, and will soon be getting a new Mueller APV scope for it. I didn't bother to post pics, as it looks just like the one posted above. |
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An old "bicycle gun", called the Bronco. An Italian import from the early 60's. Still very accurate, and always reliable. The front "trigger" unlocks the action so the barrel can be twisted open to insert a .22 rimfire shell (anything but .22 WMR). All up, it weighs just over 2 lbs. I had a Bronco many years ago and found it to be problematic as far as the safety went. It was very easy to move it from safe to fire during normal handling as there was no provision for a detent in the safety bar to lock it in one position or the other. It just slid back and forth. I also broke the rear sight off of it but that was a easy/better replacement even with my limited skills at the time. I got rid of it due to the safety issue but it was a accurate shooter. It was disconcerting to look down and see the safety off when you did not want it to be. |
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Action open, ready to receive a shell. http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt280/Wyldman1/Rimfires/file-1_zps0d699cf6.jpeg Action closed, ready to fire. http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt280/Wyldman1/Rimfires/file_zps1cddda94.jpeg A close up of the trigger group. http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt280/Wyldman1/Rimfires/file-2_zpsd229608d.jpeg An old "bicycle gun", called the Bronco. An Italian import from the early 60's. Still very accurate, and always reliable. The front "trigger" unlocks the action so the barrel can be twisted open to insert a .22 rimfire shell (anything but .22 WMR). All up, it weighs just over 2 lbs. My son learned to shoot with this little rifle, 1 round at a time. I keep it hung over the back door in case I have to dispatch yard vermin, pests, or tomato thieving squirrels. Aguila Super Colibri rounds work very well for this task at short, backyard, ranges. At longer ranges or for larger vermin, std 40 grain .22lr shells still get 'er done. Interesting. Very similar to this precision arms industries rifle that I have. They twist to open in the same way. Mine does not lock the chamber/barrel though. They made a takedown version of this rifle also, but I have never seen one. It was made in the 70's i think, in Ozark, MO....where I live right now. 
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Post your folders, takedowns, etc. I think I need one, and pics always inspire! I'll list a few to get started (don't have any to post pics, sorry): Marlin Papoose Win/Taurus/Rossi pump takedowns Ruger 10/22 takedown Rossi Trifecta AR-7 variants Feather 22 Butler creek/Ramline folders I've got the ones in bold--both good guns. Another gun you might consider is a Ruger Charger. The Charger is actually a pistol but you can have a rifle barrel machined whatever length that you want for it. If you get a barrel made to a length that suits your needs you might not need the take down option. The Charger comes with a bipod and a 10" barrel. |
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It's a Ruger 10/22 with an AGP arms takedown kit. It has two barrels each zeroed to it's own dedicated optic. The 16" barrel goes with the 4X compact scope and the short barrel (custom 5" made from a spare factory takeoff barrel) is paired with the red dot. Both optics are on QD rings so you can swap between long range and short range in seconds. The stock started life as the Charger version of the Blackhawk Axiom Rimfire stock. The forend was shortened, folding mechanism and buttstock installed, I modified a HK style G3 bipod to fit the stock and fold back flush along the sides, It has a custom mag release, tuned factory trigger, polished and radiused bolt, magnum charging handle, bunch of other stuff too. If there is something in particular you want to know more about just ask. |
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It's a Ruger 10/22 with an AGP arms takedown kit. It has two barrels each zeroed to it's own dedicated optic. The 16" barrel goes with the 4X compact scope and the short barrel (custom 5" made from a spare factory takeoff barrel) is paired with the red dot. Both optics are on QD rings so you can swap between long range and short range in seconds. The stock started life as the Charger version of the Blackhawk Axiom Rimfire stock. The forend was shortened, folding mechanism and buttstock installed, I modified a HK style G3 bipod to fit the stock and fold back flush along the sides, It has a custom mag release, tuned factory trigger, polished and radiused bolt, magnum charging handle, bunch of other stuff too. If there is something in particular you want to know more about just ask. Quoted:
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Yes, details please
It's a Ruger 10/22 with an AGP arms takedown kit. It has two barrels each zeroed to it's own dedicated optic. The 16" barrel goes with the 4X compact scope and the short barrel (custom 5" made from a spare factory takeoff barrel) is paired with the red dot. Both optics are on QD rings so you can swap between long range and short range in seconds. The stock started life as the Charger version of the Blackhawk Axiom Rimfire stock. The forend was shortened, folding mechanism and buttstock installed, I modified a HK style G3 bipod to fit the stock and fold back flush along the sides, It has a custom mag release, tuned factory trigger, polished and radiused bolt, magnum charging handle, bunch of other stuff too. If there is something in particular you want to know more about just ask. Being that this started life as a Charger, did you have to register it as an SBR running the short bbl on it. Man I dig it!! 
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Being that this started life as a Charger, did you have to register it as an SBR running the short bbl on it. Man I dig it!! Quoted:
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The stock started life as the Charger version of the Blackhawk Axiom Rimfire stock. The forend was shortened, folding mechanism and buttstock installed, I modified a HK style G3 bipod to fit the stock and fold back flush along the sides, Being that this started life as a Charger, did you have to register it as an SBR running the short bbl on it. Man I dig it!! There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding this whenever I post about the stock. That gun is a registered SBR and would have to be regardless of whether it started as a pistol and I added a buttstock or It started as a rifle and I chopped the barrel. As long as the end result has a short barrel and a buttstock it has to be an SBR. But there's also a little confusion about the gun itself. That gun started life as a full size 10/22 rifle, Only the stock (that is on it now) started as a charger model. I used it because it had some minor differences from the rifle version that were just better for what I was doing. |
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