Back in the late 50's as I recall (maybe early 60's) Sears bought up a bunch of military surplus actions and barreled actions and had a company in the Midwest make sporters out of them..I recall a barrel or box of rifles in the sporting goods department and think the cost of them was something like $59 without a scope and $70 with one....As I can find out they used Mauser actions, 1917 actions and even used some commercial model 70 conversions...
These would have been much like the Remington Model 30 that was a 1917 conversion.
I know this forum is mostly about military surplus rifles and not about sportarized rifles but since these were a commercial venture of some scope I wonder what information someone might wish to share...
I happen to have a Winchester "Sears deer rifle" that has a 22" bbl...looks a bit like an old Bishop stock..it has a sears scope mount and a fixed 4 power Ted Williams scope...it has a blind magazine which cut the capacity down (the "pregnant guppy" floor plate is gone and the box magazine is fully contained in the stock)..
This little devil shoots terrific...it makes a big flash and bang but I've shot it a lot over the years...Is there any "trail" of information about these rifles? Any info or thoughts appreciated..I didn't think it would be considered a "buba" rifle as it was not "home brew"..Thanks
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OK, well I reread the first post and this is the first mention of that. Why can't you put the end of a drift or screwdriver under the cocking piece and hold it back while you unscrew the bolt? Anywayzzz, watch this whole vid and he changed from a buggered up cocking piece to a cock on opening and shows you how to shim it.
See what happens when you are old and feeble minded...I got some posts mixed up and the cock on opening Enfield is a 25-06 I have and simply "lost it" mentally when posting...sorry about the dumb move on my part...and thanks much for the info and link...I think that will work...
I was interested if anyone had much info on the Sears "special" and again got it mixed up with another little thing with the 25-06 on an Enfield with a Douglas barrel..
The rifle pictured is identical to those sold by Klein's Sporting Goods during the 1960's. They are very common. I see lots of them for sale on the WWW.
I have always wondered what company did the actual sporterizing work for Klein's. It must have been a large company with the facilities and skilled labor to make a large production run. Probably in the thousands of units. Someone must know the answer.
Let me toss out some possibilities;
Williams Gun Sight Co.
Flaig Brothers Sporting Goods
Firearms International
Dixie Gun Works
I owned one of these during the mid-1960's. I thought it was pretty cool. The fit of the barreled action to the stock was horrible! The barreled action would move 3/4 of an inch forward to back within the stock.
Yes, the answer will be forthcoming. I thought these would likely be a for-runner of the 725 Remington or some such. I had one of those and the similarities were obvious. I couldn't keep the action screws tight though so I traded it for a 7400 Rem which I sold...loyal ain't I?
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