I keep my eye out for .22lr around here because I have several rural family members who use it reqularly. I found 300 rounds of CCI last week for ~$0.08 a round. I got the crazy idea of looking for a .22 of my own. Yesterday, I ran across a 1920ish Remington 12A pump and picked it up for ~$100. I'm a sucker for old steel and wood project guns.
It's covered in surface rust, but only light pitting in a couple of places. It has 100 years of powder in places and the barrel groves show in some places and not in others. I won't know the actual condition of the barrel until I can remove the lead fowling. I'm optimistic because there is rifling at the ends of the barrel.
I'll need to fix the stock, but I've made a shotgun stock from scratch and repaired a broken milsurp stock. This one is cracked in several places. I'll buy one if it doesn't cost more than the gun.
I spent part of last night tearing it down and removing rust. It's cleaning up better than I thought. I may have to try my hand at rebluing.
I need to find the actual date. Numbers and text started popping out everywhere as I cleaned away a layer of rust.
Pictures below.
Remington 12A pump .22
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Brian