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Well once again another rimfire follows me home from work. This time it is a Springfield 87A 22 cal rifle. For those that have not seen one of these old 87A's they are kindof a odd old rimfire. They are a semiauto/singleshot. They shoot 22 short. long & longrifle but only shoot LR in the semiauto mode. When in singleshot mode they will shoot all 3. To make it a singleshot you push the bolt handle in after chambering a round. This stops the bolt from cycling after the shell is fired. For semiauto mode you simply leave the bolt handle out. Its kind of a neat setup really.
This 87A came into the shop looking pretty sad. So I decided to bring it home and show it a little love. The receiver and barrel are in pretty good shape, but the stock looks like it has ben sitting in a bucket with 5 inches of water in it. Then someone decided they needed to take it apart, so the clamped a pair of vise grips on the take down bolt and cranked it loose, gouging the forearm around the bolt.
All I have done so far is tear it down and give it a good looking over. Everything is there so this one should be a pretty easy refurb.
I will update this thread as work progresses on the old girl.
JB
This 87A came into the shop looking pretty sad. So I decided to bring it home and show it a little love. The receiver and barrel are in pretty good shape, but the stock looks like it has ben sitting in a bucket with 5 inches of water in it. Then someone decided they needed to take it apart, so the clamped a pair of vise grips on the take down bolt and cranked it loose, gouging the forearm around the bolt.
All I have done so far is tear it down and give it a good looking over. Everything is there so this one should be a pretty easy refurb.
I will update this thread as work progresses on the old girl.
JB






