Sporterized M-1922

[Griff Murphey]

Just bought 8494 SA 8-26 from a friend’s estate. It was an attic find- he had paid very little for it maybe nothing as a widow wanted “ the guns out of the house…” The bolt has been turned down and it has a Beuhler type low safety as it is D&T’d with a Redfield base and a gigantic Bushnell 6-18 scope. The recessed area of the stock 488044DF-FA37-46A4-8027-1CA6AEE5B8E0.jpgEC6C8106-5DE3-4890-BA12-77358F9A6BA5.jpg5A666967-430E-4F33-A8F5-66D3C23EAA85.jpgAE58B0AA-02F7-41AA-8F3B-E84E52B228C1.jpg9E863DBE-ACF0-4A75-BC1D-D10B34CCA1DC.jpg488044DF-FA37-46A4-8027-1CA6AEE5B8E0.jpgEC6C8106-5DE3-4890-BA12-77358F9A6BA5.jpg5A666967-430E-4F33-A8F5-66D3C23EAA85.jpgAE58B0AA-02F7-41AA-8F3B-E84E52B228C1.jpg9E863DBE-ACF0-4A75-BC1D-D10B34CCA1DC.jpgfor the rear sight on the stock has been filled with acraglass and looks sorta ok. The stock has has about 3/8” cut off and a recoil pad (on a .22 LR?!?) is crudely installed- not to the standard of the other gunsmithing which though highly regrettable is pretty good. Anyway I gave $1100 for it. I’ll shoot it if it’s fun I’ll keep it; I think it would be a very expensive restoration.

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Sorry for the messy post

[Kragrifle]

Was the receiver drilled and tapped for that scope ?

[Griff Murphey]

Yes.

[RCS]

You should be able to find another 1903 stock that was sporterized and I have seen used M2 stocks around
but they sometimes had things done to them. Some gunshops have sporter stocks around too

[Kragrifle]

Don?t try to restore this rifle, just enjoy shooting it.

[Griff Murphey]

My thought is: I will try it, may be a good old man?s 50 yard plate dinger. If it?s the kind of gun you can shoot a Turkey in the head with, I?ll keep it. Restoration would be virtually prohibitive, IMO.

[fjruple]

Too bad someone messed with it. It looks like a Model of 1922 M1 that was not updated to a (MII) M2. Is the M1 magazine missing or converted to single shot? Finding M1 parts are like looking for live dinosaur eggs if you should break any. One option is to upgraded to a M2 as those parts are still around.

[artd]

While I agree that the rifle has been too severely modified to properly restore, it is interesting. One question, is the rifle's serial number etched on the bottom of the bolt? SN 8494 is not found in the SRS listing and may very likely be a Model of 1922 MI issue rifle. If the MI bolt is serialized to the receiver, it is actually a pretty rare thing because most MI's would have been upgraded to the M2 configuration.

Art

[Griff Murphey]

It has a correct magazine. I’ll check to see about the sn possibly on the bolt.

[Griff Murphey]

06D6FFBD-BC53-4D51-A152-77D7B1E29C00.jpgYes it is marked 8494 on the bottom of the bolt.