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Will default to 06. Email back from the Cody Museum confirmed my guess. They don’t have any information about the 54s. It’s not even listed on their pages of firearms they research.
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Use canned compressed air and blow off the dust and dirt on the lenses.
A fine make up brush will clean the rest and then use a camera lens cloth.
DO NOT USE 40 grit sandpaper or a shirt tail with a screwdriver or pocket knife to get in around the edges and gouge out a bit of glass..
You would not believe what "little boys with vise grips" can do to a scope and adjustments as well.
An achromat lens is made of two layers of glass glued together. One of flint glass and one of crown glass.
Glass will scratch very easily and if you can feel the scratch with a finger nail the lens is pooched.
A fine make up brush will clean the rest and then use a camera lens cloth.
DO NOT USE 40 grit sandpaper or a shirt tail with a screwdriver or pocket knife to get in around the edges and gouge out a bit of glass..
You would not believe what "little boys with vise grips" can do to a scope and adjustments as well.
An achromat lens is made of two layers of glass glued together. One of flint glass and one of crown glass.
Glass will scratch very easily and if you can feel the scratch with a finger nail the lens is pooched.
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Muriatic acid and a dremel wire wheel was a bad idea. I should have read your post first.Use canned compressed air and blow off the dust and dirt on the lenses.
A fine make up brush will clean the rest and then use a camera lens cloth.
DO NOT USE 40 grit sandpaper or a shirt tail with a screwdriver or pocket knife to get in around the edges and gouge out a bit of glass..
You would not believe what "little boys with vise grips" can do to a scope and adjustments as well.
An achromat lens is made of two layers of glass glued together. One of flint glass and one of crown glass.
Glass will scratch very easily and if you can feel the scratch with a finger nail the lens is pooched.
I apologize. I do not know the model 54 at all. I really only study the model 70 with the association as a Marine Sniper rifle.
If this was mine, there is the Winchester Collector's forum or the Double gun Forum. Both of those forums are full of very heavy Commercial Winchester Collector's and researchers.
I would post it here.
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Then I would also post it here. These guys specialize in custom gunsmiths.
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Thanks. I have read a bunch of doublegunshop the last few days. To will keep digging though, and see what else might show up.I apologize. I do not know the model 54 at all. I really only study the model 70 with the association as a Marine Sniper rifle.
If this was mine, there is the Winchester Collector's forum or the Double gun Forum. Both of those forums are full of very heavy Commercial Winchester Collector's and researchers.
I would post it here.
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Then I would also post it here. These guys specialize in custom gunsmiths.
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Brownells shipping has gotten slow. I am still waiting on my chamber casting material to ship, it was ordered on Monday or Tuesday. If I wanted to support amazon more, I would have had that crap Thursday
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They were only made from '25-'35. '36 was the beginning of the M70.
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You should have told me... I could have had you some Cerrobend for nada!!!
Let us know what show up.
This is a really cool rifle and thread. If I haven't mention that.
Sirhr
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All good, I can’t believe I didn’t have it already. Will come in handy later I’m sure anyway.
I’m pretty excited about the this thread as well. I have learned quite a bit
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Snagged a Lyman 48 rear sight to throw on this thing. Probably not 100% correct as it is the WJS version, but it will look the part nonetheless.
Casting material should be here tomorrow so the weekend will be for truth telling and maybe some shooting if it is in fact a 22-250
Casting material should be here tomorrow so the weekend will be for truth telling and maybe some shooting if it is in fact a 22-250
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Casting material showed up. Cleaned the chamber, stuffed it, and lubed it(sounds like those three events should be in a different order 
). Anyway, broke off appropriate amount and added to my Red Bull can. Switched my MAP to regular propane and got busy melting. Pour went good, will wait for it to dry and have the gender reveal.
). Anyway, broke off appropriate amount and added to my Red Bull can. Switched my MAP to regular propane and got busy melting. Pour went good, will wait for it to dry and have the gender reveal.
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and it’s a 22-250. Will get it back together and hopefully shoot it this weekend
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I can see it vaguely as I look over case dimensions, in particular the shoulder angle. The 25-3000 has a 26 degree and the 22-250 has a 56 degree. Will do some more measurements later I guess
^ Hmmm. .25-20 single shot is a pretty narrow case if I recall correctly.
I saw the casting and thought "It's a .219 Zipper!" (though that's probably just because he cast a perfect rim)
Electro-penciling your name and drivers license number on your guns seemed to be the thing to do in the late 1950's and through the 60's, but I'd love to know started that awful fad.
I saw the casting and thought "It's a .219 Zipper!" (though that's probably just because he cast a perfect rim)
Electro-penciling your name and drivers license number on your guns seemed to be the thing to do in the late 1950's and through the 60's, but I'd love to know started that awful fad.
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So more digging is definitely in order. Shame on me for not trying it earlier, but I never actually closed the bolt on a 22-250 round. As it turns out, it will not close. I marked the case and worked the bolt a few times. You can clearly see the line on the start of the shoulder. This is not a 22-250
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So digging continues. Pulled some old manuals. The Speer #9 is full of choices, but two cases have caught my eye. The 225 Winchester and the 220 Swift. I am looking for case dimensions of the 22R, none of my old books have them.
In a pm, I posted about that rim, that rim is simply overflow out of the chamber patted down when casting. There is still "lost" length to the bolt face, that casting can't capture.
My thoughts on the width of that casting VS the R Lovell case are similar to yours. Without more to go on...
Texting and phone pics to old buds gets interesting.
@roostercogburn98
Please give us caliper measurements on the mouth, neck junction, shoulder, and at the end of the casting b4 the mushroom. Plz
I'm not where I can get to my old lyman book. At some point....
Where oh where is my copy of "cartridges of the world" ....
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You are correct, I run the calipers around some to see if it changed. I can get .467 just below the mushroom, so too big for 220swift there. Digging through some hornady manuals now
Not a Swift by any chance or a 2R Lovell. I don't know who posted the shit in the book that j-huskey showed (no offense j-huskey, the book is WRONG) but that ain't an improved version.
The shoulder should measure .419" and the base should be around .470" (convert to metric and it's ~about~ 12mm, give or take...Damn that Paul Mauser was a smart guy).
Have you determined if the bore is .224", .243" OR .257"? Remember this case could be based off the .250-3000 (1915) or the .300 Savage (1920) which has a 30 deg. shoulder and is .062" shorter. But the .300 Savage is a .447" shoulder With the taper I see, it should be based off the .250-3000 case
The shoulder should measure .419" and the base should be around .470" (convert to metric and it's ~about~ 12mm, give or take...Damn that Paul Mauser was a smart guy).
Have you determined if the bore is .224", .243" OR .257"? Remember this case could be based off the .250-3000 (1915) or the .300 Savage (1920) which has a 30 deg. shoulder and is .062" shorter. But the .300 Savage is a .447" shoulder With the taper I see, it should be based off the .250-3000 case
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.225 Winchester? .224 Donaldson Ace? .224 Clark? Hmmmmmm....
(I have no idea, I'm just flipping through the late Mr. Howell's big blue book without knowing what numbers I'm trying to compare. lol
Is .467" what I should be after?
(I have no idea, I'm just flipping through the late Mr. Howell's big blue book without knowing what numbers I'm trying to compare. lol
Is .467" what I should be after?
I just thought of something. What you could have is a 'short chambered' .22-250 (sorry, I didn't see the comparison of cast to .22-250). Barrels sent out, rough reamed .050" short for a cartridge. You, or your gunsmith, installs the barrel and finish chambers the barrel to fit the cartridge.
^ I was wondering if it could be a ".22 Varminter" ( meaning a .22-250 but an earlier, non standardized chamber)
I'm not seeing things tighter in the shoulder, only slightly larger.
I'm not seeing things tighter in the shoulder, only slightly larger.
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Try WAG #2...
cut the 22-250 case off just below the shoulder. Be like a 44 automag case. Anneal the hell out of it.
Try to chamber form it in the action...
Be real curious. That would be my next thing.
Hopefully it would just start to form the bottom of the shoulder and not into the neck.
Try WAG #2...
cut the 22-250 case off just below the shoulder. Be like a 44 automag case. Anneal the hell out of it.
Try to chamber form it in the action...
Be real curious. That would be my next thing.
Hopefully it would just start to form the bottom of the shoulder and not into the neck.
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This gun was likely done in the late 30s through the early 60s I’d assume. Not sure it would have say around for that long short chambered. It has seen use for sure.
Re-reading both pages I was thinking, before you make any changes to it, it might be worth puting it on Gunbroker to make sure some Lovell aficionado didn't want it really bad. You never know.
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It won’t get changed other than adding a Lyman 48 peep sight to the rear. Probably won’t go up for sale anytime soon either. At least not before I know what caliber it is
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That gives you more measurements to work with.
Base to shoulder.
Base diameter.
Shoulder diameter.
Shoulder diameter on the casting.
Along with the other casting measurements.
Might get closer to knowing what it is.
Base to shoulder.
Base diameter.
Shoulder diameter.
Shoulder diameter on the casting.
Along with the other casting measurements.
Might get closer to knowing what it is.
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Getting close measurements to a 225 Winchester with that method you referred to. Head to shoulder measurement is 1.53 which is exact for that caliber. All other dimensions are fairly close or exact.
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Sent an email to a guy on GB that has some older cartridges for sale. There is also an auction for a handful that might end up mineTime to find a 225 Winchester cartridge and see if it fits.
Where oh where 225 win Cartridges....
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