Rescued H&R M12 from Cali

spotstalkshoot

spotstalkshoot

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My new to me 22lr came in. Had a 36f light wind morning so sight in and shot at 100 yards. Norma tac22 black box ammo. May try some trigger and stock work. Upper/lower right 100 yards.
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That's great. Did you have a clue beforehand as to what ammo the rifle liked, or did you just get lucky? (y)
Years ago, I had a mod. 52 that liked CCI Green Tag better than all the higher priced stuff, but it took lots of range time to find what it liked.
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My BIL has 2 M12's both shoot the Norma black box tac22 very well at 100 yards. So I had hoped this one would also. I'm not paying 10-15$ or more a box for rimfire(Lapua,SK). I may, pillar/bed the stock/action. Also discussing cyro treating the barrel/receiver. I set the trigger at 18 oz, that may need some lowering. I will need to find a set of international sights then I can shoot both matches. Purchased this one from California Gun Services.
 
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The International sights are getting hard to find, or at least they were when I was shooting up to 2000.
Sold the rifle, scope complete w/Internationl sights back then for about what the scope is worth today.
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That rifle sure taught me a lot! :love:
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A friend who is a collector/shooter told me he has a set. I didn't want to show high interest, will try and buy them reasonably. I'm hoping the new rifle/practicing with it will help counter the reduced centerfire shooting (from supply chain issues) that I have had the last couple years.
 
I shot HP rifle competition for 25 years. Always thought smallbore was easy........until a friend got me interested in 50/100 yard smallbore around year 22..........highpower scores increased noticeably. Little to no recoil lets you see mistakes concealed by recoil. Dryfiring helps but smallbore helps a lot. You'll see a big difference.
 
WOW, I just looked on ebay and as I suspected, they have gone up.....a bunch. We used to find them around $100 for a good repeatable sight. I had 3 at one time but have let them go as I sold off my target rifles. Have only one left.

Here is an auction for 3 right now, 1 day, 21 hrs to go. Don't understand, ad says 3 Internationals, which they show, but picture also has an Olympic in it?? Current bid is only $130. Of course it will speed up near cutoff.
 
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spotstalkshoot said:
Those are model 75 sights, one Lyman. No international/Olympic. Windage adjustment not correct.
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Good catch, Mike. Since they said they were Internationals and it's been so long since I had a Mod. 75 I didn't notice the windage knob on opposite side. Never owned an Olympic but knew they had two mounting holes so figured that was the odd one in picture.
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I'm taking the m12 barrel/receiver in for a cyro treating session. When I removed the stock, was going to pillar bed the stock while the barrel was out. I found a crack at the end of barrel channel. My gsmith friend is going to glass fill and brass pin the crack. Than we may bed the stock. Another friend makes custom cabinets, says he has some cherry stain that would look great. I want to clear it after staining. Last weekend in May is the first match, need this thing shooting.
 
I picked up the cyro treated barrel/receiver this morning. 107.50. The company does a lot of racing brake rotors besides barrels. They want me to provide them feedback of the results.
 
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