That is awesome. Always great to see an old rifle brought back to life.
Glad to hear you got her back in good working order. That's a long time to wait. I'd keep it and put it in the rotation for range trips, if it were me. My mossberg model 35 is about the same age.
Took it to the range this morning on a whim; shooting .22 shorts, you can barely tell it fired! It's like shooting a BB gun. With standard velocity .22lr ammo, it shoots nice tight groups at 25 yards. Of course, I was using iron sights and old eyes, but I was pleased with this old rifle's accuracy and performance. Kinda neat to get her back to running well. This old rifle was one of the first to use a patented lifter system to position the round for chambering without it touching anything before it is slid in by the bolt. Good times.
I've got one. It is marked 341-P. I suppose that it originally came with a peep sight. I have owned it for approximately 20 years. Has a vintage Weaver scope. Probably has zero collector value due to missing peep sights and being tapped for a scope. But it is still a cool old gun. Always like watching all of the metal "fingers" that lift the bullet up to be chambered. Works real well. Has killed a truck load of squirrels.
Very cool. Mine has the grooves on the top of the receiver for a rimfire scope; maybe I'll put a cheap-o one on there and see how it does.
I wish my Mossberg Model 35 had that design.
I put it up in the classifieds and I'm guessing nobody wants to mess with an old .22 rifle. It has no sentimental or other value to me other than I spent $181 to get it running again. I think if it doesn't find a new home in the next few days I'll go ahead and refinish it as a project. I'm talking a refinish of the stock, polishing the bolt, and cold bluing the receiver and barrel.
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