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<blockquote data-quote="fustigate" data-source="post: 1529023" data-attributes="member: 18799"><p>Thanks for the feedback/advice, guys! At first, I wanted to clean it up so it wouldn't get worse (I hated to see something that old and in the family get neglected). But when I realized there was more worth to it than just the family history, I figured it was definitely worth putting money in it (in contrast to my ancestor's Iver Johnson 410 shotgun; one book had it at $25!)</p><p></p><p>And I'm not crazy for wanting to get it to shoot, right? Someone told me he didn't think that was a good idea, but it's calling to me too much to just clean and hang on the wall. I know there are issues with these rifles (weak bolts) shooting newer loads, but I shouldn't have a problem with .22 short. ...right?</p><p></p><p>Again, there seems to be some wear to the rifling. So someone suggested shooting it now to see how accurate it was and then deciding how much work I wanted done on it, depending on how much I cared about the resulting accuracy. (I'd have to manually load each round / pull each casing at this point, of course.)</p><p>I'm not going to be entering any cowboy shooting competitions and I'm not a great shot anyway, but if it's going to shoot, I'd like for it to shoot decently well, obviously.</p><p>Is it safe/wise to try it as it is?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fustigate, post: 1529023, member: 18799"] Thanks for the feedback/advice, guys! At first, I wanted to clean it up so it wouldn't get worse (I hated to see something that old and in the family get neglected). But when I realized there was more worth to it than just the family history, I figured it was definitely worth putting money in it (in contrast to my ancestor's Iver Johnson 410 shotgun; one book had it at $25!) And I'm not crazy for wanting to get it to shoot, right? Someone told me he didn't think that was a good idea, but it's calling to me too much to just clean and hang on the wall. I know there are issues with these rifles (weak bolts) shooting newer loads, but I shouldn't have a problem with .22 short. ...right? Again, there seems to be some wear to the rifling. So someone suggested shooting it now to see how accurate it was and then deciding how much work I wanted done on it, depending on how much I cared about the resulting accuracy. (I'd have to manually load each round / pull each casing at this point, of course.) I'm not going to be entering any cowboy shooting competitions and I'm not a great shot anyway, but if it's going to shoot, I'd like for it to shoot decently well, obviously. Is it safe/wise to try it as it is? [/QUOTE]
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