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222 MAG

gregwgregw Member Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
I have a 222 MAG made with HERTERS parts...This gun is a single shot...Question is, should I keep it or try to trade / Sell it for a 223? The guys here helped me out before with info on finding out what it is, not sure what to do...
http://www.Photoshed.net/is.php?i=5675&img=HPIM0285.JPG
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  • gregwgregw Member Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Shute, I was not sure how that was done sa I took the gun apart and could not see any sign of a splice...
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Being you are thinking about selling I take it that there are some things you don't personally like "caliber/single shot/looks/etc" I don't keep guns I don't like because I lust over many I don't have yet . My advice is to sell it but be aware the things you don't like about it will be the same things that hurt the value when it comes to selling.
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  • gregwgregw Member Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like the gun, just not the Single Shot part, I could get the magazine and new stock I suppose, just looking for ideas...
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,168 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    Sweet looking rifle! It's missing the magazine or it's not set up for a magazine?

    What exactly is wrong with the stock?

    If you decide to sell it, I would like to see it on GB. I'm looking for something on that order for my 12 year old daughter.
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MT357,

    Here are the background threads to this one:

    http://forums.forthehunt.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=281682

    http://forums.forthehunt.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=281759

    gregw,

    I think the rifle is worth more if you put the effort into the stock and magazine than if you tried to sell it and buy something different.

    Best.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,168 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    Didn't notice the stock until nn pointed it out. That's kind of a strange stock.
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  • gregwgregw Member Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MT, nothing wrong with the stock except it is a single piece of wood where the magazine should be...This is what is making it a single shot and forcing me to buy a new stock for it,,,as NN pointed out, it looks spliced but I am not a gunsmith and do not see how it was done...anyway just looking for some ideas.

    gwrighter@hancock.net

    gregw,

    Offers to buy, sell or trade are not allowed on the GB forums. The forums are supported 100% by the Gunbroker Auctions and these activities run counter to that support.

    Best.
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  • DokeyDokey Member Posts: 936 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a friend who has a 222 mag gun and finds it almost impossible to find factory loaded ammo. Unprimed brass can be had if one handloads
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  • gregwgregw Member Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sorry for that mistake, I forgot
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  • 5mmgunguy5mmgunguy Member Posts: 3,092 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beautiful looking rifle. My recommendation would be to handload. Or set the barrel back and have it rechambered to 223...my first vote would be to keep it a 222 Mag. Its a great varmint round.
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  • I.ShuteI.Shute Member Posts: 647 ✭
    edited November -1
    That's not a spliced stock. I have some like it and I love them.

    They graft English walnut trees onto black walnut stumps because the black walnut has a better, stronger root system. That thing that looks like a splice is where the 2 trunks joined when growing.
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