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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: Kid Shelleen on June 22, 2009, 12:18:04 PM
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1958 Belgian Browning .22 take down with wheel sight.
My first rifle was a Belgian Browning take down in .22 short. Sold it in my 20s (Dumb Youngster). I regreted it ever since.
My Brother-in-Law bought me this one last Christmas. I bought the case from Browning, they started making them again. The case does not fit just right. Apparently the Japanese take down has a slightly smaller stock.
The pic with the .45 is for scale. This is a small, light weight and very slim rifle.
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.22 short only? How does it feed (tube in butt?)
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.22 short only? How does it feed (tube in butt?)
My first was a .22 short. I wish that I had kept it. They are the most rare and most valuable.
The one shown is .22lr.
It has a slot in the stock on the back side (should have shown pic) and a ram rod in the butt plate. Rod twists 90 degrees and pulls out. You load ammo in the slot and then push rod back in and twist to lock.
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Cool!
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Ditto on the 'coolness'.
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Nice Browning Kid 8)
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.22 short only? How does it feed (tube in butt?)
Haz,
Snagged a quick pic from the Browning web site to show you the feed slot.
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And, it ejects down. I have a japanese grade I. I assume this one is grade II? The checkered stock is nice. Wish mine was. I've been thinking of adding sling swivels (yes, on a takedown) to mine.
I like the sights, trigger is great, it eats whatever I feed it. I'm very happy with mine. I bought a 10/22 and sold it a month later; now I know why it has such a large aftermarket. I wonder how the 10/22 sold enough in the first place?
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There is a whole lot of "porn" posted on this site and the funny thing is I can't find any. I'd suggest maybe www.boobs.net if there's an itch to scratch. As for the gun I had one, was disappointed so I picked up one of the first "best of 10" Kimbers. Now that was a tack driver. It would shoot a half degree of nipple if I did my part.
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And, it ejects down. I have a japanese grade I. I assume this one is grade II? The checkered stock is nice. Wish mine was. I've been thinking of adding sling swivels (yes, on a takedown) to mine.
I like the sights, trigger is great, it eats whatever I feed it. I'm very happy with mine. I bought a 10/22 and sold it a month later; now I know why it has such a large aftermarket. I wonder how the 10/22 sold enough in the first place?
Thanks Overload. This is just a Grade I. The older Belgian Grade Ones all came with the checkered stock. I also have a Japanese Grade I. The wheelsight makes the old 1958 more valuable, but I like the sights that they put on the later Belgians. They are the same as the Japanese sights. I shoot the older Belgian, but I prefer to shoot the Japanese version (If I did ding it by mistake I would not have heart failure). I baby the old Belgian. It was born in 1958, just like me.