Thread: Classics corner and vintage rifle reviews

With all this wet weather in Canterbury I'm getting good hours in the workshop

So a change of plan with the Stevens 044 1/2 restoration
Instead of re chambering a worn and pitted 32 rimfire to 32-20 which also need the breech block to be converted to centerfire !
I decided to put a 22 RF barrel on it and turn it off center to get the case rim under the firing pin
So 3 dummy barrel stubs later it's fully nutted out


One is concentric
One is offset 1.1mm and only just gets hit on the edge by the firing pin
Third is perfect with 1.5mm offset


Then I fitted an old worn extractor and milled out the slot for it in the barrel stub
It's a fraction short at the moment
But intend turning the proper barrel about .2mm further off center to get the firing pin in an even better spot
So this extractor should be perfect


Barrel is in taranaki at the moment
So sorted for when it arrives

Now I need to find some 44 1/2 parts for another project
I did track down an action in the forum for sale but it went cold
They are great rifles but need a lot of work to bring them back to life so you can't afford to pay too much for the parts