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Powder Keg:
I picked these up in the hopes to make shooters out of them. The one with most of the parts is locked up tight! I've been messing with them the last couple evenings.



I soaked the receiver with the lever overnight in Evapo-rust. It managed to get rid of most of the rust. Plus the parts started to loosen up. I can see how great they look already. Man these are going to be fun little guns!

On the short list of parts that I need to get are barrels and some little springs. I have scrap metal to make my little bits out of and I have a huge plank of walnut tucked away in the rafters of my shop.

I have a few questions about these Crackshot's. Well, I guess for any owners of Crackshot's. I'd like to get a sketch of the barrel if possible. It is a pretty small diameter barrel. I think the bore might have to be offset to make room for the extractor. A sketch of the extractor would be nice also :D I'm thinking that the lug to hold the barrel on will need to be dovetailed into the barrel then soldered on?

Thanks in advance,

~Wes~

75Plus:
Hi Wes, You may have seen these sites but if not you may find them a good resource in this project.

http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/Stevens%2022/Info%20Discovered.htm

http://www.wisnersinc.com/rifles/stevens/singleshotlever.html

Joe

Powder Keg:
I started cleaning up the first receiver today. They aren't very flat. I'm block sanding down the sides the best I can. There are flat spots with a low spot here and there. The "Crackshot" lettering can be saved on 2 of the receivers. There is rust pitting that I'm having to deal with. One is pretty bad but it will clean up. I figure it would be better to have these as shooters that worry about markings?

I found a neat Patent drawing Here. It shows the barrel bore being off center.

I'll get some more pictures put up as soon as I can. This first one is looking good though. I'll be ordering my Green mountain barrels tomorrow. They have them for $33 for a 21" .22 barrel.

Thanks for the links!!!

~Wes~

Powder Keg:
I'm trying to get these cleaned up the best I can. Here is the first one nearly ready.



The first one has a dent on the back side.



Here are the three side by side. Who would have thought that this would have cleaned up so nice?



Two of them had this stamped into the side. Because of the rust and pitting only one can be saved. I haven't found and reference to it?



Got a bit more to do on this one then on to the next one\o/

~Wes~

Powder Keg:
This might be of interest. I looked around and found a couple on the internet that had the pistol grip. They were made in 1940 like this.





I also found an add for the straight grip. I think I like this style better.



A bargain at $4.45!!! I wish I had a case of them!

~Wes~

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