I am unfamiliar with this rifle. BA could probably furnish you with some more information. I would be particularly interested in who the maker is.

Another possible rifle would be a used BSA Martini Int'l Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV, or Mk V.

These are near perfect for .22 silhouette matches. Lee Shaver was one of if not the first to shoot .22 silhouette at 200 yards and one of the driving forces was the availability of the BSA's at reasonable prices. You can still find a good one in the $600 category. I have three of them and they are ALL tack drivers.

Dale53

Greg;
Thanks for the information. FWIW, my Cimmaron .44 Special Colt Clone is one fine revolver. The finish is far superior to many, many Colts that I have seen. The barrel to cylinder clearance is tight, the trigger trips at 2.0 lbs without a trace of creep, and it shoots extremely well. The only complaint I have at all, it needed to have the sights regulated a bit (that's because it is too much of a Colt Clone .)

If the low walls are made with such attention to detail, they ought to be nice rifles.

Dale53

Pete
They are a great rifle, but as you mentioned the bbl length and weight are not ideal for really good off hand shooting. I had our gunsmith work the trigger and improve it and then restocked it. Ended up with one very accurate squireel killer. It works out much better for bench shooting than off hand, just my opinion.
Bob

There are (or were) a lot of Winder Muskets with bad barrels.  Finding one of those and re-lining would be another way to get started.  They will not shoot as well as one of the frequently mentioned Martinis, but I think they look neater.

Is this for BPCR "style" shooting or for an actual BPCR rimfire side match? I am under the impression after reading about the rimfre side match is that the rifles must be the same as the BPCR rifles, ie, must have an outside hammer, which the martini does not have a hammer. Also, I have heard that sights must be non click adjustments where most of the martini sights have clicks. If the hammer thing is not a real issue, the BSA #8 rear sight was made with and without click adjustments, you just need to do a serious search for one. Even though it pains me to say 'walls may be better choices than martini's, the 'ole Froggy may have me on this one.

Dale:

Actually, it is Dave Crossno that has taken over the game and it is his rule requiring the exposed hammer.  Mr. Crossno runs a match at the National Championships which is, as far as I know, completely independent of the NRA. I do not beliive that the NRA recognizes the game.

Mr. Crossno's match at Raton is so well attended that even though it is run over 5 days there is still standing room only. 

Glenn

JD;
My first (still have it) BPCR .22 silhouette rifle was a 44 Stevens that I had rebarreled with a Shilen barrel and match chamber. It shoots just fine. I used a Parts Unknown Soule rear sight and a Lyman 17A. Until my vision failed me, it was a fine rifle for the sport. It would also qualify for the present rules.

The 44 Stevens is a wonderful rifle for .22 due to the rocking action of the breech block when closing. It will easily seat a full match chambered round. Ballards are OK for the same reason. If low-walls have the original breech block bevel used for .22 rimfires, they will also seat a full match chambered round.

Straight falling blocks are a problem in this regard. You can push one or two rounds in with your thumb then your thumb quits on you (it hurts!). I have a little Remington #2 Rolling Block rifle that I had relined in .22 rimfire match and just the added cross section area on the breech block "ear"was enough to make it comfortable to use. Mine is a lightweight number but if one was rebarreled with a heavier barrel it would work well, also.

The absolutely neatest BPCR .22 Silhouette rifle I have seen is HST's own personal conversion of his Remington Rolling Block BPCR with an insert barrel of his own design and manufacture. When it is installed, which takes only five minutes or so, it operates exactly as if it were the primary cartridge. No auxilary chamber, no fooling around. You just insert a .22, close the breech and shoot. Then just open the breech and it extracts the case, you discard and then reload... It also shoots under an inch at 100 yards. I have seen him shoot a perfect score with irons on our 100 yard range during a match.

Dale53

Greg;
That is a good looking rifle in the "white". it's gonna be REALLY nice when finished. 

Congratulations!

Dale53

Joe;
I have access to both a Clymer match reamer and a Bentz (auto) match reamer.

You are absolutely correct that the original .22 low-walls had the beveled block. I have seen a number of centerfire to rimfire conversions and of course they do NOt have the beveled block (as you stated).

I mentioned the difference as we don't know the condition and source of the reader's low-walls.

Actually, the BSA Martini Int'l's use the beveled block so that they can and do use conventional match chambers.

From my rather wide experience with .22 rimfire match rifles, there is quite a number of different "match" chamber configurations and most of them seem to work quite well. However, my personal choice, when possible, is the Clymer Match Chamber since I have had such good results in a variety of rifles when using that particular configuration.

Thanks for your most generous offer.

Dale53

Greg, Where'd you get that lever for your Stevens 44? Mine has the original S lever, and I'd sure like to get a lever like your's for my 44!

thanks Greg! i've got a Pope style I was thinking of adpating to mine, but I sure like the look of your's better!
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