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Bent_Ramrod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1453 Location: Southern Arizona Joined: Feb 8^th, 2006	Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Dec 15^th, 2016 at 8:06pm	Print Post
	I took out my Stevens Lady's Model today to try at 50 yards off the bench. The bore is OK; tracks of frost adjacent to the rifling lands, but original. The load was the Ideal 257420 with Ideal gas checks, 7 gr/ IMR SR-4759 and Wolf Small Rifle primers in Nelsdale cases. Bullets were Lino/WW range scrap with Alox/Beeswax lube. The top target is two five shot groups with a change in sight elevation (higher to lower) between groups, the second ten shots with the new sight adjustment. The top group in the upper target was 7/8", the second would have been the same except for the one I tossed out to the right and a little high, bringing it to 1-1/4". The ten shot group on the bottom target was 1-7/8". I replaced the cheap tin replacement barrel sight with a better quality Winchester barrel sight but my eyes and the notch and groove sight picture have not worked at their best for years now. Still, it's possible to see what a marvel the little .25 caliber cartridge was when it arrived on the scene back in the good old days. I'll have to try some black powder loads some time to see what that is like.


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beltfed Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1749 Location: Central Wi Joined: Dec 20^th, 2007	Re: Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Reply #1 - Dec 15^th, 2016 at 10:04pm	Print Post
	Can I presume this is a "25-20 SS" ? Nice gun. I have a similar Tipup ,22rimfire, w/o forearm. Lined the barrel which was a sewer pipe,used a Bentz reamer . Now shoots well with an STS mounted. beltfed/arnie


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Bent_Ramrod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1453 Location: Southern Arizona Joined: Feb 8^th, 2006	Re: Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2016 at 7:41am	Print Post
	Yes, the "25 Caliber Rifle" was the way the .25-20 SS was written about back then. I also have a shot out .32 rimfire heavy barrel Tip-Up, sans forend, that I'm debating what to do with. The Lady's Model is a little small for me, but the standard size fits almost perfectly. I keep thinking it might give the .22 BPCR silhouette Chickens a good scare, as it's very ergonomic offhand. On the other hand, I really "need" a .32 Ideal, and I have a liner....


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AZshot Full Member Offline Posts: 193 Location: Desert Southwest Joined: Nov 29^th, 2016	Re: Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2016 at 9:43am	Print Post
	Hey 'Bent', nice rifle. I'm in the Tucson area, if you want to try it out there is a small bore silhuette match at the Tucson Rifle Club range sunday. $15 to enter, runs from about 7:30 to 11:30. I'd like to see your rifle, I'm taking my "new" Stevens Ladies 56. I know...without a scope or tang sight, it would be pretty tough. But let's shoot sometime!
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Bent_Ramrod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1453 Location: Southern Arizona Joined: Feb 8^th, 2006	Re: Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2016 at 5:15pm	Print Post
	AZshot, I go to the BPCR and .22 BPCR shoots at the TRC on the first and second Saturdays of the month. I'll have to see whether I can fit in another shooting match a month. Lots of conflicts with other weekend events.


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SBoomer Oldtimer Offline Posts: 951 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Reply #5 - Dec 19^th, 2016 at 9:50am	Print Post
	Beautiful. What fun!


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SBoomer Oldtimer Offline Posts: 951 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Reply #6 - Dec 19^th, 2016 at 9:58am	Print Post
	How is the lock-up on the rifle? Any play at all? Seems they either lock up tight or rattle without much in between. On a couple of mine, I dressed the flat on the inside of the barrel catch allowing the angled upper face to engage "deeper" into the mating barrel mortice, which made a big difference.


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Bent_Ramrod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1453 Location: Southern Arizona Joined: Feb 8^th, 2006	Re: Little Lady Shoots Pretty Good Reply #7 - Dec 19^th, 2016 at 3:59pm	Print Post
	It's immobile after lockup, as long as I make sure the barrel pin is screwed in tight and give the weak wedge return spring some help by pushing in the lug after I close the rifle. Of course, I push the button in all the way before closing the rifle. It should be possible to deepen the engagement of the wedge in its seat, but of course there are limits. Sometimes the cut in the barrel is enlarged even as the wedge is worn smaller. I had to make a replacement wedge on a Stevens Off-Hand pistol and found out why the originals are serial numbered to the barrels. That was a lot of fitting and spotting and fitting some more! Now I regard snapping the barrel shut past the catch the same way as flicking the revolver cylinder back into the frame, tough-private-eye style. Great if you have a Prop Dept. to fix them afterwards, not so great for one's personal possessions.


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