Well I got the rifle today.  Not as good a deal as it could of been.  The 219 Zipper barrel is bright but with pitting on the lands.  I really didn't plan on keeping it in that caliber anyway, so I am just going to play with the 50 or so cases that came with it.  The right side of the receiver has some shallow pliers marks and the lever pin took quite a bit of effort to drift.  It turns out that the hole in the extractor was too small.  I was able to drill and file it out just enough for a good fit.  The set trigger did not work, but with some cleaning and lubing and bending the end of the knock-off spring, it is now functional.  No a real fan of roll over combs, but it could be reshaped if needed.  Now I just need to decide what caliber to re-barrel it to.  So far I have a low wall in 25-20 Win, high walls in 22. 32 Miller short, 32-40, 38-55 and 45-90 and now 219 Zipper.   

Jack

I was thinking maybe a 32 RKS heavy barreled bench rifle.  I am sure that is what Dave would say.  I am a traditional ctg kind of guy though.

jack

Not enjoying the big boomers anymore Bob.  Been shooting 32 and 25 so much that I am getting soft😜

bpjack wrote on Jan 27^th, 2017 at 8:09am:

I remember guys having to dig toe holes to keep their long range loads from scooting them back off the berm