Mid Dec. at our OAC gun show I picked up a nice Remington Model 37 .22 Rangemaster target rifle made in May of 1938. It came with a 15x Lyman Super Targetspot and the seller wanted less for gun and scope than the scope cost! It was missing the magazine, or single shot adapter, and I figured no big deal. 
I got it home and immediately got sticker shock when I found numerous magazines at $400-$495 each! And single shot adapters at $300-$325 each! Suddenly it wasn't such a super buy!
Did some searching around the internet and saw a reference to Steve Earle making replacement magazines and adapters! So took a look to see his prices. He was $275 for a magazine, and $104 for the adapter to single shot. Since I prefer it to be a single shot and I like saving money, I sent them an email to get one ordered.
Yesterday the adapter came and like other Steve Earle products it's nicer than what Remington made! All solid steel, and a perfect fit and function in my Model 37! 

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So nice to still have folks around providing excellent quality parts for us shooters!

I've bought a couple of his schuetzen rifle adaptors to mount external scopes and I couldn't be more pleased with them. He does top-shelf work at a fair price with good turn around times.

Count me as another member of the Steve Earle fan club. I needed to replace the mounts on one of my Unertl 1 1/2 inch 20X scopes. I used Steve's set of mounts and they are the best set of external scope mounts I've ever used. Repeatable settings, smooth clicks, high quality workmanship. 
If you need to replace an old set of scope mounts you can't go wrong with Steve's.

RSW wrote on Jan 1^st, 2025 at 4:36pm:


His stuff is good for sure.  I also have a set of his new Unertl mounts and they are good, but quite different than the mounts on my Unertl, or my Lymans.  I wonder if yours are different?  The elevation scale on the rear mount is opposite to my Unertl as it reads zero when at the highest elevation, and 200 at the lowest.  It is super smooth and well built.  I am using it on my CPA .22LR barrel right now.

I saw those mounts listed on the Buffalo Arms site and thought I'd put them onto my DZ scope and move the DZ mounts to my new MVA long range scope.  They work very well.

Chris.

830singleshot wrote on Jan 1^st, 2025 at 11:10pm:



@830singleshot:  Steve makes Ballard mainsprings?  So, If I want a better, smoother mainspring for my No. 2....I just get with Steve??!?!?!?!

Could it really be THAT easy?

Yeah he makes a surprising variety of stuff.  I usually just think of his scope blocks, but he actually makes much more.  Every now and then I scroll through all of the stuff on his web site just to remind myself.

Chris.

You won't be disappointed in the roller tip.

desertmoon wrote on Jan 4^th, 2025 at 7:34pm:


I've never had much luck making a difference in trigger pull feel by messing with mainsprings. It might have a very minor improvement, but don't expect huge improvements with a better mainspring.