I've owned my Dad's hand-me-down Stevens 87D as long as I can remember - going on 40 years. I use to shoot brick after brick of 22 through it as a teenager and recall it always shot great. I have no idea how much he shot it but Dad was pretty adventurous and am sure he shot it a lot too.

I haven't fired it in 15 years easy, probably more. I've been contemplating getting a new 22LR but decided to see if this one can be salvaged. This week I will give it a thorough cleaning and inspection and then take it out to the range and put it through it's paces.

The one thing I remember is that the trigger has a lot of slop and will be disappointing to someone more used to decent triggers on modern rifles. Is there any known mod or replacement that can be done to help it?

Also - the tube magazine can slide loose leading to misfeeds. Were these soldered in place? I'm wondering what can be done to resolve?

Thanks!