Here is a pic of my M1919 Target rifle, made in 1919. The Scope is a Wallensek 4X made in the 30's.

I took the gun out, 22 degrees and a 15 MPH wind and shot it off a shooting table with snow to the bottom of the table. I had to dig out the snow for a place for me to sit on the seat.
It was so cold, the Wolf MT ammo's lube was getting so hard, I had to pry the cases out of the chamber.

Anyway, I don't think the shooting conditions could have been a lot worse.
I fired 5 shot @ 50 YDs on the target posted. I fired 3 other targets to season the barrel. they were in the .4'"s and one in the .5" range.

I was so darn pleased with the group this old rifle shot and the scope was darn good for being so old. I was too cold to keep shooting, with the wind chill factor, it was more like zero degrees.
I can't wait for a nice warm day with little wind. I'm pretty sure I can get this girl into the .2"'s if I do my part. The measurement on the target is even a little generous, I hate it when people post targets that were measured just at the edge of the holes, this one was measured outside of the grease marks.

You have to admit, for an old rifle, she sure is a shooter. The finsh on the stock is original as is the bluing. The rifle has 2 FP's, one a 6 and one at 12 O'clock. It has a 25" heavy barrel. The rifle was made prior to the more common 25" NRA models and had a springfield looking stock as Savage was trying for a government contract at the time. It's a first generation M-19, there were 3 generations

My Best, John K

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