Thought i'd share some pics of my old Sporti 62A .22lr that i have done some fixing on over the last few years.
When i first borrowed the rifle off a friend it was suffering somewhat from some very crude modifuckations. Someone had previously taken a hacksaw and lopped off the end of the barrel, including the front sight. I guess that mad the rear sight useless or it got in the way of a scope so the very roughly bashed that off as well. Then, they decided that the crew at Sportco didn't know what they were doing and that the rifle needed an rear action screw instead of just the single barrel lug screw that originally held the steel and timber together. In the process of drilling and taping the rear of the rear (expanding the hole that originally took one of the trigger group screws), they completely screwed up the timber in that area of the stock.
First thing i did was to bed the rifle, which meant i had to inlet a block of blackwood into the stock to rebuild some solid timber around the rear of the trigger group. I also installed a carbon fiber pillar there. Whilst doing this, the crappy screw the farm yard gunsmith had used gave out and i had to re-tap the hole and fit another screw, choosing a high tensile job this time 'round. I got it shooting quite nicely, even with the hacksawed off muzzle/crown, so i refinished the stock with my own little home made potion and sent the barreled action off to a gunsmith near Hobart to be re crowned; he also fixed the trigger which was sort of floating at the rear due to farm yard gunsmithing or 'modifuckations' (Rolf Hey, highly recommend him for quick turn around, good pricing and top notch work!).
Here is what it looked like after i had finished repairing it...
- Sporti with scope mounted...
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- Rolf Hey crown job...
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Well. As this is technically my wife's rifle and she can never get comfortable behind a scope, i decided that the rifle would be best with some iron sights so she can shoot it more comfortably; she'll never be taking longer shots than about 30m. Besides, i wanted a rifle with open sights to muck around with as well as take those bloody vegie thieves inside 10m, which a scope is just crap for.
Off it went back to Rolf..... he did the work that day with some sights he had lying around. Also re-crowned it again due to a unfortunate incident with a concrete floor. Photos below.
One QUESTION for you all. I am only familiar with open sights that have rear windage and elevation adjustment. This old leaf system has me a bit perplexed. I see how the elevation is adjusted but what do i do to correct windage for the rifle's preferred ammo???
Also, i'm interested to get an idea of year of production. I've looked up serial numbers and such but info on even a rough period of production is hard to come by. Anyone got some idea???
- Iron sights fitted... now it looks somewhat more like it originally would have.
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- The old girl... nice and simple.
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- Leaf sights... how do i adjust for windage???
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