They’re actually rather scarce in this cond, so if you don’t have 5 Gs to drop on a safe-queen, & the price doesn’t go crazy… Best of all, it’s already drilled for scope mounting, correcting the factory’s penny-pinching oversight. Weaver 330s bring good money, & rebluing the tube (worst thing about it) would be an easy job.
Bert H. said
Because I honestly do not know, how much is that rifle actually worth?
Bert, I’m almost afraid to say what I think it is worth. It should go for $2000 – $2500. Something tells me it is going to bring more. There are a lot of people wanting the Sporters, and many just want them to shoot and as Clarence said, don’t want to drop $5K. Ron Rando has had a B Sporter for sale for sometime now that is d/t’d and in decent shape. Bidding on it has maxed out at $2500 range the last 2 times he listed it. It will be interesting to follow it.
Steve
clarence said
Bert H. said
Because I honestly do not know, how much is that rifle actually worth?
To you, should be more than to many others…because it already has “B” gold-inlaid on the trigger guard!
I saw that… but it did not impress me enough to add a premium to the value.
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Well, if it goes for $1301. I will own it. 🙂 The Weaver 330 & mounting blocks will go away and a Lyman Alaskan will be mounted… the Lyman 48 and swivels will go in a drawer… The “B” fits me fine… I know it will go higher, but it’s always fun to play the game. BTW… Steve, I’m looking forward to seeing you in Cody and catching up. If possible, please bring a (offbrand) 40X w/ Unertl BR scope so I can compare to my project. Travel safe… Ben
Well, if it goes for $1301. I will own it. 🙂 The Weaver 330 & mounting blocks will go away and a Lyman Alaskan will be mounted… the Lyman 48 and swivels will go in a drawer… Ben Tolson said
The Alaskan is a better scope fo sho, but I find the low profile of the 330 rather appealing. Or maybe I’m just remembering how impressed I was with my “first scope,” a J.C. Higgins 330; sure beat the hell out of the iron sights I’d used up till then. I think “B” was a conscientious shooter to go to the trouble to fit the dummy slide; but what are those 2 screw heads at the top of it? Is the slide is removed, won’t there be a hole in the stock for the slide screw?
The slide blank looks cobbled together… I think the 48 is a 2nd model, the base would clear the stock, but there may be a dimple into the top edge of the stock from the elevation slide screw. Still, I wouldn’t mind it as a shooter at that price. Or, I could dig this stock out of the rafters and have it finished…
A couple points of caution:
The rear block being toward the front of the receiver is a problem for installing a Lyman Alaskan, as the scope turrets end up at the same location.
With an Alaskan at a low scope height, there is also possibility of interference between the bolt handle & the scope eyepiece. When Stith installed Alaskans on 52 Sporters, they bent the bolt handle.
See: https://www.rimfirecentral.com/threads/auction-idiocy-custom-stith-mount.1139657/#post-11212643
btbell said
With an Alaskan at a low scope height, there is also possibility of interference between the bolt handle & the scope eyepiece. When Stith installed Alaskans on 52 Sporters, they bent the bolt handle.
Exactly that problem occurred when I tried to replace a Weaver K-1 with a larger diameter K-2 on a standard 52, using an EGW rail.
The advantage of an external-mount scope is, not only is there no bolt handle interference, but also (& more importantly, I think) the original rcvr. sight can be left in place; take it off, & it’s sure to be lost. (I resorted to a rail on the 52 referred to above only because 1X or 2X target-type scopes were never built.)
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