Remington 550-1, no more?

[Will52100]

I've looked high and low for one and finaly found one at a pawn shop.  After a little stock work to get rid of the old varnish and bring out the natural beuty of the walnut stock and a good soak in minneral spirits to clean out 50 years of crap I finaly had what I was looking for.  Or so I thought.  It apears the bolt and reciever are worn out beyond saving, it has a tendancy to jam and so far has broken two firing pins.  My father has one that he has had since he was a boy and is in excellent condition, but he's still using it!

I would realy like to get this gun in first class shape, but have been unable to find a bolt or reciever.  The only thing I would like better than fixing this up right would be to buy a new 550, but they are no longer made?  I have tried a lot of other 22's, but this one realy fits me to a T.

Any idea's?

Thanks,

Will

[jh45gun]

I guess I would try Numerch gun parts Corp. and some of the other gun part companies that are on line. GO to Dogpile and type in gun parts and you can get a list to go by.  Before  I would start buying parts I would take it to a good gunsmith in your area and ask him if it is work restoring or not. Any gun can be restored but is it worth it only you can decide that.  Jim

[Will52100]

Thanks Jim, that's where I got the first firing pin, the don't have the bolt or floating chamber though.

I think after staying up all last night and searching, I'm going to go with the T/C 22 classic.  I handled one with a laminate stock, and it looked like it is well built.