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Offline offhand35

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MY NEW YOUTH SPORTSTER, BEFORE .....& .....AFTER.....
« on: March 23, 2004, 03:19:05 PM »
I had a Sportster on order through local dealer who is a big (compared to others) NEF dealer, for 6 weeks. I finally told him I'd accept a youth model if he could find that, as I planned to put wood stocks on it anyway.
I eventually called to cancel, but before I could tell him why I called, he said he had a youth model coming in the next day....so I bought that...without having fired it yet, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, and have the youth stocks in case any children come along (my oldest is 20)..
The scope is a Weaver Classic R4



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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2004, 04:19:32 PM »
I like the looks of your "grown up" Sportster.  I did the same thing with my Sportsters.  I bought one in 22LR for my son and one in 17HMR for me.  They are such nice little rifles that I soon went back to get a 22WMR just to complete the set.  I know that I could have got a 22WMR barrel, but at $103 for the complete gun there just is not much of a savings there.  After I got the Sportsters home, my son said "I like the guns, but I don't like those black plastic stocks".  Hmmm...after I thought about it for a while, I decided that if I had only owned "plastic guns" my entire life, I would want my "real guns" to be made of wood and steel....no plastic!

So I ordered some new stocks for them...one of each type...walnut, cinnamon laminate, and camo laminate.  Here's the first one that I put together.  It's a Sportster in 22WMR with the walnut monte carlo stock.  I put a Swift Premier 4-12x40ao scope on it using Burris Zee Rings (high).  I'll post some pictures of the laminate ones when I get them put together.

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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2004, 05:11:30 PM »
Very nice, moonlitin!
I do like the H&R style fore end on yours.
I suspect that quite a few people like wood on their Sportsters!

That 4-12x40 looks like a lot of scope! Minute of squirrel's eyeball?
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2004, 05:17:49 PM »
Oh ya...and it shoots as good as it looks...this is between 8 and 10 rounds (I lost count) through the same ragged hole at 25 yards.  I can't wait to see what it does at a longer distance.

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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2004, 07:00:13 AM »
Guys...Those guns look great...Congrats on your purchases...Keep up the good work.
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2004, 07:00:56 PM »
:grin: Just got my NEF in 223 with bull barrel about a week ago. It came with a laminated stock with the H&R type forarm Is a little lighter in color looks great! What a shooter, but heavy. With scope it almost 9lb's. Love it. :grin:  :grin:
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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2004, 05:54:10 PM »
I finally got my stocks swapped and my scope mounted on my 17 HMR Sportster.  I even got to shoot it today.  Here's a picture of it.  When I get the camo laminate stocks on my son's Sportster I'll post a picture of that one too.

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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2004, 02:00:59 AM »
I like the look of the fatter H&R type forestock myself. To me they make the guns look more balanced.   They look butt heavy with the schnabel forestocks.  Nice looking guns guys.

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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2004, 07:34:03 AM »
Nice looking gun Moonlitin...Hopefully I can swing a 17HMR in the near future.
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« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2004, 10:54:08 AM »
Moonlitin, really like your 17 HMR Sportster.  I want to do that to mine.  Any problem because of the heavy barrel on the 17?

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« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2004, 12:27:03 PM »
No problem at all with the heavy barrel.  My son's 22LR Sportster is in the same style stock/forend as my 17, except his is "camo" laminate and mine is "cinnamon" laminate.  

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