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- From: erudnick@pica.army.mil (FSAC-SID)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: .22 First Rifle
- Message-ID: <9212281314.aa17342@claudius.pica.army.mil>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:01:36 GMT
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- The Daisy .22 rifles were introduced about 5 years ago. They were
- definitely designed for low cost: the receivers are cast, and the
- barrels are steel sleeves in a cast Zamak (aka pot metal) octagonal
- outer shell. Looks okay though. A nice feature is that the wood-
- grain plastic stocks are adjustable for length.
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- Other choices are the Chipmunk rifles from the US, the Lake Field
- .22s from Canada (company founded by former employees of Cooey, a
- now-defunct reputable maker of good, inexpensive .22s), and the
- Chinese "JW" .22s (finish a bit crude but solidly made from good
- materials; my "JW8" is very accurate and has a fantastic trigger).
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- Ed Rudnicki erudnick@pica.army.mil All disclaimers apply
- Protect the Second Amendment - boycott Ruger products
- Geordi: "...it's like the laws of physics went right out the
- window." Q: "And why shouldn't they? They're so inconvenient."
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