Range Report: Sears, Roebuck, and Co.

[Sir Henry]

I took the Sears Mod 41 -103 with the Sears 4x scope to the range today and shot it.

(if you click on the picture it gets sharp)

The biggest problem is the adjustment set screws have broken the main plastic housing. This is common on vintage Weaver scopes from the 60's and 70's. I couldn't tighten it down all the way without breaking it completely. So I shot it with a bit of slack in it. If you know old Weaver scopes you know how much just a little wiggle can effect the point of aim.

This was my best 5-shot target out of six. The worst was only 1.12" so the 0.894" wasn't a total cherry pick. I had the feeling this could be a sub half or even quarter inch shooter at 50 yards.

I bought some Super Glue on the way home and glued the housing on. I had to stay clear of the inside adjustment screw and set screw. So to get enough coverage I applied the glue all the way to the outside corners. It bleed out a bit when I pushed it on but I was expecting that so I applied the glue sparingly. You can see that its been glued on if you take a real close look. But hey this is a $20 scope on a $66 rifle.

The trigger is very impressive for being cheaply made. I had several fail to fires but I determined that when cocking it after loading it I wasn't bringing it to a full cock. Once I made sure it was cocked all the way I never had a failure. I liked the rhythm of opening the bolt, dropping a round in, closing the bolt and then cocking it.

[Deadwood Dutch]

Cute little rifle, I know what you mean about the rhythm. Thanks for the report.

[bandit1250]

Takes you back to your earlier days shooting a single shot rear cocker. It was simplicity that rarely ever failed to work. Open the bolt, drop in the round, close it up and cock it and the rest is on you where you put the bullet on the target. I shoot one of mine occasionally just for the simple design of days gone by. That little rifle cleaned up nice. Is it a standard groove or Micro-groove?

[RetiredSeabee]

Nice to see the photos of this one. Looks like you got an outstanding shooter for a bargain basement price.
What? No coffee cup?

[Sir Henry]

Nice to see the photos of this one. Looks like you got an outstanding shooter for a bargain basement price.
What? No coffee cup?

Are you going to change your post over yonder?

[CT_Shooter]

I love to read your range reports, SH. This one is especially interesting and informative. Thanks.

[RetiredSeabee]

Nice to see the photos of this one. Looks like you got an outstanding shooter for a bargain basement price.
What? No coffee cup?

Are you going to change your post over yonder?

Nope, I vividly remember imagining it over there.

[Sir Henry]

I was going to say something over there but figured you would see it here.

Yesterday I oiled the bolt assembly and it was dripping oil when I stuck it back in the rifle. So after about 100 rounds at the range today I gave it a good wipe down to remove excess oil from the bolt and rifle. The inside looks new and the outside looks like a WWII battle rifle. I fixed the scope and now its all ready for its next outing.

If you click on the picture you can still see the crack and the excess glue. Not purdy but it is fully functional.

[White Squirrel]

Functional always beats looking good in my book.

I seem to remember an old joke along those lines, but I would hate to get banned from this site, so I will just "move on"