Glenfield model 25

[HERMET]

I acquired this little rifle a few years ago. The stock was in bad shape so I refinished it but other then that never did anything with it.
Wife's in the hospital, my back is killing me and I'm going stir crazy so I decided to do a little plinking.
It had the original Glenfield Craptastic scope so I replaced it with a little less craptastic tasco 3×9 I had in my box of junk scopes that I bought from the pawn shop for testing purposes.
I sighted in with cci standard and then shot some eley match.
I was surprised and shocked at how well this old rifle performed. The trigger is stiff but about what you would expect. At 50 yds I was getting consistent penny sized groups. I may have to actually put a halfway decent scope on the thing.
I took it out thinking about selling it but I changed my mind.
All groups are 5 shot groups and any strays are the fault of the man on the trigger. I may have been able to do some dime groups but a penny is all I had in my pocket.

 

[Hayata]

Thanks for posting! Hope your wife recovers quickly and your back feels better!

Mod 25 was my first gun. Still have it. Will have to give the accuracy a test to see how she does.

I played with the springs to try to lighten the trigger pull but then the bolt would go forward every time you worked the action. Oh well - I never claimed to be a gunsmith.

 

[HERMET]

Thanks for posting! Hope your wife recovers quickly and your back feels better!

Mod 25 was my first gun. Still have it. Will have to give the accuracy a test to see how she does.

I played with the springs to try to lighten the trigger pull but then the bolt would go forward every time you worked the action. Oh well - I never claimed to be a gunsmith.

Thought about it..and then thought better about it.

 

[Poppa Mike]

Thought about it..and then thought better about it.

If you want to try it take a look on rimfirecentral.com. In the Marlin bolt action rifle section there are some good threads on a easy mod changing the trigger reset spring and replacing it with a ball point pen spring. Drops the trigger pull to around 3 lbs.

 

[Gordylew]

My first 22 was and still is a Marlin Glenfield Model 10. The single shot version of that the model 25. . It was my sniper rifle. I think I was 12 or 13 when I got it. Gave $25 for it. I put a trigger shoe on it and full sized 3x9. removed the sights, because that's what sniper would do. I would throw dogfood in the yard and when the starlings came to feed they would get picked off. Many a chipmunk, squirrel and starling never heard the pop of the CB cap.

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[HERMET]

If you want to try it take a look on rimfirecentral.com. In the Marlin bolt action rifle section there are some good threads on a easy mod changing the trigger reset spring and replacing it with a ball point pen spring. Drops the trigger pull to around 3 lbs.

Plenty of time on my hands, I feel like Charleston Heston in that last man on earth movie. Maybe I need a volleyball.

 

[BillsCamino]

 

[JimmyJet]

My dad bought me a Marlin 22 cal with a Glenfield scope on it in about 1966 from K-Mart....think he paid about $40 for it....still have it and it looks like new....


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[HERMET]

My dad bought me a Marlin 22 cal with a Glenfield scope on it in about 1966 from K-Mart....think he paid about $40 for it....still have it and it looks like new....


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Shoot it. We all love playing with our big boy guns but occasionally it's nice just to relax and just do some old school plinking.

 

[Hayata]

This thread inspired me. Played around with a bunch of springs and polished the sear surfaces just a bit and the trigger pull is much lighter.

Gonna be shooting shorts in the back yard tomorrow.

May have to run the lawn mower to cover the sound.