I recently bought a well-used and abused 552 from the local "Gun&Pawn". It wouldn't function, the reciever was badly dinged and scratched, and the wood finish trashed. I totally refinished it, after giving it a thorough stripping and cleaning inside and out - the recoil spring was a bugger to get back in.
Now it looks and functions like new. Even with a ringed barrel (barely noticible) it shoots tight! It likes the Winchester Dynapoints best.
Just needs some love........
God help me, I caught the "Remington Rimfire Virus" bad - this is my eighth one.......
