A friend of mine from a fishing forum found this supposedly at a pawn shop in the desert for $200, a single shot .22, weighing 13.5 lbs, can any one add any info about it? I thought it looked like a Win Mod 52 action, but what do I know,
His comments,
"..at a pawnshop down here in Airry-Zoner and thought to myself"hey, that should be a good shooter". They had it marked at $400, i looked it over and tossed a crazy price of $150 at him, he scoffed and chortled a bit, went to the boss and i was out the door, tax inc. for $200.00. It seems they had this critter for some time, so time to say bye-bye.
Knowing only a marginal amount about rifles, i did recognize this as being something a little special. It's one of only 12,000 Rem. model 37's, this one fitted with a full 1" bull barrel by Hart and Womack. A bit of research tells me Womack, who died in 1990, was the go-to guy for serious top-level shooters who wanted the best.
The barrel displays their names, caliber and model "400".It's 28" in length...The 37 action is set into in either a custom stock or factory special, not sure, but with the different color and type woods in the palm swell, i'd say custom.The adj. trigger is nice,along with the adj. butt-plate and slight adj. on the comb..Very smooth and tight action. It's a single shot .22 cal. originally fitted with a peep sight and something up front, both gone, but it does have the sight mounts and scope ring mounting blocks, fitted to accept one of those long-ass skinny scopes of long ago. At 13.5 lbs.i won't be lugging this around to shoot free standing : ) I finally figured out to remove the bolt,(small hole that you slide a drift into) but since it runs interference with the comb on the stock, they cut the stock as you can see and a single large screw from the bottom holds it all together and allows removal of the comb so the bolt slides out without having to dismantle the entire gun.
If any of you happen to have one of those scopes tucked away in your refrig or safe or attic, let me know. Looking forward to getting it up and running and punching some paper."
Here are the pics he provided,
His comments,
"..at a pawnshop down here in Airry-Zoner and thought to myself"hey, that should be a good shooter". They had it marked at $400, i looked it over and tossed a crazy price of $150 at him, he scoffed and chortled a bit, went to the boss and i was out the door, tax inc. for $200.00. It seems they had this critter for some time, so time to say bye-bye.
Knowing only a marginal amount about rifles, i did recognize this as being something a little special. It's one of only 12,000 Rem. model 37's, this one fitted with a full 1" bull barrel by Hart and Womack. A bit of research tells me Womack, who died in 1990, was the go-to guy for serious top-level shooters who wanted the best.
The barrel displays their names, caliber and model "400".It's 28" in length...The 37 action is set into in either a custom stock or factory special, not sure, but with the different color and type woods in the palm swell, i'd say custom.The adj. trigger is nice,along with the adj. butt-plate and slight adj. on the comb..Very smooth and tight action. It's a single shot .22 cal. originally fitted with a peep sight and something up front, both gone, but it does have the sight mounts and scope ring mounting blocks, fitted to accept one of those long-ass skinny scopes of long ago. At 13.5 lbs.i won't be lugging this around to shoot free standing : ) I finally figured out to remove the bolt,(small hole that you slide a drift into) but since it runs interference with the comb on the stock, they cut the stock as you can see and a single large screw from the bottom holds it all together and allows removal of the comb so the bolt slides out without having to dismantle the entire gun.
If any of you happen to have one of those scopes tucked away in your refrig or safe or attic, let me know. Looking forward to getting it up and running and punching some paper."
Here are the pics he provided,