doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion Classic & Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles @ doublegunshop.com Fudd buys a Griffin & Howe Springfield M1922 .22LR

Roger, Mister Schefelbein. Merci. I'll bust the tripod and the iPad mount out and start taking pictures.

It's a very interesting old(ish) rifle. I'm still shaking my head in disbelief.

Just a point to ponder, my 1922 Sporter weighs almost ten pounds. Why? I don't know. I didn't build it. I think it came out of the Parker-Whelen shop in Washington, D.C.

Yes, definitely. But more so, some pics of groups it has shot. Remember, "Only accurate rifles are interesting.". Or, put another way, pretty is as pretty does.

I think one of the reasons the 1922 sporters weigh so much is the hole in the barrel is so much smaller than a 30-06 and the outside profile is the same. The actions are big for a 22 and subsequently seem to make the stocks man size.

I have a 1922 MI made by Jack Haugh that we tried to make as light as possible and it’s still around 8#.

My little wonder gun may weigh ten pounds, but feels three pounds lighter in the hands.

Out of curiosity I weighed my M2 Springfield, original configuration with Style B stock - 9 pounds 12 ounces with 1907 pattern sling. Funny thing it doesn't feel that heavy to me and was kind of shocked. Countless hours of hiking/squirrel hunting never found me complaining about its weight.

Count me as another who would like to see pics of this jewel.

I don't seem to have immediate access to an accurate-enough scale to weigh the thing to my satisfaction, but it's definitely stout. Barrel does not look like it's been turned. Big thick pipe, tiny little bore. The stock's been whittled, but wood's definitely not steel.

I expect to have some bright sunlight this coming weekend, and will endeavor to take some pictures with it posed over the kitchen sink. I unfortunately don't have the privacy of a back yard, and taking the rifle to the riverside park a block away to pose it on a picnic table would get me arrested in the time it'd take to light a cigarette.

Taking pictures of its paper-trail will be far easier. I'll start with that.

Thank you to all who've expressed interest.

Regarding the rifle's weight... I bought Brophy's book on the Springfield 1903 because it includes a fairly good chapter about the M1922s. One of the appendices lists the M1922's weight, all variants, in arsenal condition, of course, as being 8.7 lbs. The funny thing is that my sporter hefts heavier than that!

Time to buy a cheap digital 5kg kitchen scale off of Amazon. It'll also come in handy for weighing beef brisket so I can calculate brining salt.

First firearms book I ever bought new off-the-rack was "The Accurate Rifle" by Warren Page, and I remember that he quoted Whelen's dictum in it. We are in agreement.

I aim to take it to a nearby indoor range that allows walk-ins within the next few weeks and try it out. If it (and I) can group 'em touching or at least clustered at fifteen yards (minute-of-partridge's head), I'll be happy. I've got an old brick of Fiocchi Biathlon left over from my rimfire pistol days, and I still have a few unused short-range free pistol practice targets in the top drawer of my shotgun trunk. Hopefully the thing will group, as opposed to patterning.

It's at least 90 years old. Hoping I remember how to shoot a rifle! Been out of that game 23 years.

Fudd, I sympathize with you, not being a rifle guy. I found a load that would shoot ragged one hole groups at 50 yards with my 1922. It is serial number 251, so I guess mine is what, 101 years old? I don't know much about the serial number versus date of manufacture of these great guns, but considering its place of origin at Colonel Whelen's shop, I have only questions, no answers.