I first saw this 1928 Model 52 in an old gunsmith's shop back when I was 11 or 12 years old ('56 0r '57). It had been a Target Model that he restocked with a Fagen semi finished stock. He didn't dress the wood down very much and it felt thick and overweight. He also cut the barrel to 20" and tapered it from just in front of the barrels marking to the muzzle. He had fitted it with a self-made scope mount and the Weaver 2-7x scope.
The old man became a very good friend and mentor to me. Years later, when he passed on, I bought the 52 from his wife. She was a good friend of my Mother.
In the '90s, I decided to redo the stock by trimming it down to look more like a factory Sporter stock and then checkered it with the Sporter pattern.
I had a gunsmith re-blue the metal and fit it with Redfield mounts and rings and used the same Weaver scope.
I think it turned out pretty well and it is very accurate.
Thank you, Michael, for post the pictures.
Last edited by Don Moody; 12/23/11 08:33 AM.
