Need help identifying my sears ranger model!

Sav22 said:

The action and barrel are the Ranger version of the Stevens 416 target rifle, but it appears to be in a stock from a sporter model. It would have originally been in a heavy target contour stock with a steel buttplate and without the front barrel band that holds the sling - that looks over sized and too wide to fit right on the present width stock, and the reduced nose on the stock looks a little uneven. I would look at the inletting in the stock and see if it looks like factory work. It should have a dovetail for a front sight and I do not see one, so I think the barrel may have been shortened.

It should also be drilled & tapped for scope blocks, one on the receiver and one on the barrel, and not have a dovetail for a rear sight.

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Sav22 said:

The action and barrel are the Ranger version of the Stevens 416 target rifle, but it appears to be in a stock from a sporter model. It would have originally been in a heavy target contour stock with a steel buttplate and without the front barrel band that holds the sling - that looks over sized and too wide to fit right on the present width stock, and the reduced nose on the stock looks a little uneven. I would look at the inletting in the stock and see if it looks like factory work. It should have a dovetail for a front sight and I do not see one, so I think the barrel may have been shortened.

It should also be drilled & tapped for scope blocks, one on the receiver and one on the barrel, and not have a dovetail for a rear sig

Rtc7391 said:

Thanks for the info! The front sight you can tell snapped off, I didn’t measure the barrel but I’d guess it’s 22-24 inches. The gun store that raffled it off told me they put a Remington butt plate on the rifle because the old one was missing. The gun fires very nicely though! The only issue I noticed it it has a lot of play in the trigger left and right. Other than that no issues. Thanks for clarifying the model! I’m going to purchase a new front sight and rear and some spare parts

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My rifle is same model. Scope blocks for Unertyl style scope and i think originally peep sight on rear. drilled and tapped same as mine with dovetail on front.

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