I call it antique.

A cute little rifle indeed! Can hardly buy ANYTHING worthwhile for $99 anymore. I hope it shoots for you!

 

Before I cleaned it I did a test fire in the garage into a big chunk of wood - did fine for the 3 test rounds I had. This is my first semi-auto rifle, and I was surprised how smooth and instantaneous it seemed. I barely caught a glimpse of the ejected shell out of the corner of my eye.

 

BTW, what do you call the rails when they are literally just grooves in the receiver body? Warne, dovetail?

most likely 11mm(3/8ths inch) rimfire dovetails

 

Thank-you!

 

I was given a box of parts that was a Squires-Bingham Model 20 years ago and I cut it down for my daughter when she first started learning to shoot. I shortened the barrel to 16.25 inches and the stock to an 11 inch LOP. She has enjoyed it ever since and it works just as well today as it did when I first reassembled it. It is an 11mm dovetail and the rear cap can be unscrewed and the recoil spring, guide rod, and bolt are easily removed for cleaning. Just know that the recoil spring is fairly stout and have a good hold on that cap as it will launch parts if you don't.

 

Yes, there are a few potential gotchas in this, and at least 2 spring loaded ball detent mechanisms which could frustrate one. Glad you got so much enjoyment from it!

 

thats a nifty looking little rifle , ill admit ive never seen one before , pretty cool

 

I own two. These little gems were copied from remingtons 550-1 .22 I believe on remington equipment after a coup in the late 70s. Mine are on monkey pod wood,

the checking looks almost tribal, absolutely beautiful after finishing them, in the blonde with several coats of lacquer

 

Very cool

 

I had one of their M-16 look alikes back in the day. Nice gun.

 

The one I bought a few years ago said "Long Rifle Only." The seller said it kept jamming and gave me a box of "Longs" he had been using. Switched to LR and never had an issue.
Charlie

 

Nice catch and fix!

 

very neat old rifle

 

Added the scope and some $10 rings from the local BassPro and I'm a happy Camper. Can't wait to start centering the scope.

 

I've had one since 1996. One of my most accurate rifles. I shoot mine single shot as it does not do well with the mags, both original and aftermarket. That's my only complaint. Enjoy your new find!

 

I have one of these, bought back in the '80s when some local big-box store went out of bidness. I think I paid somewhere around $50 for it brand new. Never actually shot it until I decided to try to get it into Vincent's "Super Stock Club" about 20 years ago. I put a gun-show peep sight on it and shot the groups shown below.

Looks like you got the "Deluxe" version--yours has checkering and a fore-end cap. Mine doesn't.

IIRC, it was surprisingly accurate and worked pretty well. I don't care much for its looks and have given some though into trying to make it into a sorta-kinda-somewhat "Johnson Rifle" lookalike/tribute.

 

I had one for a while. They shoot much better than their price would indicate. Probably due to the heavy tapered barrel.

 

I've got one that belonged to my father-in-law. The metal looks good but the stock has seen some mistreatment. It's been a few years since I last shot it, but seems like it shot pretty good.

 

never seen one that im aware of but im inclined to think id add one to my accumulation should one turn up

 

I too went by a shop last week (should pick up today) to look for odd/unusual .22's and found a model 20....plain stock..K Mart marked...but its missing the bolt handle and mag...anyone know of a parts source?

I had a SB bolt gun .22mag 40yrs ago ....lent it out and havent seen it since...
Enjoy al

 

The bolt handle is just round stock machined with a flat on one side - I can get you specs of mine if you think you could make one.

 

Numrich shows repro mags in stock. No bolt handles, though.

 

Knormal....thanks, but I may have a line on one...

snake45... "Looks like you got the "Deluxe" version--yours has checkering and a fore-end cap. Mine doesn't"

I will post pics soon, but mine is also a "deluxe" verson...as it has white line spacers...however there isnt a separate piece of wood at the forearm...my stock is 1 piece...with just a white spacer cut in...also I stripped the wood and to me it looks like Philippine mahogany!...
Al

 

Knormal....thanks, but I may have a line on one...

snake45... "Looks like you got the "Deluxe" version--yours has checkering and a fore-end cap. Mine doesn't"

I will post pics soon, but mine is also a "deluxe" verson...as it has while line spacers...however there isnt a separate piece of wood at the forearm...my stock is 1 piece...with just a white spacer cut in...also I stripped the wood and to me it looks like Philippine mahogany!...
Al

Interesting on the wood - I am thinking about refinishing mine too as it has some scuffs, and yep, mine's just a painted white line instead of that nose cap. lol

 

the white line on mine isnt painted, its a piece of plastic, set in a cut, into the wood
love the history
al

 

Anybody know the approximate years that Kmart sold these? I'm thinking mid to late 70s because weren't they called Kresge (sp?) in the early 70s and prior?

 

In my area, Kresge's didn't sell guns but KMart did.

I bought mine at some long-closed regional KMart-like place I can't remember the name of. This would have been somewhere around 1985-86, best as I can recall. I bought it because the joint was blowing it out at a hella price (they were closing down), and I thought it would be good "swap fodder" at some point in the future. It sat in the back of my closet, unfired for nearly 20 years, until I dug it out just to see how well it would shoot in "Snake's Great Cheap .22 Ammo Shootout," and was shocked at how well it shot.

Somewhere along the line, I bought a Norinco JW-14 semiauto .22 rifle. It's the same basic gun, too!

 

I found one and restored it. I had to rebuild the trigger and adapt a mag (it wasn't near the find). It works fantastic.

 

Those 22 ringsets are often called 'tip-off'

 

I have two of these little gems of a rifle, the comment about reassembly is spot on, "if you have? We know your pain"
1982 Kmart, Both in monkey pod wood, I've since refinished them, blonde with several coats of lacquer.