I picked this up a few weeks ago. These old stocks are heavy and rather roughly finished, most of the wood is a dark color with a dark stain. This one as you can see is very light. I added a little red chestnut stain, probably should have added more. I like how it feels now and I don't have to worry about getting a splinter in my hand I have been led to believe that it is a good shooter, I will find out next week. Rear sights are Parker with a Gehmann adjustable iris and the front is a " Tiger sight". Metal and wood was pretty nice for a 45 year old gun. Trigger breaks at 1 pound and is very crisp. It is adjustable but it feels really good so I doubt I will fiddle with it.

Nice. I did not know that there were training rifles in use so late until I started seeing what were available through CMP and elsewhere like this one. It would be interesting to know about how they were used, etc., during the era.

Now we need a range report.

I had a Tiger sight on my highpower match rifle and liked it a lot. Good luck with your new toy!

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Nice. I did not know that there were training rifles in use so late until I started seeing what were available through CMP and elsewhere like this one. It would be interesting to know about how they were used, etc., during the era.

Now we need a range report.

Yeah, I will shoot it very soon. If I'm not wrong the H&R rifles contract was thru '82. I then I believe that Kimber 82G got the next contract. I don't have one of those...yet.