For less than 200 bucks a rimfire falling block can be yours. Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Stevens family of falling block Boy\u2019s rifles is made up of 14 rifles that started with the No. 12 and ended with the No. 71. They skipped a few numbers but ended up giving us two 14s. The 14 and the 14.5. The differences include caliber. The 14 chambered the .22 RF and had an 18-inch only barrel. The 14.5 chambered 22 LR, and therefore 22 long and 22 Short. The rifle also offered both 18- and 20-inch barrel options.<\/p>\nA single shot falling block doesn\u2019t look like fun, but man it\u2019s a blast. Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nStevens intended these to be fairly small and lightweight rifles that were affordable and easy to shoot. It\u2019s not a fancy rifle, but it\u2019s certainly well put together. These were all single-shot, falling-block designs. While some of the Steven\u2019s Boy\u2019s rifles, like the Crack Shot, had the falling block lever, it seems the Little Scouts were more budget-focused.<\/p>\n
\n\nBack when we were a proper country, gun makers could produce firearms for kids with the idea of teaching gun safety and marksmanship as a skill.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Breaking Down the Little Scout<\/h2>\n The Little Scouts lacked the lever, and instead, you have a small knob that the user pressed to force the block to fall. That exposes the extractor. It\u2019s easy to unload and load the chamber. The Little Scout has a simple rear open sight and fixed front sight. The stock and the foregrip are both made from wood and look excellent all around.<\/p>\nLook at how small these sights are. Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYou can tell the stock was designed for a smaller, younger shooter. I feel like an ape wrapped around the Little Scout. It fits my 12-year-old perfectly, and he rings steel with the little gun consistently. His young eyes work well with the ultra-small sights.<\/p>\nBoy\u2019s rifles are made for the eyes of young shooters clearly. Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Little Scout series are takedown rifles. A simple screw can be unscrewed, and the barrel separates from the action and receiver. This makes the Little Scout a compact rifle that\u2019s easy to transport and very easy to store. It\u2019s one of the simplest takedown designs out there.<\/p>\nIt breaks down with ease. Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThere isn\u2019t much to the rifle. It\u2019s very simple, and the charm is off the charts. When was the last time we saw anyone try to produce a falling block rifle on the cheap for rimfire enjoyers? The real charm comes in pulling the trigger.<\/p>\n
To The Range With The Little Scout<\/h2>\n The Little Scout is an old gun. The last of them were produced in the 1940s. They were designed for standard velocity .22 LR, and with that in mind, I\u2019ve stuck to standard velocity. Using high-velocity stuff from CCI, Federal and Aguila might be a recipe for a disaster and a damaged gun. That\u2019s no bueno for me and mine.<\/p>\nRecoil? What recoil? (Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWith cheap, standard-velocity ammo, the gun shoots quite well. It\u2019s very reliable, and I haven\u2019t run into a round that wouldn\u2019t fire when the hammer fell. Shooting the Little Scout is never frustrating and is quite a bit of fun. My son and I took turns and blasted away at a rimfire dueling tree, competing to see who got the most hits before the inevitable miss as the targets shrunk in size.<\/p>\nThe wood handguard is tiny and tapered. Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe small open sights on the Little Scout are plenty workable within plinking range. Out to 50 yards, we consistently hit a small steel gong. The small sights make shooting tight groups a little tricky, but at 25 yards, you can produce a 50-cent-sized group in an off-hand shooting position. As you\u2019d imagine, there is practically no recoil. The extractor makes removing empties easy, and it\u2019s quick to reload and get back into action.<\/p>\nYou can\u2019t help but step back in time with this old rifle. Travis Pike Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThis was my first experience with a falling block rifle, and it was the most fun I\u2019ve ever had with a single-shot. It gave me and my son an activity we both enjoyed, something that\u2019s becoming more and more rare as he gets older. For a mere 170 dollars, the Little Scout has provided me a ton of fun. In this economy, its certainly one of the cheaper thrills one can pursue.<\/p>\n
\n
\nNext Post Coming Soon…\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next Post Coming Soon…\u25b6 A long time ago, when I was a young man at the School of Infantry, an instructor told us we were apes. He talked about how, with female Marines, he could explain to them how to do something, and they could typically do it. He told us guys that, as apes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240321_234359643-scaled.jpg\" "\\"PXL_20240321_234359643\\"\/")