Squires Bingham /Armscor M1600

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While at work ,my friend and I were talking about rimfire rifles and such when I asked him if he still had his old M16 looking .22 rifle ( a Squires Bingham)
He told me it wore out so he got rid of it.I told him he could probably have gotten parts for it and fix it up.

So anyway ,can you still buy these rifles and who sells them?I wouldn`t mind getting one.

Cheers

Paul T
 
Thanks guys ,I appreciate the info.

This rifle will be in my future next and everything else on the backburner (and there`s a lot of stuff in the rimfire want list LOL)

Cheers

Paul T BB
 
My 1600 has been fun. It runs well with hv ammo. I found outstanding rich grainy wood beneath the black stock paint. A buddy has a stock pile of the sought after mags stashed in his safe, and no longer has his rifle. :)
 
glycerin said:
X2 Winchester. The bolt is complex, trigger housing is made of junk metal(zinc), and difficult to repair.
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Well that sucks.What part is difficult to repair?

I was talking to my buddy who had one (had to be at least 25 year old gun at LEAST) and his had a plastic stock.His rifle shot great and no FTF or whatever,just clean it when it got dirty (mot sure how often that was )

Cast trigger Zink housing is not a game buster, neither is polymer or whatever.(anybody who breaks a trigger guard on any rifle,needs to buy better shoes to resist slipping down mountains and tumbling down deep crevasses or stop wearing Crocks while walking the deep grasses of the left over prairies,or lay down your firearm while crossing a barbed wire fence,or at least be a little less ham fisted.......but breaking a trigger guard ?........)

A cast or polymer parts are OK with me ,but does the gun shoot?

Being semi -auto ,is the rifle hard to take down ?

Cheers

BB
 
I've had like 5 or 6 of them over the years from high school on. Have yet to ever break a single part on any of them.

They actually have very good barrels and are quite accurate. Seems counter intuitive but when you're clanging a steel plate over and over at 100 yards with ease you'll see what I mean.

The early ones had an alloy outer trigger housing, newer ones have a polymer one. They both work fine. The only thing the housing really does is hold the pistol grip.
 
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BlackBrant said:
Well that sucks.What part is difficult to repair?...
Cast trigger Zink housing is not a game buster, neither is polymer or whatever.(anybody who breaks a trigger guard on any rifle,needs to buy better shoes to resist slipping down mountains and tumbling down deep crevasses or stop wearing Crocks while walking the deep grasses of the left over prairies,or lay down your firearm while crossing a barbed wire fence,or at least be a little less ham fisted.......but breaking a trigger guard ?........)...



Being semi -auto ,is the rifle hard to take down ?

Cheers

BB
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When the components to make the part in question are made of an inferior product, the end user's shoes generally aren't a deciding factor.


cantom said:
I've had like 5 or 6 of them over the years from high school on. Have yet to ever break a single part on any of them.

They actually have very good barrels and are quite accurate. Seems counter intuitive but when you're clanging a steel plate over and over at 100 yards with ease you'll see what I mean.

The early ones had an alloy outer trigger housing, newer ones have a polymer one. They both work fine. The only thing the housing really does is hold the pistol grip.
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It's generally the triggers that break.
 
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