Western Auto Revelation Model 225

[SJB358]

This rifle was hanging in an old barn by our hunt club, had the first 6-8" of the barrel jammed with dirt, the metal was completely rusted, no magazine, and it was basically held together with rusty screws. The old man that owned it was in an accident with it, broke both his legs and fractured the stock.

I left the barrel in the toilet for a few hours in order to loosen up the dirt in the bore, then proceeded to push the dirt out and scrub the barrel down clean. I inspected the crown and thankfully couldn't observe any issues.

I pulled the stock, stripped off as much gunk as I could, sanded it smooth, left the couple of wood screws he used to hold the stock together and reoiled it down with TruOil.

Then, I bead blasted the metal and Cerrakoted everything, and Micro Slicked the bolt and trigger groups.

When I took it out to the range, I put a box of 20 Nosler Custom loads through it at 200 yards. Seemed to shoot real well, which I thought would never do..

Here is what the stock looked like to start with..







Here is what we used to strip the old crap off the rifle with..









Cerrakoting.....















I have a couple other pictures, but it turned out okay. It's not a showpiece, but after I full length bedded the action and barrel channel, its very solid. The oil finish seems very strong and the Cerrakoting is about as weather proof as it gets.

 

[Bruce Mc]

O.K. Paul Harvey, wheres the rest of the story.

 

[DrMike]

O.K. Paul Harvey, wheres the rest of the story.

Excellent comment, Bruce. :grin: Scotty, tremendous amount of work if if isn't shot. I'll definitely be looking forward to the range report.

 

[SJB358]

I will get you all the rest of the story fella's. I shot one box of Nosler Custom through it and it was all within a 2" dot at 200 yards. I was pretty excited with how well it shot. I was pretty danged worried about the bore with all of the junk that was in it.

I just got a set of dies for the rifle, so I'll be messing with it as I can. Getting close to elk season. Gotta stay focused!

 

[FOTIS]

caliber? 225 winchester?

 

[Bruce Mc]

I'm thinkin' its a triple deuce.

 

[pre6422hornet]

very nice Scotty! I really like the cerakoting. Looks very rich and weatherproof.

Great Job.

 

[SJB358]

I'm thinkin' its a triple deuce.

You'd be right Bruce!

 

[Bruce Mc]

How did that double post?

 

[Bruce Mc]

Yep, they made a lot of em in .222.

 

[SJB358]

It isn't a half bad rifle either. I had 0 expectations anything good would come out of it, the dirt in the bire scared me a little. The only real money invested in it, was my time, and it was worth it. I love that little 222 Rem though.. Hoo boy, accurate, no recoil, 20-21 grains of powder, cheap bullets! Yeah, I will be shooting it more..

I just grabbed a set of dies, need to acquire some cases. The other bonus is Lapua cases are 60.00 per hundred.. Man, I don't see how you could go wrong.

 

[DrMike]

That is a .224 calibre bullet I could get behind. You've done well, Scotty, m'boy.

 

[JD338]

Scotty,

Nice work buddy.
I hope she shoots for ya.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Well, I don't have any dedicated targets that I shot clean with the old 222 Rem, and I didn't have a sling mounted up on the rifle, but I shot a couple of groups off my elbows with it, just to see how it printed at 100 yards.





I imagine you all can see the little holes next to the big ones. :lol:

The little gun really needs a decent scope on it. I had a couple that would have been perfect for it, but I have to do a little machining in order to remove some material from the side mount. Most scopes have an enlarged portion around the adjustments that will not fit in the old Weaver side mount. I imagine a little time on a mill will allow me to mount something else up on there.

It is an old Bushnell Banner 3x9 on the rifle rifle now. Really, about like looking through the bottom of a Coke bottle, but is has held zero.. All with good time. The rifle does shoot decently though.

Didn't really do any real load work, just opened up Sierra's manual, saw their hunting load was 21.5 grains of RL7, CCIBR4, Nosler case, with a 50 grain bullet.... Well, I happened to have some 50 grain BT's so that is what I capped them with. I'd imagine with any sorta decent load work the rifle will shoot real well.

 

[DrMike]

Well, those groups are certainly promising. Shows a lot of promise, Scotty.