22 rifles should have their barrels adjusted just tight enough such that they don't have perceptable wobble under normal handling. The Remington Model 24, and Model 241, take-down. The magazine tube/spring assembly thing just looked weird to me and I wanted to make sure it was supposed to be like that before I buy.
The bolt would slide back and cock the gun, I was able to dry fire no problem. I just couldn't quite visualize how it worked when looking inside the action with the gun upside down.
When I returned the spring and tube assembly back into the buttstock and locked it down and turned the gun upside down and pulled the bolt back I could see the spring and the 1' cap and it appeared to be about 1/4-1/2' or so from the angled guide that would guide the round down into the breech of the barrel. My question is that when I pulled out the magazine cylinder/pushrod from the buttplate there was the metal sleeve or tube and then there was about 3-4' of spring protruding out from the tube with a small 1' or so cap over the spring.
Not in pristine condition, but it looks like it would be fun. I looked at a Rem Model 24 today at a gun shop just for fun.
