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Posted by techres
 - November 03, 2012, 06:09:33 PM
So the boy and I were blowing time one day and came across a $59 tube .22 at a local shop.  While we are broke, a $59 rifle is an interesting find for the seeding pile.  It is a Higgens 31 and looked to be in good condition except for a completely snapped off charging handle. 

We took it to the range and she did just fine functionally:

http://youtu.be/wIMgIJUEUmU

http://youtu.be/FSgWwRiRBSY

Now, a new charging handle is $20 + s/h from Numrich, but I want this to be a $59 rifle, not a $80 rifle.  So it is time to fix it up myself - Kyber Pass Style (i.e. with whatever is in the cave using hand tools).

Here is the culprit - the broken operating handle:







Luckily, I have some spare mac parts laying around and have an iMac foot that should do just what I need:




Let's start with cutting out the main bar and doing the crude shaping:








Now we need to thin out the top a bit and dremel a channel-ture:




Here is the final product:












It still needs sling mounts and a websling (got some around here somewhere).

Tomorrow we go off to the range and see how she works.  I am sure it will be fine.  I mean, it's Official Apple parts & all!