Squires Bingham Model 20 carbine explained - ebook

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Just released at HLebooks.com , a new downloadable ebook on the Squires Bingham model 20 carbine in .22 LR

The download page is here: http://www.hlebooks.com/ebook/squiresE.htm

Android version (Mobile device application) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hlebooks.squiresE

Many other ebooks on various firearms are available here : http://hlebooks.com


Content of the ebook :

Dismounting of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20 carbine (1)
- Detachment of the magazine
- Separation of the barrel assembly from the stock
- Dismounting of the trigger guard
- Dismounting of the receiver bushing and springs
- Locking screw of the receiver bushing
- Breechblock recoil spring and guides
- Firing pin recoil spring and pushing rod
Dismounting of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20 carbine (2)
- Dismounting of the cocking lever
- Disassembling of the cocking lever
- Removal of the breechblock from the receiver
- Disassembling of the breechblock components
- Dismounting of the extractor
Dismounting of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20 carbine (3)
- Dismounting of the manual safety
- Index steel ball
- Reassembly tip for the manual safety
- Dismounting of the trigger assembly
- Disconnector and return spring
Dismounting of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20 carbine (4)
- Separation of the sub-frame from the receiver
- Dismounting of the sear return spring
- Dismounting of the magazine catch
- Dismounting of the sear
- Dismounting of the rear sight
- Dismounting of the front sight
- Dismounting of the magazine
- Detail of the components by Gun Parts corporation
Reassembly tips
- Reinstallation of the breechblock inside the receiver
- Breechblock stopped by the disconnector
- Firing pin in abutment against the disconnector
- Reinstallation of the receiver bushing
Functioning of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20 carbine (1)
- Semi-automatic breech bolting
- Recoil spring telescopic guide
- Cocking of the firing pin
- Chambering of a cartridge
Functioning of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20 carbine (2)
- Functioning of the trigger
- Extraction and ejection of the cartridge shell
Functioning of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20 carbine (3)
- Principle of disconnection explained
- Disconnection upon an ill-chambered cartridge
- Disconnection on recoil of the breechblock
- Functioning of the manual safety
- Locking of the breechblock opened
- Shell deflector and scope
Markings and variations of the Squires Bingham Mod. 20
- Serial number and Manufacturer markings
- Company profile
- Importer and caliber markings
- Additional Belgium markings
- Belgian date codes for on foreign firearms
- Improved version of the Model 20 carbine
- Model 20 A "Squibman"
- Squires Bingham model M1600
- Current Model 20-C1 offered by Armscor (2015)

 

[root]

I have a pair of these rifles.
While they are very acurate mags are next to impossible to find ( numrich has been out of stock for years)
the fireing pins are a poor design I've broken one 5 times in one gun.
I got 0ne when I was 19 from my grandmother complete with one 10 round mag and it's the one that has broken the firing pin.
The other I bought 3 years ago for 50 bux at a now defunct gunshop with no mag.
So I guess I have a parts gun and a working gun.
Due to the oddity of these I've never bothered to thread it for the can being parts/mags are so hard to find and expensive.

I do like them though and that's why I have let them take up space in the safe.
Rich

PS: thanks for the link on the Ebook.

PSS:
these can be seen in numbers in the B rated movie.

" OVERSEXED RUGSUCKERS FROM MARS"

 

[MacMan]

I bought one of these when they first came out. It key-holed terrible. I sent it back and they fixed it. Only then, the half-assed scope rail tack welded to the upper came loose. I ended up breaking it off.
And the drums ( I had the 30 and 50rd) are a nightmare to load, even w/the loading tool (pretty much a bent piece of heavy wire).
But, it was accurate and I was able to install 10/22 sights on it. The factory sights were poorly made.
Fun gun in semi, but it was crying out to made full-auto. Yep....pre 86. I should of registered it and had it converted.