Old 22's Warning - kind of a long post...
Since my wife got me addicted to old 22's I realized I've accumulated a few of them over the years and so I figure I'll post some pic's up here for those of you who appreciate such things.
First one I got was this Winchester Mod 75. Made in about 1948. I paid 350 for it which was too much probably but I didn't know much about these things then and I'm happy I got it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...S/IMG_8047.jpg Then I bought this 1937 Remington Model 41 Target Master for 99 bucks. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/IMG_7970.jpg The next purchase was this Sears Model 42. Actually made by Marlin sometime in the early 60's I believe. It was also only 99 bucks but is so far just about the most accurate 22 that I have. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...2/IMG_9116.jpg Then came this Winchester Model 74. The only semi-auto I have - rifle at least - and it cost me 150. It's also a dream to shoot and was made in the 40's as well I think. Beautiful walnut stock. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...074/74four.jpg Then I found this gunsmiths special. Montgomery Wards Western field Mod48a. Made by Mossberg in about 1938. Cost me 40 bucks because it has a trigger problem. Turned out to have the wrong trigger in it amongst other things and be in externally very rough shape. So it's my first "project gun". http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...A/IMG_1180.jpg That's how it looked when I first got it. The stock was even worse than it looks in the picture. I've stripped the wood preparatory to repairing a a crack and refinishing it. Currently it looks like this... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps0c44068f.jpg Then another Remington Model 41 came in to my possession. This time a 41-P with a receiver mounted reticle sight. Wonderfully accurate old gun. Also from 1938 and cost me 99 bucks. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...2041P/41Pa.jpg Then I got a circa 1940 Stevens Model 56 Buckhorn for 50 bucks. Shoots well but is cosmetically challenged. So it's the next on the list for a refurb after the Wards. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psf68e5a5e.jpg Then a Hawthorne Warrior Model 820b. Also by Mossberg for Wards. I think this was from the 50's. I paid 80 bucks for it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psc9d20d23.jpg And finally a Savage Model 3a. From 1936 or thereabouts. Cost me 70 bucks. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psdc8e1d63.jpg I swear I didn't realize I had so many till I started this thread. They just seem to accumulate :eek: - Peter. |
I have 6 or 8 as well. They do accumulate. Faves are my Marlin Golden 39A lever ca. 1972, it has a Williams peep sight. My raccoon gun that has also taken bobcat. A very old Remington bolt truck grade Sportsman, late 40's, and a single shot Stevens Favorite. I taught my son to shoot on it and he can drive tacks with those iron sights. I have a Remington Nylon 66, first generation from when I was a kid. Great bombproof kid's gun. There are others, notable among them a Savage .22/410 OU.
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I had the same Sears Model 42 when I was a kid. It, and a handful of other 22s didn't make it out of the house fire of 2007 alive, to include one of my Remington Apache 77's.
Now I have a Savage Model 60, and two Remington 597s...one with a scope and one with sights, and a Mossberg 702 Plinkster. Counting those that my wife and kids have, we have 7 different 22 rifles of varying flavors. Once the kids grow upand move out, I'll have more room in my safe. 22 rifles, especially the old ones, are a blast to shoot and very simple to work on, if needed. The old model 42 that I used to have had a problem with the firing pin after a number of years. I broke the bolt down only to find a drill shaving in the spring, left there from it's construction. I only had to remove it and the rifle was back up and running. |
My first .22 was a 50s/early 60s bolt action Sears J. C. Higgins rifle with a scope. Got it from my Uncle when I was 13.
Looks very similar to the above Sears 42. Last year I loaned it to my nephew along with my first gun, a Stevens single shot break action 20 gauge shotgun (with a shortened stock and with a pad - for youthful shooters). For his 13th birthday, last September, I gave him the J. C. Higgins .22. He called me that evening and told me that is the best present he's ever received. Satisfying. Jim |
I've been telling myself I need to get a .22 for ages. I think I'd really like a Ruger Bearcat or a Single Six. I also wouldn't mind an M4 clone in .22 lr. Other priorities have been getting in the way. I do really enjoy my Romanian AK variant, along with some other guns I've picked up along the way.
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If you're lucky enough to grab the ammo off the shelf before the knuckleheads do, 22s are a blast. The nice thing about the old bolt actions is that they will fire the 22 shorts, so that gives you a sporting chance at getting your hands on some ammo. I have about 1000 of them leftover from when was a kid that I can only run through one gun...my mom's revolver.
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Keep an eye out for an H and R 626. Great convertible shooters. I recently picked one up NIB with both cylinders for a hundred bucks. |
That 39a is a nice rifle. I'd like to acquire a single six as well some day. But all those I've encountered around here start at around 400 and up for pretty beat up looking examples.
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Single Six's hold their value like crazy. Security Six's even more so. I have a 6 inch one in .357 and am always keeping my eye out for a mate. Got a double rig just waiting for them. |
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they need to enjoy some chicken once in a while too.:( |
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Beautiful guns.
My only .22's are a 10-22 and a P22. Nothing worth posting a picture of. :) |
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(good luck filling it up though, the preppers have more .22LR ammo in their basements than they have brown rice and macaroni) |
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