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.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles