My first 22 rifle!! An 1890 Winchester!! What was yours??
My rifle was never a tack driver but I could pour enough lead at what I was shooting at that almost always one of the bullets flying down range would hit what I was aiming at!! I worked at my Grandmother's grocery store all week to make enough money to order a brick of 22 LRs from Grandma's distributor, (Yeah, you could buy ammo at grocery stores in the 50s) so I was shooting at cost. Every Saturday, me, my 1890 and my brick of ammo rode on my bike several miles outside of town.
Unless it started raining not one round of that brick 22s would ever make it back to town!! I can work any pump gun in my sleep to this day!!
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Winchester 121Y. I took the bolt out to clean it, put it back together with the extractor clips reversed. Thereafter it would fire upon closing the bolt. LGS had to send it back to Winchester to figure out what the problem was. Later in life I wondered if this issue was why that rifle was discontinued after a relatively short production run. (about 2 years, I think) 3 -
I received a Winchester 190 for my 8th grade graduation present from my Dad.....I regret the fact I no longer have it. 3 -
My first .22 was a Single shot Ithaca 49(looks like a Winchester but just a single shot falling block rifle). Shot it til it started not firing anymore and no gunsmith could seem to fix it. Gave it to a friend of mine who wanted a non functioning wall hanger.
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First gun I used was the family Win. Model 67. It was a good gun to learn on. First .22 rifle I bought (I was 12 or so) was an Ithica Model 49 Saddlegun. I shot so many shorts through it that it would not eject long rifles no matter how much you polished the chamber. I still have it; haven't shot it for 40 years. 3 -
Win model 60. Taken many a small game with that gun. Still have it. 3 -
Revelation .22 bolt action with a cromed bold handle, bought it at Western Auto. It was stolen in 1982. I have yet to find another. 3 -
Savage mdl. 24, .22mag over a 20ga. 1st gun I bought myself.
Wish I still had it, but was working night shift at a tobacco warehouse and ended up trading it for a 1952 Win. Mdl. 94 .30-.30. I needed a deer rifle, and "Pug" needed a squirrel gun. Still have the mdl. 94. Beautiful wood on it.
Have yet to see another .22mag over a 20 ga. Thanks to a tip from selectfire, I bought a Savage 24V .30-.30 over a 20ga. A couple years ago.
My most cherished is a Marlin 81DL from my Dads collection that took several years of looking,in order to find the correct magazine lifter parts to get it up and running. (tube fed.) Olympic quality peep sights. I believe it was a military trainer. My Son is deadly accurate with it. My old eyes don't work on it.
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my grampa gave me a model 67 winchester, said he got it from the sears cataloge for $5, still have it, it will soon be my sons to hold for my grandson........ 3 -
Savage / Springfield model 87 A . Brother inherited it when my dad died but I bought one just like it 40 years ago . Still the best 22 I own
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First one to shoot Remington targetmaster 41. First one that was mine was a Christmas gift from my parents a Marlin model 60 still have it
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1968, Remington 700 BDL, 7mm magnum, still carry it today.First 22, Marlin Golden 39, never carried it much, failed to eject spent shell too often.
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when a little kid i found a Colt lightning series 22lr pump in grandads closet ....he died a few years before and it had a live round in the chamber so i took it our service station and one of the guys got it out and oile it up...still have it about 66 years later...other grandad had a stevens visible loader pump 22lr....still have it 3 -
Westernfield bolt action 20ga. from Montgomery Wards. 3 -
Marlin Golden 39A "Mountie", got it in 1960 after working at my Dad's shop cleaning up and painting after school for the $$. I still have it, and shoot it some. It has a 4X scope on it, and is sighted "dead on" at 25 yards with CCI shorts. Varmint shooter for the yard pests. In fact, I picked off an armadillo night before last that was ripping up a flower bed. 3 -
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If I may draw the distinction - the first .22 rimfire rifles that were "mine" in the sense that they were purchased with money that I had earned...
I was 12 and had spent the summer working at the gunships cleaning up and doing manual labor - setting up tables on the gunshow circuit and running the clay pigeon launcher on the weekends trap shoots...
Vickers empire grade falling block single shot .22 rimfire match target rifle with a 28" special heavy bull barrel with flat muzzle and recessed target crown - Parker Hale and redfield international match target grade precision Olympic style sight sets...
Two palm rests and a vintage spirit level anti cant indicator - early hook style vertically adjustable integrated butt plate...
Trigger shoe - externally adjustable trigger weight...
And a set of Martin Galilean tubeless telescopic integrated optics / magnifying sniper sight system.
Mike
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Marlin model 60 still have itI remember saving up my money to buy it
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Mom didn't like Guns!! Dad had a Browning 22 Auto stashed in the Garage, we shot it a few time when I was young. We moved to Switzerland when I was 11. He must have sold it.Years later he asked if I could find one for him, He balked at the Price but settled for a Norinco ATD 22 Rifle. He enjoyed shooting that. But had to keep it at my place. Still have it after he passed away 25 years ago.
My first rifle I bought for my self was a Stevens 416 target rifle. Used it was $75.00 in 1986, still in the safe today.
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The first gun I was allowed to use all on my own was a mossberg moldel 19 ? it was a bolt action 20ga with a selecta choke. it was my grampas. it became mine when he passed a few yrs ago. my first 22 was a ithaca 49 single shot, I got it for christmas when I was 11yrs old . the first shotgun that was all mine was also a christmas gift at 12yrs old it was a ithaca super single 66 20ga lever action . and yes I still have it. I get it out every now and then for a nostalgic squirrel hunt. ( mostly walking thru the woods remembering hunts of past with gone loved ones ) but it will still bring home a bushy tail 3 -
My first one was a Crack Shot 26 and I still have it. Wish I knew how many miles it had on it! 3 -
My first 22 was (and still is) an old Wards Westernfield made by Mossberg. It had belonged to Grandfather. I also was gifted his Winchester 1897 shotgun. My first gun was a Mossberg 183t 410 that I received as Christmas present when I was 10.
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I think I was 10 when Mom bought me a Stevens semi-automatic for Christmas. A year later my Dad gave me a Winchester Model 42 at Christmas....man what great shotgun it was too! He probably had it on layaway with my Uncle Jeff as he owned a small country store and had a rack of guns in it, plus he would order one from the factory if requested.
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my first 22 which also led me to my 1st gun shop visit.
I acquired a Stevens visible loading 22 from a relative 45 years or so ago ( great uncle who I traded guns with for many years after that first rifle )
I had it for several years but wanted a 'new" ruger 10-22 with a passion ( think Ralphie and his red ryder ) .so I drove to to a some what local gun shop ( 23 miles or so and there still in business ) ask about trading in my prize Stevens 22 he looked it over told me he would give me like 20 to 25.00 trade value . I think the ruger was 89.00 at his store but they jacked the price up on it because I wanted to trade .
ahhh sorry I can not type what I told him , but left with my rifle and a month or two later discovered gun shows wow who knew LOL turning point in my life
that was a huge down fall for my saving money after that day ... but I did get a ruger 10-22 a short time later . both rifles are long gone but I do have 4 or 5 ruger 10-22's and spare parts to up grade and gave both sons one as there first gun
as for the Gun shop I visited over the years I have bought guns ammo and reloading items from them but never ask to trade in any thing to any gun shop again .. ( I get it over head, profit , dealer cost , , waiting on just the right buyer ,,,,,,,,every time I seen pawn stars rattling on to there customers when buying something It takes me back to that first day at a GS day dealing on the rifle )0 -
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Shot my Dad's 22 rifle for several years before I purchased my own .... a brand new in the box Remington Nylon 66 when in high school, around 1960.
Bought it with money by picking rock for a neighbor for .50 cents an hour.I just plain enjoy taking my Remington nylon Apache .22 rimfire semiautomatic rifle out for range day fun and recreational shooting - not only do I enjoy the vintage feel of the gun including the scope - it's visual black and chrome bright work attract positive attention and generated good contacts and conversation.
It's a special gun for sure.
Mike
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Savage model 4 purchased off the used rack at G.I.Joes when I was 12 or 13. Still have it.
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My first .22 was a Remington Targetmaster 41-P (with the hooded front sight). It was a single-shot bolt action. I was 12 years old when I got it. It was stolen in 1985 (along with several other guns) and I wish I had it back. I do have another Remington 41 that I got from a friend. It also was stolen along with the other guns, but I found it in a pawn shop several years ago.savage170 said:First one to shoot Remington targetmaster 41. First one that was mine was a Christmas gift from my parents a Marlin model 60 still have it
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O. F. Mossberg and Sons Inc. Model 151M-B .22 LR & Mossberg Scope no. M4c. No serial number. Made from 1947 to 1958. It's the first .22 rifle that I shot back in the 50s. It's still in the safe but I"ve not shot it in several years now. 0 -
I got a Winchester 190 for Christmas when I was 9 years old I believe. Still have it, planning on giving it to my newborn grandson when he is about that age
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572 fieldmaster Remington bought for me at a k mart. Wouldn't shoot if left one in the chamber overnight. Had the gun about two weeks and took it back . K mart refunded . Bought a Remington 513T Matchmaster. 513T was given to my nephew a couple yrs ago 0 -
I had access to what I needed when I was a kid (and one was very similar to the 2nd one of Smitty's at least the bolt and receiver looked like that). But, when I got married and moved out, my wife bought me a nice new stainless / green laminate10/22 Ruger. Then, she knew I loved synthetic stocks so she got me one of those and told me to pick out a scope. So, I have had it since ~1991 or so and had shot it so much that it had started to get inaccurate so bought a take-off barrel for it and still shoot it. Early on, we would rapid fire it a lot with full 30 and 50 round mags, sometimes with a hell-fire or BMF trigger and I think it just overheated too many times.
My first 22 handgun was actually my first gun I owned. It is a S&W 422. I have since collected the whole series (422, 622, 2206, 2213, and 2214) as well as its precision cousin the model 41.
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