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How About Your Favorite .22 Rimfire...
Remington 541S.
I bought this one new in 1979.
Wears a fixed 4x Redfield Widefield scope. (1979 as well)
I bought this one new in 1979.
Wears a fixed 4x Redfield Widefield scope. (1979 as well)
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Gotta be my one of my Ruger 96/22's; they are short, handy, reasonably accurate, and their unusually-short and smooth lever-throw and rotary '10/22' magazine makes them perfect for new shooters and hunters alike (you can use the 'high-capacity' magazines as well).
Either the 22 WMR version:
...or the 17 HMR version (just swapped a Green Mountain barrel onto my other 22 WMR):
...or if we have to stick with '22 rimfire' - my Thompson 'Operative' suppressed 'newbie' in 22 LR.
(It may be funny looking, but I'm convinced it's the BEST introductory firearm for new shooters):
Either the 22 WMR version:
...or the 17 HMR version (just swapped a Green Mountain barrel onto my other 22 WMR):
...or if we have to stick with '22 rimfire' - my Thompson 'Operative' suppressed 'newbie' in 22 LR.
(It may be funny looking, but I'm convinced it's the BEST introductory firearm for new shooters):
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Winchester 9422M XTR.. Teamed with Colt's Peacemaker "Buntline", fitted with .22 WMR cylinder.
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My Marlin 39A closely followed by a Winchester 9422.
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When I was contemplating building my first (and what I thought would be my only) custom rifle, someone said, "make it a .22. You will shoot it more and enjoy it more than any 3 centerfires you might build." And that proved true.
Something lie 15+ people had a hand in this rifle
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/P ... 0small.jpg
This rifle has a number of configurations that swap parts (sights, lever, palm rest, butt plate) on and off for different uses.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/P ... el%201.jpg
Something lie 15+ people had a hand in this rifle
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/P ... 0small.jpg
This rifle has a number of configurations that swap parts (sights, lever, palm rest, butt plate) on and off for different uses.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/P ... el%201.jpg
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Don't make me pick!
9422
9422M
Old 39 Mountie
Belgian Browning .22 Auto
WWII era Winchester 72
Single Six
Ruger MKII G'vt Target Model
S&W 317
9422
9422M
Old 39 Mountie
Belgian Browning .22 Auto
WWII era Winchester 72
Single Six
Ruger MKII G'vt Target Model
S&W 317
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1956 Brno Model 1
I have a couple nice CA French walnut stock blanks, one day the beech stock will be replaced using one of those. Scope is a 2.5x Weaver that was on my dad's hunting rifle as long as I can remember. Lenses were cloudy (separated) as long as I can remember too. He'd replaced the scope with a modern one, but thankfully did not toss it out. I found some Canada balsam and reglued the lenses a few years ago.
I have a couple nice CA French walnut stock blanks, one day the beech stock will be replaced using one of those. Scope is a 2.5x Weaver that was on my dad's hunting rifle as long as I can remember. Lenses were cloudy (separated) as long as I can remember too. He'd replaced the scope with a modern one, but thankfully did not toss it out. I found some Canada balsam and reglued the lenses a few years ago.
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How did you get the lenses out?
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cas,
I have that rifle in the sporter barrel version.
I have that rifle in the sporter barrel version.
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Mine is the sporter version.Mescalero wrote:cas,
I have that rifle in the sporter barrel version.
For whatever reason the photograph made the barrel look heavier than it really is.
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My new one. Thanks Nancy!
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A little heat, a little acetone. The old ones with the brass bezels are easy, I don't know that the lenses were stuck in with balsam but it seemed like a good guess. Comes apart like it though. Only reason I knew about balsam was the petrography class I took in college - that's what we glued the rocks to the slides withMescalero wrote:How did you get the lenses out?
I like the old scopes a lot, brass and blued steel, leather covers. No lens coatings, no o-rings and nitrogen fill. Just a nice simple scope. I have a similar K-6, that's going on dad's mauser if I ever get the stock finished (or started for that matter )
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Sweet setup PetePete44ru wrote:
I'm always severely tempted by those bearcats.... I worry though that they're too small for my hand. If .22lr weren't so spendy, I would probably have bought one or an Uberti by now.
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That was smart of you.
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Tycer,
You have the luck of ten of us.
You have the luck of ten of us.
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Well done photo PetePete44ru wrote:
Tell us something about the watch & cool little lighter.
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Thank you sir, but I already had the ammo. No luck involved there.Mescalero wrote:Tycer,
You have the luck of ten of us.
Kind regards,
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for handy, it's my daughter's Henry H001
it groups very nicely at 50 yds - this was dialing in the peep
but for punching paper and especially shooting past 50 yds, I prefer my Uberti low-wall
this was dialing in at 75 yds, and I quit at the bullseye
super-fun for punching cans at 75+ yards
it groups very nicely at 50 yds - this was dialing in the peep
but for punching paper and especially shooting past 50 yds, I prefer my Uberti low-wall
this was dialing in at 75 yds, and I quit at the bullseye
super-fun for punching cans at 75+ yards
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I don't know about that, seeing as it took me 15+ years to think of itMescalero wrote:That was smart of you.
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I have a 541s that I bought in the late seventies. Its a real tack driver and has accounted for many a squirrels demise. I also have a Marlin 39a and I would be hard pressed to chose which one to pick if I had to.
By the way I just purchased 2 5 shot mags from Remington for a reasonable amount. So I would check them out before this run is gone if you need one. I used the same mag in a Nylon 77 and shot at least 50000 rounds through it before a friend lost it, so all the moaning of how bad the plastic mag is never was true of the 5 round ones. Don't ask about the 10 round though!
By the way I just purchased 2 5 shot mags from Remington for a reasonable amount. So I would check them out before this run is gone if you need one. I used the same mag in a Nylon 77 and shot at least 50000 rounds through it before a friend lost it, so all the moaning of how bad the plastic mag is never was true of the 5 round ones. Don't ask about the 10 round though!
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casastahle wrote:Well done photo PetePete44ru wrote:
Tell us something about the watch & cool little lighter.
Thanks ! !
The watch is a $10 Wally-World item that I bought because I was intrigued by the exposed works.
(Here, on my Ostrich-skin billfold)
The lighter is a Marlboro (cigarette's) Brass #6, that was among two other lighters ( the cast-junk "derringer", and an unmarked, but neat-o, coin-like folding lighter), a Marble's cartridge-shaped oil can, and a one-hand-opening folding knife - all at a yard/garage/tag sale for $1 apiece.
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On a side note , I bought 3 of the new 10 round mags for my 581 and nylon 77 . They would not latch in on the 77 . Just a very light trimming on the inside of the part of the mag that catches the receiver was all it took to make them interchangeable like the older ones were.EdinCT wrote: ....
By the way I just purchased 2 5 shot mags from Remington for a reasonable amount. So I would check them out before this run is gone if you need one. I used the same mag in a Nylon 77 and shot at least 50000 rounds through it before a friend lost it, so all the moaning of how bad the plastic mag is never was true of the 5 round ones. Don't ask about the 10 round though!
Phil
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That coin lighter is a cool little deal
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My pair are the Marlin 39 Century, (thanks Dave), and the 6" Ruger standard automatic pistol, 9-shot mag.
mags are hard to find and expensive. hard to believe considering how many millions of pistols exist.
mags are hard to find and expensive. hard to believe considering how many millions of pistols exist.
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MKII Mags? Seems like I see those from time to time.....should I pick up one for you if I see one?Grizz wrote:My pair are the Marlin 39 Century, (thanks Dave), and the 6" Ruger standard automatic pistol, 9-shot mag.
mags are hard to find and expensive. hard to believe considering how many millions of pistols exist.
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Actually Mk I. there is a lot of online hype about whether the Mk II will fit or function so I have to hold off on those until I find one in the wild.BlaineG wrote:MKII Mags? Seems like I see those from time to time.....should I pick up one for you if I see one?Grizz wrote:My pair are the Marlin 39 Century, (thanks Dave), and the 6" Ruger standard automatic pistol, 9-shot mag.
mags are hard to find and expensive. hard to believe considering how many millions of pistols exist.
But yes, if you see something I would appreciate a call so I can assess the budget. Thanks.
This ruger is a sweet shooter, has hardly any actual wear, and reminds me a lot of me when I was more like the way I was....
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My MKII Bull Barrel Gubment Target is the one I'd use if I made a bet I could hit a pop can at 100 yards.....Done it many times.....Prolly not these daysGrizz wrote:Actually Mk I. there is a lot of online hype about whether the Mk II will fit or function so I have to hold off on those until I find one in the wild.BlaineG wrote:MKII Mags? Seems like I see those from time to time.....should I pick up one for you if I see one?Grizz wrote:My pair are the Marlin 39 Century, (thanks Dave), and the 6" Ruger standard automatic pistol, 9-shot mag.
mags are hard to find and expensive. hard to believe considering how many millions of pistols exist.
But yes, if you see something I would appreciate a call so I can assess the budget. Thanks.
This ruger is a sweet shooter, has hardly any actual wear, and reminds me a lot of me when I was more like the way I was....
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I know Mk2 grips do not work on Mk1's
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I have a few Favs
High Standard Sportking 103
Ruger Single Six PreWarning with the fluted LR and Magnum cylindars
Winchester Model 72 s
Another High Standard Sportking 103 and some Rugers
I have others but these are my favorites.
High Standard Sportking 103
Ruger Single Six PreWarning with the fluted LR and Magnum cylindars
Winchester Model 72 s
Another High Standard Sportking 103 and some Rugers
I have others but these are my favorites.
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...no question about it: my HENRY H001L:
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Tycer,
That's too cooool!
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That's too cooool!
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I only have two, a very well worn early Winchester 9422 and a nearly new Uberti Yellow Boy .22 WRM.
The 9422 was rusty and unloved by it's previous owner and you will find more blue on a sling swivel than on my rifle but it's a Keeper....
The 9422 was rusty and unloved by it's previous owner and you will find more blue on a sling swivel than on my rifle but it's a Keeper....
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I got a 541S used in about 1991 or 1992 , think I paid $500 for it then . Little gun shot some great groups at 25 yards from the bench . Incidently after I traded it off I had a 541T HB and the T HB would never shoot as well as the S had . Seemed the T always threw the first shot from a clean or fouled bore .casastahle wrote:Remington 541S.
I bought this one new in 1979.
Wears a fixed 4x Redfield Widefield scope. (1979 as well)
I suppose my own favourite that I own is a little Browning Auto of 1969 vintage with an older Leupold M-8 4 power on top . Shoots no where near as good as the 541 S did but I always wanted a Browning 22 Auto when I was a kid .
The 22LR rifle thats #1 on my want list is the little Styer Mannlicher stocked rifle they sold from the late 50's into the mid 60's or so .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
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Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
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If I'm not mistaken thats an A-Bolt Midas Grade 22 , as to whether it's a 22LR or a 22 MAG I can't answer that !
In my always biased opinion the cream of that crop is the second from the bottom Browning T Bolt . Nice little Belgium made gun and any I ever ran across always seemed to shot very well or better . They also in good or better shape seem to carry a nice resale value !
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6pt-sika wrote:I got a 541S used in about 1991 or 1992 , think I paid $500 for it then . Little gun shot some great groups at 25 yards from the bench . Incidently after I traded it off I had a 541T HB and the T HB would never shoot as well as the S had . Seemed the T always threw the first shot from a clean or fouled bore .casastahle wrote:Remington 541S.
I bought this one new in 1979.
Wears a fixed 4x Redfield Widefield scope. (1979 as well)
I suppose my own favourite that I own is a little Browning Auto of 1969 vintage with an older Leupold M-8 4 power on top . Shoots no where near as good as the 541 S did but I always wanted a Browning 22 Auto when I was a kid .
The 22LR rifle thats #1 on my want list is the little Styer Mannlicher stocked rifle they sold from the late 50's into the mid 60's or so .
My only complaint with the 541's is that cheap plastic magazine.
I so wise someone (or better yet Remington) would have made a
steel magazine for them.
They went all out on the 541S, and they weren't cheap new back then.
If I remember right I paid between $300.00 to $350.00 for mine.
Why a plastic magazine I'll never understand.
And you didn't just find them for sale at the local Kmart either.
I remember calling around to track one down. I saw it in the Remington
gun advertisement catalog and just had to have one. Only .22 rimfire rifle
I ever needed or owned to this day.
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My only other .22 rimfire is this Colt NF convertible.
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Wow, that is a hard choice. I'd have to go with the Ruger 10/22 my Dad gave me for my 16th birthday. It was the last gun he gave me before he died. Will always have a special place in my heart...
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I posted earlier I would like to at some point get one of the little Steyr 22LR Mannlicher stocked bolt actions .
Here's a picture of what they had to say about them in a 1961 Shooters Bible .
Here's a picture of what they had to say about them in a 1961 Shooters Bible .
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This little old Marlin is my favorite. Dad bought this for me at an estate sale when I was 10. It went through a lot in my youth, broke the stock, twice. Broke the trigger guard and butt plate too. I patched it up best i knew how at the time. As I got older it didn't see much action, and sat unused for many years until recently. I restored it to its original condition. Now it looks just like it did the day we brought it home and I jumped out of the truck and headed to the woods, and proceeded to kill 2 squirrels before it got dark. It still shoots CCI Mini Mags in dime size groups at 50 yards. This is one of those that will be with me till I'm gone.
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