Nothing Like a Classic .22 Rifle

jag312 · #**151** 09-21-2022, 01:31 PM

Although I do have a Mossberg 46B rifle locked up in my safe, my Winchester 9422 is my classic rifle. When I do the final check-out, and hopefully not anytime soon, this rifle gets passed to my cousin Mike, then passed to his son, then passed to his grandson, etc. In 100 years from now, I want someone to hold this rifle and lovingly say, "This Winchester is a classic rifle."

KalamazooKid · #**152** 09-21-2022, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jag312

Although I do have a Mossberg 46B rifle locked up in my safe, my Winchester 9422 is my classic rifle. When I do the final check-out, and hopefully not anytime soon, this rifle gets passed to my cousin Mike, then passed to his son, then passed to his grandson, etc. In 100 years from now, I want someone to hold this rifle and lovingly say, "This Winchester is a classic rifle."

Amen brother! My first year (1972) 9422 is absolutely priceless to me and will be passed down too!

growr · #**153** 09-21-2022, 03:21 PM

I have a hard time passing up Remington 581 bolt action magazine feed rifle, have 5 of them now.....

They shoot so DARN well how can I not grab them?

Randy

armorer951 · #**154** 09-21-2022, 05:31 PM

Great stories and memories behind many of these old guns.....and the new ones. Hope they continue to be collected and shared.

Kentucky Dave · #**155** 09-21-2022, 07:17 PM

Being as the OP and more than a few others referred to the old Mossberg .22's, here's mine. Bought it because it was born the same year as me - 1951.

Mossberg 46M(b)

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Mossberg 46M(b) Left.jpg

BB57 · #**156** 09-21-2022, 07:22 PM

I’ll throw up another Classic .22 LR, a Winchester Model 52A, made in 1937.

It’s likes hanging out with its .22 LR friends, a Mossberg M44, a Remington 513T, and a Springfield M2.

garddogg56 · #**157** 09-21-2022, 07:39 PM

This is my do-all Marlin model 60 SS.
Very accurate just don't let her get dirty.

huntsman22 · #**158** 09-21-2022, 08:41 PM

TC Classic Silver Lynx....

jimmyj · #**159** 09-21-2022, 09:20 PM

You got a lot of rifle price wise with a Mossberg.
I had a Mossberg Model 152 semi-auto (patterned after the U.S. M1 .30 caliber Carbine.) All wood stock with the forearm end flipping down for a vertical grip.

marct375 · #**160** 09-21-2022, 09:23 PM

Recently bought this "As New" Model 31 from a club member. Was not sure how "As new" it was considering that it was a 60 year old gun. Turns out I bought it from a collector that bought it from a collector. Ted Williams cope was spot on at 25 yards, shoots slightly better groups than my new CZ bolt action!

DWalt · #**161** 09-21-2022, 11:01 PM

No one has mentioned the Remington Nylon series .22s. Just out of curiosity I bought a 10C cheap a few years ago. It is the box magazine version of the Nylon 66. I had to do a little work on the magazine guide bar to get it running. It was somewhat more difficult to get into it than I expected, but I did finally get it operating OK. I can’t say anything bad about the 10C aside from that the long 10-round box magazine is somewhat awkward. If you are tempted to buy one, I recommend getting the Nylon 66 with the tubular magazine inside the buttstock

BB57 · #**162** 09-22-2022, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DWalt

No one has mentioned the Remington Nylon series .22s. Just out of curiosity I bought a 10C cheap a few years ago. It is the box magazine version of the Nylon 66. I had to do a little work on the magazine guide bar to get it running. It was somewhat more difficult to get into it than I expected, but I did finally get it operating OK. I can’t say anything bad about the 10C aside from that the long 10-round box magazine is somewhat awkward. If you are tempted to buy one, I recommend getting the Nylon 66 with the tubular magazine inside the buttstock

Some of my best childhood memories are of rabbit hunting with my uncle Gregory and his Nylon 66 in Seneca green. I shot a lot of rabbits with it over the years.

I have one in the much more common Mohawk brown inherited from my father in law, and my mother in law was one in Apache Black. Both rifles came from her parent’s True Value hardware store.

The Nylon 66 is a great shooting rifle and well suited to a youth given its light weight. My only complaint is the flexible fore end that makes it very susceptible to any pressure on the stock moving the point of impact. It’s a rifle you definitely want to zero just like you plan to shoot.

They made over a million of them from 1959-1991 while the detachable box magazine fed Nylon 77 lasted less than a decade including it’s renamed 10C variant.

My Remington 541S Sporter uses the same 5 and 10 round magazines and they are the weak point of both rifles. It was a plastic magazine introduced at a time when steel was the standard. Unlike the innovative Ruger rotary polymer and steel magazine at the time, or the current polymer magazines like the excellent CZ polymer magazines (that fit the same well as the metal CZ magazines), the Nylon 77 magazine was just a cheap piece of junk. It has a bad habit of splitting along its seams and puking out the entire contents of the magazine even before the split becomes obvious.

I can see what they were trying to do with the concept as the butt stock tubular magazine in the Nylon 66 was slow to reload, but the Nylon 77 / 10C needed a much better magazine design.

jimmyj · #**163** 09-22-2022, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jebus35745

Saw this gun 2 years ago at a gun show and I thought about it frequently since. He quit setting up at Berea because of health problems. The owner comes to the NE Ohio Bunch, I call him about twice a year to see how he’s doing. Asked him last summer if he still had the gun for sale and it was, he never got back to me on the price. Finally connected again with him and bought it.

I shot it Tuesday morning after I met him and he went back home. It wouldn’t feed ammo from the tube so I shot it single shot. Used the peep sights that were on it. It did great but it was 50 ft indoors. After I got home I took it apart, cleaned it and lubed it. It now feeds good and I put a scope on
These old basic .22 rifles are great shooters. They were cheap but well made. It took me back to younger days when I walked the woods with a .22 rifle enjoying the outdoors. This one was made abt 1949. It’s a Mossberg 146 B with the early “T” blot. Tell us about your classic old rifle. Larry

IIRC (?) the Mossberg Model 146B magazine could hold 26 .22 Shorts ?

cmansguns · #**164** 09-22-2022, 08:49 AM

Wow, just looked at this 3 + year old thread and saw page after page of beautiful old classics, many remembered from my youth, but alas.............all the way to page 4 and D-Walt's post about Nylon 66 just yesterday.

I am one that considers the Remington Nylon 66 rifles among the classics even though plastic way, way ahead of their time. They are excellent shooters, trainers, and just plain fun..fun..fun when plinking by all ages around my place.

I'm lucky to own 2, a June 1960 Seneca Green, and a November 1967 Mohawk Brown. Very hard to tell them apart except when viewed in bright sunlight. Both are early (no serial number on receiver, only on barrel), and both have the large thumbscrew rear sight elevation adjustment, standard to the early production runs.

GSP Fan · #**165** 09-22-2022, 08:52 AM

I remember "hunting" chipmunks and gophers at our cabin in northern Michigan with a Winchester M1890 gallery gun. It was chambered in 22 short only.
When I bought my first 22 a friend of my dads took me shopping. I desperately wanted a Nylon 66 but he talked me into getting a Remington 552 (I think thats the model number) pump. I remember him saying the pump was safer as you know when it's loaded since you pumped the fresh round into the chamber. He also was of the opinion guns should have wood stocks which is an opinion I hold to today.
Somewhere along the path of rimfire madness I acquired a Winchester 490 semi auto. A nice gun but not the most accurate gun in the world.
In my quest for a tack driving rifle I bought a Cooper Western Classic and it does drive tacks. Not cheap by any means but those one hole 50 yard groups make me smile.

BAM-BAM · #**166** 09-22-2022, 09:47 AM

Got some old posts in this thread......

Two years ago I picked up a second used CZ 452 FS/mannlicher in .22mag ..... came with a standard 5rd mag and a cut down flush fit 3rd mag.

Outfitted it with a set of J&P Custom Products "CZ Ghost Ring rear sights replacing the rear sight blade....... my new walking in Penn's Woods rifle.
( a set of three blades; 1/16" target ,3/32" and 1/8" field apertures runs $60)

My older 452 .22mag has a 1-4x20 Leupold scope.

GSP Fan · #**167** 09-22-2022, 10:54 AM

Bam-Bam-How many rounds does the flush magazine hold? I have a CZ 452 and the only thing I really don't like about it is how the magazine fits.

Baltimoreed11754 · #**168** 09-22-2022, 11:11 AM

Here are my two Classics that I’m currently shooting. A 1922 M2 from the ‘30s and a Winchester PreA from the ‘20s. My adolescent .22 was a Winchester 67 that didn’t make it but has been replaced.

.357magger · #**169** 09-22-2022, 02:02 PM

My only "classic" 22 rifle is this Marlin 39a from 1973.

Tack driver.

I have the most fun with 22 Shorts. It holds, IIRC, a little over 3 million of them in the tube. 🙂

2152hq · #**170** 09-22-2022, 06:41 PM

A couple Marlin Model 1897 .22 lever actions.

Left is a 'Deluxe' w/1/2rd bbl, PG, deluxe wood, checkering, tang sight, Beech front and 2 leaf fold down bbl sight.

Right is what some collectors usually call a 'Half Deluxe'.
All the same features as the above including the sights,,but the wood is plain straight grain Am Walnut.
In addition, this particular rifle has been relined back to .22rf and the bbl shortened 2 ".

Who ever did the work did an excellent job.
That plus the fact that the case colors are gone from the frame made for a very nice priced shooter!.

Both are pre-1905(?) mfg as they have the ejector that is free to fall
from the frame once the bolt is removed for cleaning/disassembly.
Many of these are missing the ejector because of this,,and it's easy to glance over the rifle and not see that the critical part is not there. The action will dry function perfectly w/o the ejector in place.
Very nice repros are available for not much $$ so replacement is not the end of the world for these.
Some fitting required!

The later change used two very small screws coming in from the left side of the frame opposite the ejector to hold it firmly in place.
Easy to see the screws on the outside of the frame,,but still check for the ejector inside!

.22Std Vel only guns as are the very first Marlin Model 39 rifles .

I have another of these that is missing the ejector and the mag assembly (found one at Numrich). Needs some restoration work but it's a factory engraved rifle. A standard #1 pattern I think they called it.

SF VET · #**171** 09-23-2022, 05:38 AM

back in about '96, bought a new remake of the Winchester 52B, with the adjustable trigger, gorgeous stock, put on a 4X Burris, and it is a superbly accurate rifle with CCI MiniMags. Plus, it just looks like a slightly downsized Winchester 70. SF VET

sandog · #**172** 09-23-2022, 08:14 AM

Winchester 75 Sporting :

1956 Marlin Mountie :

Nylon 66 MB :

First year production Remington 552 :

Left hand CZ 452 :

Winchester 9422 :

Browning SA-22s :

My favorite of all of them is the Marlin Mountie, followed closely by the Browning SA-22.

duman444 · #**173** 09-23-2022, 08:41 AM

Nylon 66 MB :

I really like the aftermarket sight setup on this gun. Can you share where you got it?

sandog · #**174** 09-23-2022, 09:04 AM

duman, my 66 has a Williams GRS peep that clamps on to the receiver shell groove, and a taller front sight was needed so I went with a Williams streamlined ramp and Firesight bead.
That 66 has some surface rust on the barrel and receiver cover when I got it, so I treated it to some grey Cerakote.

mauser9 · #**175** 09-23-2022, 10:09 AM

Yeah those Nylons sure seemed ahead of their time back then. Bet the influx of synthetics we see today not dreamed of. But the price of black walnut sure had a say in todays production. I sure took for granted glossy bluing along with the ole walnut stocked guns back in the 60s and 70s. Gotta admit those Nylons sure are big with collectors and regular buyers now.

old tanker · #**176** 09-23-2022, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DWalt

My favorite classic .22 is the Remington 550-1. It was the first .22 rifle I could call my own (1956). I sold that one about 25 years ago, and I still don't know whatever prompted me to do that. Last year I ran across one in very good condition at a reasonable (for today) price, and it's even from 1956 according to the date code. So of course I bought it. They aren't seen too often even though there were many of them sold. At least to my mind, it is the finest .22 semiauto ever made. And not a piece of plastic on it except for the buttplate. It sure brings back a lot of good memories whenever I shoot it.

I agree, the 550-1 is certainly one of the handiest rifles ever made. Mine looks pretty much like yours except it was made in 1952. A gift from an old girlfriend who scored it at a yard sale it stands hen-house guard duty by the back door. CCI CB Shorts feed and function flawlessly and don't scare the neighbors. They make less noise than a pellet gun.

My favorite walking around rifle is this old Remington Model 12C. I think it it just has class. I may not find any rabbits or squirrels to shoot, but I'll look good doing it.

Ivan the Butcher · #**177** 09-23-2022, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivan the Butcher

My 7th grandkid is on the way, so I pick up all the "Classic" 22's I can. If I can afford to keep them in ammo we all will be happy!

Ivan

Since I posted this, I now have my 9th grandchild on the way! (Number 9 will be a boy, breaking the 4-4 tie.) Of the first 7, FIVE are Left Handed, That makes finding 22's for all of them a little difficult!

I'm surrounded by Lefties! My wife, #2 son, 5 grand kids, my best friend, 3 other friends and Pastor! It's a Sinister world!

Ivan

BAM-BAM · #**178** 09-23-2022, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GSP Fan

Bam-Bam-How many rounds does the flush magazine hold? I have a CZ 452 and the only thing I really don't like about it is how the magazine fits.

Three...... which is plenty in the gun for a walk in the woods. Have a little belt pouch which holds 2 spare 5rd mags.

kfields · #**179** 09-23-2022, 05:58 PM

What a fun thread!
My favorite old classic is an old Marlin No.29 that I picked up at the flea market at the fairgrounds in Urbana this past July.
I was done looking and for some reason walked back down a row of vendors set up under the trees to look at something else. There was a new guy setting up late and he just laid down an old slide action .22, one I'd never seen before. Picked it up and he had $150 on it. In full disclosure mode, he said it was missing the firing pin. The action seemed to work fine and the bore looked decent. We settled at $140 and I brought it home. Bought a firing pin and now it works great!
I can't even recall what it was I went back to look at but I'm sure glad that I did!

rincar · #**180** 09-23-2022, 06:32 PM

I am a fan of the Remington 550 series. They are fine all-around Rifles. I have 2 of them. I learned to shoot a Rifle with My Grandfathers Remington 550

GSP Fan · #**181** 09-23-2022, 07:19 PM

Not a classic in the true sense of the word but took a CZ 452 22 Mag to the range today. I put a different scope on it and it's ready for tree rats. In digging through my mass of **** I found some dovetail rings and a couple of old TV screen Redfield scopes. A 2x7 and a 3x9. I think I'll scope up the Remington pump and put it back in service.

DWalt · #**182** 09-23-2022, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by old tanker

I agree, the 550-1 is certainly one of the handiest rifles ever made. Mine looks pretty much like yours except it was made in 1952. A gift from an old girlfriend who scored it at a yard sale it stands hen-house guard duty by the back door. CCI CB Shorts feed and function flawlessly and don't scare the neighbors. They make less noise than a pellet gun.

My favorite walking around rifle is this old Remington Model 12C. I think it it just has class. I may not find any rabbits or squirrels to shoot, but I'll look good doing it.

I have not fired .22 CB Shorts in my 550, but it handles .22 Short SVs reliably. Not much more noise than a BB gun. I am very partial to using .22 Shorts in mine, as that was all I used back when I was a kid. I could afford shorts at about a quarter a box, but Long Rifles were too costly for me. I think they were 40 cents. I have a pretty good stockpile of old .22 Short ammunition, but most of it is now so old that it has some collectible value. I also have a 12C somewhere. I haven’t seen it for years. You may be aware that some say that HV .22 ammunition should not be used in one, only SV.

Andyd · #**183** 09-24-2022, 07:34 AM

Since the thread was started I have gotten a few more rimfire rifles. The one I shoot most at my 25 yard indoor range is a new classic, an Anschutz 54 trainer that was issued in 1956 as the G33. I find the weight and balance great for offhand shooting.

The early Anschutz 1415/16 usually had rather unexciting wood and I chose this 1416 and the 1418 for the grain.

The Krico Stutzen also displays nicer wood than the average Krico of its time.

The post war BRNO Mod.1 is already marked BRNO and no longer tgf for Tschechische Gewehrfabrik and the bolt action is smoother than of the average CZ, Anschutz or Sako. It is a great plinker!

Baxter6551 · #**184** 09-24-2022, 07:49 AM

Should have bought a nylon 66 but never did. As far as “classics” go I have two Schultz & Larsen Model 70s (photos) Winchester 75 Target, Remington 511 Scoremaster & Stevens 416. All tackdrivers and great fun.

cmansguns · #**185** 09-24-2022, 09:02 AM

It may be just the way I'm viewing the pics attached but have the stocks been cut, or is just the pic? The length of pull looks really short in relation to the pistol grip sizing? I had not really heard of the S & L brand but I think they are gorgeous rifles and I sure like to add 1 or 2 to my 22 rifle collection, and I'm equally sure the family would love them too.

Can you share some history of these beauties? Are they still in business? I know Google is your friend, but I like to hear it from real people, in real time and not some Wikileakers version of history.

Baxter6551 · #**186** 09-24-2022, 11:33 AM

Charlie - keen eye there ! Yes one was cut when I bought it. These are Danish target rifles that were imported some years ago. They were used by shooting clubs and a lot of them had club stickers and award plates on the stocks (the cut one has a little brass plate on it). They were in the used rack at my LGS for what I thought was a steal - $150 for the cut one and $195 for the other. The stock on the cut one was hacked / rough. My buddy refinished both stocks for me. I bought them to use at the kids shooting program I ran at my range. The cut one fit the little guys perfect. I’m sure there are some available out there. They are single shots. You have to manually insert the round in the chamber there is no ramp or loading tray. There is also no ejector - the extractor pulls it out and drops it into a tray under the open bolt. Really accurate and both of mine have great sights. The fronts have the replaceable Lyman type posts. Here are some links about them.

Schultz & Larsen Model 70 | Rimfire Central Firearm Forum

Schultz & Larsen M70 .22 Cal Target Rifle #SCH00037

Schultz & Larsen M70 | The Firearms Forum

BB57 · #**187** 09-24-2022, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SF VET

back in about '96, bought a new remake of the Winchester 52B, with the adjustable trigger, gorgeous stock, put on a 4X Burris, and it is a superbly accurate rifle with CCI MiniMags. Plus, it just looks like a slightly downsized Winchester 70. SF VET

I have two of the Winchester marked 52B reissue rifles as well as one of the Browning marked 52 reissue rifles. The first one had very good wood while the second and third were pretty much the norm.

All three of them shoot right around 1 MOA at 100 yards with SK Std Plus.

sandog · #**188** 09-24-2022, 09:32 PM

I forgot one, a 1906 Winchester that was made in 1911.
An old time gunsmith from Minnesota had refurbished it, and did a great job.
It's the hardest rifle for me to shoot, because of the lightweight and little nubs of sights. One of these days I'll put a tang sight on it.

But man, what a Browning designed little gem. It's almost too petite for adult use, but my two grandsons will enjoy it when they get old enough to hold it !

The 1906 pump looks small next to the Browning Bl-22, which isn't a real big carbine to begin with.
The Nylon 66 looks huge next to both of them, an adult size .22 for sure.

wundudnee · #**189** 09-24-2022, 10:33 PM

I am a sucker for any old .22 rifle, but I really get excited with old Winchesters. Most of mine are old, but maybe edge into the classic region. I had several posted in this thread back in 2019, but fototime went dead and lost my pictures. I have collected at least one of every single shot model that Winchester produced.

A few single shots.

Some bolt actions, 69s, 69As, 56, 57, 75s

Some pumps 1906, 1890, 61, 62A

I kind of like classic .22 rifles.

dsf · #**190** 09-24-2022, 11:20 PM

I have a fair amount of the old fashioned steel and walnut, this one is old but a little different.

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Remington Nylon 11. The bolt action version of their semi Nylon 66.

jdlii · #**191** 09-25-2022, 07:22 PM

I only have one .22 sporting rifle, a Remington 541-S. This one I bought for my Dad after he saw my 541-S with an engraved receiver.

After he passed away, I kept the one he had and sold mine. They are, as those who own them know, tack drivers!

DWalt · #**192** 09-25-2022, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dsf

I have a fair amount of the old fashioned steel and walnut, this one is old but a little different.

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Remington Nylon 11. The bolt action version of their semi Nylon 66.

There was also a lever action version. I know there are some rarities in the Remington Nylon series, but I don’t remember what they were. There was once a very good Remington Nylon rifle fanboy website, but I believe it bit the dust.

Now, if anyone wants to discuss Daisy .22 VLs, I am your guy.

Llance · #**193** 09-25-2022, 08:45 PM

Where do I start oldest shooter??? oldest in my collection?? Or oldest taken on the hunt??

Oldest shooter
1915 Stevens favorite.
1921 Savage Sporter

Savage Model 6-A

Various Mosbergs 14xx, 151xx

Favourite Marlin Model 57M .22mag.

Three Rugar 10/22's one is a takedown model NRA series

Remington Model 597 DU series.

Savage Model 24 .22 mag and 410 O/U

Pictures somewhere on the site.

Jebus35745 · #**194** 09-25-2022, 08:50 PM

Lot of nice classic rifles owned here. Here is some pictures of the Martini 12/15 just adopted. The barrel was cut to 20 3/4” from 29” and hopefully shoots OK, will find out Tuesday morning. Hope to eventually add a full length forend, that’s why I bought it.

The other is an Al Freeland Super .22 Target rifle with an Eric Johnson Barrel. Made the rifle in 3-1950 and is NUMBER 11 of 21 Made. The receiver has Made in the USA on the left upper top, BSA made the International Martini after this. Very lucky find. I was bidding on the wood and later found, (after I won it) it was a Freeland rifle. Shoots 1/4” or less at 50 yards, trying to do under 1/4”. Mounted the Super Lyman Target Spot scope to make it look great. Yeah, I love Martinis. Larry

BB57 · #**195** 09-25-2022, 10:14 PM

The Kimber of Oregon Model 82 Sporter should probably be in the list of classic .22 LR rifles.

I’ll show it here along side a Winchester marked Miroku made Model 52 reissue. With 10,000 of the Winchester marked and 5,000 of the Browning marked examples made, the Model 52 reissue rifles is arguably the best production sporter .22 LR ever made.

The Kimber of Oregon Model 82 sporter however is also a contender.

Kimber used nice, of usually straight grained walnut stocks with cut checkering. On average the wood is as good as the Model 52 reissue rifles. (I’ve only seen 3 other Model 52 reissued with wood as nicely figured as mine, more are pretty straight grained).

The polish and blue is also excellent.

The Kimber wins when it comes to the bottom metal, with nicely fitted milled steel, as opposed to the stamped bottom metal of the Model 52.

Both have checkered steel butt plates with the Model 52 having a slightly nicer Neidner style butt plate.

I should add however, that the Neidner style butt plate is only found on the Winchester marked 52 Reissue rifles as the Browning marked rifles have a regular butt plate.

Both shoot 1 MOA 5 shot groups at 100 yards with mid grade ammunition. The Model 52 does it with Sk Std Plus, while the Kimber prefers CCI SV.

Road Rat · #**196** 09-26-2022, 09:14 PM

My oldest .22 is a Winchester 1906 made in 1912.

At some point it was completely rebuilt.

PALADIN85020 · #**197** 09-27-2022, 11:36 AM

The most accurate .22 LR bolt rifle I own is this classic Winchester Model 75 sporter made in 1956. The accuracy is amazing, with cloverleaf groups out to 100 yards. These guns had the Model 75 target chambers and rifling and were designed to be at their best with .22 LR only. The bolts were factory custom headspaced to each gun and were serial numbered. I actually prefer the 75 to the Model 52 sporter, which is way heavier. This one is much more portable in the field.

In order to mount the scope I had to remove the stepped riser in the open rear sight. I made a cubbyhole for it under the buttplate so it will not be lost. I used a trigger shoe, positioned to eliminate all but a minute amount of overtravel. The let-off is absolutely perfect.

I was talking with an old-timer many years ago at a gun show, and we were discussing accurate .22s. He mentioned that he had a 75 sporter in his truck if I wanted to see it, but first he wanted to browse the show a bit. I told him to take his time, but inwardly I was beside myself to see what he had. He finally came back to me and we went out to his truck. The gun was perfect, and I bought it for a good price. Luck of the Irish, I guess!

John

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