Rekindling the passion. Weather has been **** here, so I've been pullin' 'em out for a fondle. Here's a samplin' of some I still own. Pics are of various ages. Man I love .22s!

A few Germans. Mausers from the 30's and 40's. Wather from the 60s


Marlin M65 from the mid-30s. One of the funnest .22 rifles I have


Every boy needs a boy's rifle. M1917


Last one I bought. Winchester M75 from the early 50s


Probably the best .22LR levergun ever made. Marlin M39A


One of the Mossbergs, a whole collecting category in itself. M151M.

Nice collection ya got there. I only have one vintage .22 but its my favorite gun I own. Passed down from my Grandpa to my Dad then on to me. Won't ever part with this one. Its a Remington model 34. Made sometime in the 30s. Sorry for the lousy pic I am not much of a photographer.

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I started collecting WW1 turnbolts which gave way to vintage .22LR rifles. Both sill fill the vault. I have only one contemporaty rifle, and it's built on a Steyr M1903 action from 1909. Other than a carry piece, handguns came later and will alway be smallest in number.

I have a Winchester M/61 and two M/63's which make the trip to the range nearly every time, usually shoot a brick of .22's before the day is done. I have owned several M/52 Sporters too but they've become very pricey and I sold them off, wish I'd kept the last one it had a G&H mount with a Lyman Alaskan scope.

That Win. 52 Sporter is one gun I'd like to own, but the best one
I've seen lately was $3800 and that's just a little on the steep
side right now for me. Maybe one day.

I have several vintage .22's, here is one of my favorites, a first year (serial number under 500) Remington 40x with a period correct vintage stock and scope.

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I have a couple dozen vintage .22s. Here is a nice one, 1936 Winchester Model 52. This one's serial number appears in Houze's book on the 52.

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My 1981 vintage Kimber Mod 82 S-Series supergrade 22 LR bolt gun

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It's a M75

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Nice rifles, and nice pix, guys.

I have a DOB 1916 Remington 12-C of which I am quite fond. I'd like to find an original tang sight for it. Whatta ya think? Nigh impossible? Probably, huh?

My first gun was a Mossberg .22 I've had a fondness for them ever since.

Look for a Lyman #2 for your Rem M12C.

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A Mauser ES350b

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Billhud

I've got one just like this. My Great-great uncle bought it new for $3.50.

I shot enough jack rabbits with it at 50 cents apiece to buy a new Remington Model 66 with which I shot enough rabbits to keep me in beer in college.

I still have the Stevens and its still the most accurate .22 I own.

Love those old .22s! Unfortunately, I had to sell mine a few years back. But I'm working on replacing them! Right now I only have this 9422 M and a Marlin bolt action, neither of which are "vintage".

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OOOO, I love that butt stock.

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Nice 52,
I have one from 1925 and it is quite accurate even with a cloudy/cracked old scope.
I also have the .22 affliction, A weakness really,'
Just picked up a Ruger 10/22, NIB stainless for 175 because it was there.
Here's a few to look at.

mossy 151

1950s Marlin 39s
Standard and a Mountie

Rossie SAC 62

A couple of Erma .22 Carbines

An old Anschutz 64

And a bunch of others.
Rem 12As, Stevens of assorted models, Rolling blocks and the like.
Like LAYS potato chips,
Cant stop with just one!

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Thanks for the M75 pics. My dad and his brother bought 2 with consecutive serial numbers new. I have my dad's, really wish I had been around to get the other, but was in Nam.

Anchutz Model 1416D Classic

Ithica Model 72 Saddlegun (German made)

Here's my Remington rolling block:

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Only have one. It's a 1956 (so Im told) Marlin 39A Golden.

This is a favorite of mine - a Winchester Model 75 sporter, manufactured in 1956:



Here's a Winchester Model 69A made in the mid-1950s, glamorized with a Fajen stock:



This is a very early Remington Nylon 66, made in 1959:



And here's a vintage me, circa 1954, with my vintage Winchester Model 69A, made in 1949 and purchased by my dad and me for my birthday in 1950:

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