Have 2 rimfires made in 1947. A Marlin 39 with Ballard rifling, open sights and a Martini Cadet 12/15 with an 8-32 scope. Both are tack drivers, fun to shoot. Larry
22lr Vintage Rifle Accuracy - Continue to be Amazed
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BigBill
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I started collecting turn of the century 22’s and early 1900’s 22’s for the grandson. I heard stories and school kids taking these 22’s to school so they could shoot supper on the way home after school.
DWalt
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"Nope, a Remington model 11, plastic stock, bolt action."
The confusion between the Remington Model 11 shotgun and your bolt action .22 rifle is that yours is correctly called the "Remington Nylon 11"" There weren't lot of those made.
The confusion between the Remington Model 11 shotgun and your bolt action .22 rifle is that yours is correctly called the "Remington Nylon 11"" There weren't lot of those made.
I have a few vintage Winchesters, but I've gotten to where I can't see well enough to do them justice.
I also have at least one example of every single shot .22 Winchester made. I still can hardly hit what I'm aiming at.
I also have at least one example of every single shot .22 Winchester made. I still can hardly hit what I'm aiming at.
In the past few years I've been drawn to Remington Model 34 rifles. My first love has always been Winchesters but I sure do like these little Model 34's. They are so much fun to shoot and so accurate. Kind of a forgotten gem.
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OldSarge21
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I have a Remington 34 that’s the only new gun my grandfather ever bought new, in the 30’s. When I got it the stock was cracked length wise, the thumbscrew bolt was replaced with a hardware bolt, it was pitted and rusty, and the sight elevator was missing. I got it all fixed up thanks to Numrich and a semi-inletted stock. It really is a tack driver too.
Ole Joe Clark
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Sorry about the mistake. It's not my rifle, we were at a friends house and he showed me his rifle that belonged to his late Father in law. I'm gonna try to get some photos of it.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Ole Joe Clark
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Here is my ole Marlin Model 80 DL. It has been re blued and I did the stock many years ago. I have owned it for around 50 years or so.
I just put the 4 x Weaver scope on it, might get to the range to tune it up later this morning.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
I just put the 4 x Weaver scope on it, might get to the range to tune it up later this morning.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
A neighbor had one of those thumb trigger Winchesters. About as simple a firearm as you could build.
A complete picture series of the Remington Nylon bolt action rifles can be found here. I collect the Nylon rifles.
John
http://smith-wessonforum.com/members/paladin85020-albums-remington-nylon-bolt-actions.html
BigBill
Absent Comrade
I collected single shot 22’s, bolt action 22’s, pump 22’s. My oldest is a Hopkins & Allen 22 1894.
ol777gunnerz
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Savage NRA Match Rifle
This is one of the least valuable match target rifles from yesteryear, this one has a Lyman 12x scope, at the range this wk. I was shooting empty 12 ga. hulls just over 100 yds away nearly every shot with Blazer 22lr ammo. Scope is worth twice what I paid for the rifle.
This is one of the least valuable match target rifles from yesteryear, this one has a Lyman 12x scope, at the range this wk. I was shooting empty 12 ga. hulls just over 100 yds away nearly every shot with Blazer 22lr ammo. Scope is worth twice what I paid for the rifle.
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My old .22 is a Stevens 15B, made by Savage. Actually it's not mine, it's my older brother's, but I have it. I've asked him if he wanted it back but he says no.
We have bird feeders in the back yard with sunflower seeds in them. We don't mind some squirrels snacking as well but they had gotten too pushy and were chasing the birds off. I started out with my .177 air rifle but after just wounding a couple, I decided I needed something stronger. We have neighbors nearby so I wanted to keep it quiet so I decided to try out some CCI .22 Shorts = 29 gr bullet at 720fps.
I have a nice CZ452 repeater but accuracy of the Shorts in it was terrible. Through the old single shot however, it is minute-of-squirrel-brain at 40 feet. The scope on it is a Weaver 3-6X with 7/8" diameter tube.
I sent my brother an email asking him about the gun. When and where did it come from, how much did it cost, did you buy it or did Daddy, etc. "If only this old gun could talk," kind of stuff. Here is his reply (edited for brevity):
"Boy, you ask the hardest questions!"
"I have a distinct impression of buying it at the Western Auto store, that you may remember was on the southeast corner of Main and Second, but I couldn't guarantee that. I'm pretty sure I didn't pay anything more than $15-20, probably closer to $15. I do know that Dad allowed me to shoot the .410 on my own from a pretty early age - maybe 10 or 12 but he wouldn't let me have any rifle until I was at least 16. His reasoning was that an errant shot, even from a .22, could kill a cow or calf but I guess he figured I'd have some sense by the time I was 16."
"Cousin Joe had a really old single shot .22, that I recall couldn't handle long-rifles, just shorts and longs. You cocked the hammer, flipped back a block, inserted a round, snapped the block forward, and you were ready to fire; after you did, you had to flip the block back and (it seems) then gouge out the spent shell. Anyway, I thought I was in high cotton with a rifle that worked so much better, especially at ejecting a shell - that is until I found out they made single shots that you could just drop in a round and run the bolt forward, instead of having to place it directly into the barrel."
"I remember I used to meet up with Freddy F******. and some other buddies and we would spend a Friday night down on Walnut Creek shooting off into the dark - so much for good sense at 16! I remember at least once doing that down on F******'s place at the creek, just up stream from the Bourquin place when Dad was still renting it. I was so jealous of Freddy because he had an "automatic" (some brand with a plastic stock - "ooooo plastic!") and I only had a single shot."
"Another time we met up at a spot on the west side of Walnut right across from where W. Adams in Purcell runs into the creek. I understand that back in the old days there used be a crossing (bridge?) there but in 1960 the road deadended on both sides in what was then essentially country. I don't remember us shooting so much, because we were right across from Purcell (guess we did have some sense at 16)."
My brother is about 72, so he would have gotten the rifle around 1961-62, when I would have been about 4-5. It's the rifle I must have learned to shoot with, although I have no recollection of my first shooting experiences.
Interestingly, my older brother, my younger brother, and myself are all right handed but left eye dominant. So we all shoot long guns left handed but handguns right handed. I remember trying to shoot a rifle right handed for the first time later on, and being baffled how anyone could do it. The problem was that I had the gun to my right shoulder but was still trying to get my left eye behind the sight! Once I figured out what the problem was I could shoot right handed okay, but it just didn't feel natural so I went back to being a part-time lefty.
We have bird feeders in the back yard with sunflower seeds in them. We don't mind some squirrels snacking as well but they had gotten too pushy and were chasing the birds off. I started out with my .177 air rifle but after just wounding a couple, I decided I needed something stronger. We have neighbors nearby so I wanted to keep it quiet so I decided to try out some CCI .22 Shorts = 29 gr bullet at 720fps.
I have a nice CZ452 repeater but accuracy of the Shorts in it was terrible. Through the old single shot however, it is minute-of-squirrel-brain at 40 feet. The scope on it is a Weaver 3-6X with 7/8" diameter tube.
I sent my brother an email asking him about the gun. When and where did it come from, how much did it cost, did you buy it or did Daddy, etc. "If only this old gun could talk," kind of stuff. Here is his reply (edited for brevity):
"Boy, you ask the hardest questions!"
"I have a distinct impression of buying it at the Western Auto store, that you may remember was on the southeast corner of Main and Second, but I couldn't guarantee that. I'm pretty sure I didn't pay anything more than $15-20, probably closer to $15. I do know that Dad allowed me to shoot the .410 on my own from a pretty early age - maybe 10 or 12 but he wouldn't let me have any rifle until I was at least 16. His reasoning was that an errant shot, even from a .22, could kill a cow or calf but I guess he figured I'd have some sense by the time I was 16."
"Cousin Joe had a really old single shot .22, that I recall couldn't handle long-rifles, just shorts and longs. You cocked the hammer, flipped back a block, inserted a round, snapped the block forward, and you were ready to fire; after you did, you had to flip the block back and (it seems) then gouge out the spent shell. Anyway, I thought I was in high cotton with a rifle that worked so much better, especially at ejecting a shell - that is until I found out they made single shots that you could just drop in a round and run the bolt forward, instead of having to place it directly into the barrel."
"I remember I used to meet up with Freddy F******. and some other buddies and we would spend a Friday night down on Walnut Creek shooting off into the dark - so much for good sense at 16! I remember at least once doing that down on F******'s place at the creek, just up stream from the Bourquin place when Dad was still renting it. I was so jealous of Freddy because he had an "automatic" (some brand with a plastic stock - "ooooo plastic!") and I only had a single shot."
"Another time we met up at a spot on the west side of Walnut right across from where W. Adams in Purcell runs into the creek. I understand that back in the old days there used be a crossing (bridge?) there but in 1960 the road deadended on both sides in what was then essentially country. I don't remember us shooting so much, because we were right across from Purcell (guess we did have some sense at 16)."
My brother is about 72, so he would have gotten the rifle around 1961-62, when I would have been about 4-5. It's the rifle I must have learned to shoot with, although I have no recollection of my first shooting experiences.
Interestingly, my older brother, my younger brother, and myself are all right handed but left eye dominant. So we all shoot long guns left handed but handguns right handed. I remember trying to shoot a rifle right handed for the first time later on, and being baffled how anyone could do it. The problem was that I had the gun to my right shoulder but was still trying to get my left eye behind the sight! Once I figured out what the problem was I could shoot right handed okay, but it just didn't feel natural so I went back to being a part-time lefty.
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DWalt
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As I have written about in another posting, I recently bought a high condition Remington Model 550-1. One of those was my very first real gun of any type I could call my own (but of course my father had several other guns I shot frequently before I got the 550 as a Christmas, or maybe birthday, present in the mid-1950s). I put a zillion rounds of .22 shorts through that 550 all through my teens during countless forays into the Scioto River bottoms, but it didn't get much use after I left home. I sold it over 25 years ago. When I saw this one on a table at the local gun show, I just had to buy it. Even though it was 95%+ condition (except for a scratchy stock finish), I did a full teardown and a complete cleaning, and applied a couple of coats of thinned stock oil to cover the scratches. For good measure, I added a Weaver K4 in a tip-off mount. I'll be giving it a workout in a few weeks.
I have noticed that the older I get the more interest I have in .22s. The 550 is the fourth .22 I have bought in less than a year.
I have noticed that the older I get the more interest I have in .22s. The 550 is the fourth .22 I have bought in less than a year.
Only own a couple of .22 LR rifles. My 190 Winchester was given to me for Christmas in 1968. I loved that gun as a child! As an adult, I gave it a decent checkering job. I fiddled with the trigger a little bit using a Arkansas hard stone. Result is that that little rifle will hold right at 1.25 inches for 10 shots at 50 yds. I have a little Winchester 9422 that I swapped for last year. I've not fired it. I expect it will do real well. I have a first year Ruger 77-22 that my wife bought for my birthday. It has always been able to shoot under an inch at 50 yds. using a little 2x7 Weaver Wideview scope. At 100 yds. it has with good ammunition produced less than 1 inch groups. Normally it does 1.25-1.35 inches for ten shots. I have found the CCI Mini-Mags to give especially good results. Also very good are is the Aguila ammo. Sincerely. bruce.
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