Browning Medalist 22

[Ed Fowler]

She is beautiful, Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

 

[AJ]

Normally I just buy firearms that I like with a cursory glance at GB closed auction prices for reference. 1100 OTD for this one...okay price but not a steal, but that's okay, I like it......

In my neck of the woods that was a steal as far as price goes. The last one I saw sell was $1400. I was lucky, I got mine 10 years ago for $750 with all the accessories.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

Gorgeous gun. I love the old Browning workmanship and finishing. Nothing like it (other than similar vintage S&Ws, of course .

 

[tim c]

In am a .22 bullseye club shooter and that is one beauty buddy of mine had one and kept a 280 average great gun

 

[bigl1911]

Meanwhile....my plebeian example below. Condition as good as any new pistol I've bought. It is missing the two keys and the manual.

I'm overwhelmed by the replies so all I can say is thanks to all of you gentlemen who took the time to reply. I'll look online for a copy of the manual; will use CCI SV as in my M41; the shell deflector is tight in the wood; hopefully no one will try to shoot me with the thing ; and it has one mag. Normally I just buy firearms that I like with a cursory glance at GB closed auction prices for reference. 1100 OTD for this one...okay price but not a steal, but that's okay, I like it......

I would call this a great price maybe even a steal... Congratulations!

 

[g8rb8]

Chalk me up for one more positive vote for a Browning Medalist. My dad picked this out for me as a Christmas present in the early 1970's. As a young lad I put thousands of rounds through it and was responsible for all the maintenance. My son now enjoys shooting it. Shoot it, enjoy it, and treat it nice and it will stay nice looking.

I would suggest the $1100 price is fair and in my neck of the woods is probably about market price for one.

 

[Drm50]

I bought same outfit as Tayninh69 in 71 or 72. Seems to me it
was $200/250 at the time. I liked it, but it was a carry to the range gun, being a hunter it ended up being traded of for a M-70.
It had a sweet trigger. I always liked the 41 better but the
Medalist was in that class. The only thing I didn't like about
shooting it was the way you had to reach up into grip to get mag.

 

[ameridaddy]

Meanwhile....my plebeian example below. Condition as good as any new pistol I've bought.
...... but that's okay, I like it......

If I may; once you've taken the picture, don't keep the brass in the bullet block. It will mark the red velvet over time and devalue your case.

There are reprint copies of the manual on-line for less than ten bucks. Download one and read up on your new treasure and enjoy it!! Commemorative Arms used to have some originals for sale.

 

[tayninh69]

If I may; once you've taken the picture, don't keep the brass in the bullet block. It will mark the red velvet over time and devalue your case.

There are reprint copies of the manual on-line for less than ten bucks. Download one and read up on your new treasure and enjoy it!! Commemorative Arms used to have some originals for sale.

Thanks for the tip, I'll remove the 22s. I did download a copy of a service manual for Metalist models and an owners manual for a similar model. At least similar enough to explain the 'dry fire' function. Pretty slick feature. I'll try Commemorative for an original manual if not too expensive.