How about some rare or unusual .22 rifles???

[S. Hammer]

This one's modern, but I like the style.

PPS22 with 50 round drum magazine.

 

[Art Doc]

Obay... let's see.

Stevens "Lil' Scout" that I bought for $12.50 at a police auction in 1988. Sights were missing, wood was awful, metal was worse, and someone had drilled through the breech block and sunk a screw through making it into a toy for a his grandkid.

Took 15 years to find a breech block at a show ($5!) and I replaced the sights and refinished the wood and metal myself. Shoots great. I have a total of about $22 invested (and 20 years).

I really need to refinish the wood. Makes ragged one hole groups at 50 years.

This Remington 581 was the personal rifle of a gunsmith. He did a lot of custom work on it and I bought it at the estate sale.

Barrel cut to 20", holes drilled under barrel in fore-end and filled with lead to restore balance, bolt lapped and polished, trigger tuned, extra action screw drilled and tapped.

 

[2152hq]

Many may think of it as the #2 most popular 22 out there, but my Marlin 60 is actually a Marlin 22a special edition, that has a wood chuck or maybe prairie dog looking critter on a medallion mounted in the stock. The others I've seen on the internet have squirrels on them. It also has the "too scary for Jersey" 17 round tube and a last round bolt hold open. I guess the window was fairly small for those features on the Marlins.

Is your's one of the Great American Game Series rifles? Brass medalion in the stock,,ect.
The last round hold open was officially intro'd in 1985 in the 22 autos, but I've seen it earlier than that.
The American Game Series rifles were made from about 83 to 89. Each year placed a different animal in the brass disc into the stock.
Made on the M75Marlin, which was an upgrade of the Glenfield M75 which didn't exist anymore 'cause they discontinued the Glenfield marketing name (83).
It's all the same action anyway. M60, 99, 75, 989,,,

The series was made for a Hardware Store chain, but who I cannot recall.

If they still run the serial numbers on the M60 series receivers the way they used to,,add the last 2 digits to '68' and get the year of mfg of the receiver,,and usually of the rifle. Maybe they've changed that since they started #'ing them in '68.
We destroyed an awfull lot of return for repair waranteed rifles that were pre-68 unser#'d. The whole rifle. Model 80's too.

Hope this helps.

 

[bagga]

i have a sears model 1, single shot. woodchucks aren't very fond of it.

 

[2152hq]

W. (William) Wurfflein,,Phil, PA.
22lr break open sporting & target.
The rear 'hammer' spur unlatches the action. Nice original tang sight.

The front should have something like a Winchester style target but a later Lyman takes it's place now. Can't have everything.
Not an awful lot of these particular models made,,but the Wurfflein gun making family made made quite a number of different firearms from muzzleloaders right on into cartridge guns.
Nice shooter (Standard Vel),,slows things down for sure on the range & I like different,,older different usually.

 

[gizamo]

I will introduce a more modern gun. Love/Hate thing...

This Ruger SR22 Rifle is more accurate then any of my CZ's.

Under 4/10ths at 50 yards with a good scope and ammo is very repeatable.

It's just not right...

 

[forresth]

Is your's one of the Great American Game Series rifles? Brass medalion in the stock,,ect.
The last round hold open was officially intro'd in 1985 in the 22 autos, but I've seen it earlier than that.
The American Game Series rifles were made from about 83 to 89. Each year placed a different animal in the brass disc into the stock.
Made on the M75Marlin, which was an upgrade of the Glenfield M75 which didn't exist anymore 'cause they discontinued the Glenfield marketing name (83).
It's all the same action anyway. M60, 99, 75, 989,,,

The series was made for a Hardware Store chain, but who I cannot recall.

If they still run the serial numbers on the M60 series receivers the way they used to,,add the last 2 digits to '68' and get the year of mfg of the receiver,,and usually of the rifle. Maybe they've changed that since they started #'ing them in '68.
We destroyed an awfull lot of return for repair waranteed rifles that were pre-68 unser#'d. The whole rifle. Model 80's too.

Hope this helps.

That's the one; a GA22. They must have changed the numbering system, as the last 2 are 48 and there are no 16-21 numbers anywhere.
Dad would have probably picked it up at "Tru Value" or possibly "Coast to Coast" (were he did a vast majority of his gift shopping back then, usually the day of on his way home from work), most likely in 84, 85 or 86. I guess it could be an 83 (the first 2 are 15), but it seams unlikely that it got the LRHO 2 years early.

 

[rburg]

In my impoverished retirement, I've only got one 22. It was the first rifle I bought using my own name and money. I lusted after it all summer when I turned 18. Finally got the nerve to buy it. Sure was a relief for the gun shop owner, he thought I was going to wear it out looking at it. The day I bought it, I even teased him. Told him I wanted one but the one he had was too shop worn! He was a good guy and laughed at my joke. Then he dropped the price just a little and even gave me a 2nd can of Browning oil. Still got that, too.

Oh yeah. Its a Browning T2. Its more accurate than I can shoot. Then and now. Gawd has it swallowed a bunch of ammo. Stock isn't as pretty as it was originally, but I don't have the nerve to try refinishing it. I like it just how it is. The fact that its a bolt action saved me more than the price I paid in saved ammo. All my buddies were way too rich and burned up ammo by the brick. I tried to make every shot count. Cheap like my parents.

Along about the 1980s my FIL passed away and I was given his Mossberg 22. I didn't want it, but figured it was my duty to hold it and then give it to my son. It doesn't even have a serial number on it. I'm guessing a 1950s vintage. He taught Boy Scouts how to shoot. These days he'd be branded a criminal for that.

 

[Cyrano]

Here's about as rare and unusual as you get. It's in the National Firearms Muserum (NRA Collection); a Rigby best quality double rifle....in 22 LR. Boy! could I have fun with this thing!!!

 

[1HAWKEYE]

As .22 rifles go I wish I could get the photos posted because I got plenty.My first was a Remington 581 w/ Leupold 3-9x efr scope,next Remington nylon 66 apache black & chrome,Remington 511 w/ leupold 3-9x efr scope,then 2 Cz 452 scouts w/ leupold 4x rf scopes ones pink & ones purple they are my daughters rifles,a Stevens marksman 12 single shot,and saving the best for last 2 BSA Martini single shot rifles a model #8 and a model 12/15 both with Parker Hale match sights. Folks let me just say those BSA's are spooky accurate 10 shots 50 yards 1 hole type of spooky.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Not a rimfire, but a .22 muzzleloader flintlock. Haven't found the pic yet, may have to get him to send me another.

Sometimes I crack myself up. My fingers got ahead of me on that one. I understood muzzleloader and wrote rimfire.

Looking forward to pics if you can get 'em.

 

[CajunBass]

Not too rare or unusual, I don't suppose, but nice looking.

1st year production Ruger M-77, Simmons 2x7 scope.

And the only 22 rifle I've still got.

 

[BigBill]

I been collecting the late 1800's to early 1900's 22cal single shot and pump rifles. My oldest is a hopkins & allen 1894 falling block 22 rifle. I was lucky to find a #6 remington 22 pump and a falling block single shot 22 also besides the winchesters and stevens. Some of these aren't so cheap anymore.

 

[wundudnee]

This is my kind of thread.

Remingtons model 4 and 6

Some old Stevens, visible loaders and single shots.

Winchester model 62A and 1906 Expert.

Winchester 69 Dual Sight and 69s grooved, Match and Junior target shooters special.

Winchester thumbtrigger, 1902, 1904 and model 36 9mm shotgun.

Some Winchester 1906s and 1890s.

Winchester model 63 factory scoped.

Winchester model 61 magnum

Winchester Winder musket .22 short.

 

[2152hq]

That's the one; a GA22. They must have changed the numbering system, as the last 2 are 48 and there are no 16-21 numbers anywhere.
Dad would have probably picked it up at "Tru Value" or possibly "Coast to Coast" (were he did a vast majority of his gift shopping back then, usually the day of on his way home from work), most likely in 84, 85 or 86. I guess it could be an 83 (the first 2 are 15), but it seams unlikely that it got the LRHO 2 years early.

Tru-Value Hardware might be it. I think one of the regional Tru-Value chains they owned contracted for these ,,'Westpoint Hardware',, or something like that.

Anyway, nice working rifles from that era. They got the feed throat/ejector problem fixed earlier in production. That used to be the major problem on these.
Then added the last shot hold open later on.
Probably did change the numbering system. It's been a while!

 

[Muley Gil]

Not rare, but seldom seen anymore.

A Remington Model 4 rolling block in .22 S, L, and LR.

 

[Grayfox]

I've got a 1978 Winchester 9422 XTR. Has the nice finish and stock, but the wood is not checkered. I'm told that only the very early XTRs were made this way and it is somewhat rare.
Doesn't matter cause I'll never sell it.

 

[RonJ]

Someone asked about this. Here's a CZ452 with moderately nice wood. This example don't shoot worth a damn.

 

[bummer]

Noble model 235 pump action. I have never seen another Noble Manufactured gun before or since I bought this.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I have a M-1969 Rumanian training rifle,22LR. Has a three leaf sight and the reciver is groved in the 11mm Europeian wide groove, finger grooved stock. The trigger is very inconsistant, 3 to 8 pound let off with no real adjustment screws. Oh yea, the front sight is pure AK-47. Back in the 90's they retailed for $66.00, saw one in a shop a couple months back for $200. I only bough the 1, but wish I had bought 10 for the future grandkids (5 and counting) Maybe I'll find enough Anshutz 2000's. These were made in the 80's, imported by Savage but are 100% German made. The 1 I have shoots great, put 4 of 5 shots in same hole at 50 yds (the wind took the other shot out .25 inch) with target sights (sights that cost more than the rifle) and Ely "Team" ammo.