The Funnest .22 Rifle Ever! What took Me So Long?!!

[Wyatt Burp]

What took me so long to get one of these?! I just went and picked it up and on the way home tried it out off hand at various little twigs floating in this muddy irrigation ditch out to about 35 yards. I just couldn't miss! And that solid short stroke "chunk-ka-chunk!" pump action is fast. The trigger pull is perfect and goes off like the proverbial piece of broken glass. I was sure late to this party! It's a take-down Rossi Gallery .22 I just picked up for $200. I know lots of you folks have one of these, too. Or grew up with a Winchester pump .22. Wow, I love this little gun!

 

[DeathGrip]

Welcome to the club.After shooting my Dads I went and bought me a Winchester 62a.
Mines a 1949 and is a little beat up but it shoots great and for 300 out the door I'm happy.
Dad's is a '37 and maybe I'll get it one day.My brother doesn't seem to like it.I haven't talked about it to my sister.She likes guns too but I think she won't go after it either.
It's a keeper to me and is one of his last guns that we shot together.I can't see anymore range time with Dad in our future.

Thanks for sharing.Nice score BTW,sorry for the off subject memories.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Welcome to the club.After shooting my Dads I went and bought me a Winchester 62a.
Mines a 1949 and is a little beat up but it shoots great and for 300 out the door I'm happy.
Dad's is a '37 and maybe I'll get it one day.My brother doesn't seem to like it.I haven't talked about it to my sister.She likes guns too but I think she won't go after it either.
It's a keeper to me and is one of his last guns that we shot together.I can't see anymore range time with Dad in our future.

Thanks for sharing.Nice score BTW,sorry for the off subject memories.

Your memories are warmly appreciated. I know these classic pumps, Winchesters I mean, were probably the first guns for many hard core shooters now. When I shot the 14or 15 round out of my Rossi today I imagined couples on the crowded Santa Cruz boardwalk or Coney Island in the 1940's, eating cotton candy and carrying stuffed animals then stopping to pop off some .22 shorts at the outdoor shooting gallery. Other guns in this catagory are the Remington pump .22's, the Savage Visable Loader, etc.

 

[Faulkner]

They are certainly fun little guns to shoot.

I bought this one for my oldest son when he was about 5 years old . . . he graduated college last year. This one is a Rossi 62 carbine and my youngest son, now 14, still squirrel hunts with it.

 

[Badkarma 1]

Hey Wyatt I have the Remington model 12 (3 of them actually!) and I love 'em! A buddy of mine has the Rossi in .22 Mag and swears by it, I'm gonna have to ask him to let me have a run with it one day.
And my favorite of the bunch is a smoothbore version, it really keeps the vermin out of my garden!
Nice rifle by the way! Dale

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Hey Wyatt I have the Remington model 12 (3 of them actually!) and I love 'em! A buddy of mine has the Rossi in .22 Mag and swears by it, I'm gonna have to ask him to let me have a run with it one day.
And my favorite of the bunch is a smoothbore version, it really keeps the vermin out of my garden!
Nice rifle by the way! Dale

My buddy showed me a smoothbore pump .22 a long time ago that was his dad's. I think it was a Winchester. How close do you have to be for your smoothbore to be effective? It sounds like a great gun for the uses you put it to.

 

[DeathGrip]

Thanks,I just tried to take a pic of mine but my blinking camera has an attitude.
Here's a pic from our last outing and a pic of the families stuff.

 

[bmcgilvray]

Nothing like a good John Browning design to make one's day brighter. You did yourself proud to pick that one up for such a good deal. Lots of shooting fun there.

My favorite .22 rifle out of the ones I have is this Winchester Model 1890 chambered for .22 Long Rifle. Shown being fired by our youngest son. The empty case just ejected may be seen at the top edge of his cap.

 

[Sprefix]

I absolutely love my Winchester 62A and my model 06 pump. They shoot all .22 ammo with no fuss. Can't imagine more fun for less money in ammo. The cheap fun makes it worth purchasing the gun. Great thread.

 

[mafuta54]

I have a model 1917!

 

[walnutred]

I have one of the Rossi 22 Mag versions and we all have a blast with it. I've been keeping my eyes open for a 22LR version simply due to ammo cost.

 

[Dyerbill]

Congradulations...........I have the Rossi 22lr in ss. I carry it in the woods with my 617.

 

[bigshot500]

isnt it amazing...we spend so much time doing research for a gunsmith to build a dead eye tack driving rifle...write a big check for the build and while the gun may perform at or above expectations...something as simple as a gallery gun or a 10-22 can bring so much enjoyment due to the simplicity border lining on the zen of shooting, that when we reflect on a fun afternoon of shooting, the basic gun always comes to mind first.

 

[bummer]

Don't have a Winchester or its clone but I have a Noble Model 235.Does anyone else have a Noble rifle?

 

[sipowicz]

I have a classic Marlin 39 Mountie but I must say, for me, the gallery pumps are more fun to shoot...

 

[Centenniel]

If I could only have one rifle, it would be a good .22 rimfire. One of life's best simple pleasures is plinking and hunting with a .22 rifle. I have a fine little Remington Model 121 pump rifle that I really enjoy using. Retro fun!

 

[novalty]

My brother has a Rossi Gallery 62SAC .22 with the short barrel, and I would have to agree it is one of the funnest .22's I have had the pleasure to shoot. Found it very accurate even with just the iron sights.

 

[swmod29]

I had one of these in the late 80's.One of the neat things about it is you could just hold the trigger back & operate the pump and it would fire as fast as you moved that forearm.Can you still do this on new Rossis?What about the 62s?

 

[David Sinko]

I also have an old Remington Model 121. It never misses a beat with .22 S, L, or LR. That kind of perfect reliability is hard to find these days.

Dave Sinko

 

[Evil Dog]

Had one of the Rossi's back in the late 70's... definitely a fun little gun.