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

[ditrina]

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!

Got the same rifle... GREAT FUN!!! Good catch.. ENJOY

 

[DeathGrip]

The pics in post 7 are my of Dads.

Here's my 62a.

 

[Gunslinger808]

I have a couple of pumps, Remington 121 and a 572.
The old 121 is a beater, but then again it was made in 1950 and still shoots like a dream.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Have had several Mod. 90's & 06's but now down to a Mod.61. Got it at a gun show about 20 years ago. Traded a Mod. 97 12 Ga. in rough shape & 40 bucks for it. Nice tack driver for sure.

 

[Dominus_Lex]

Got mine in 1976 as my first rifle, continue to shoot it to this day.

 

[wundudnee]

I always wanted a Winchester pump when I was a kid. I finally got around to it.

 

[DCWilson]

I issue one cosmic, sweeping, general-purpose LIKE to this thread and every gun in it.

I remember the shooting gallery at Disneyland in 1956 where I actually got to plink away with a pump .22 at the little moving outlines at the back of the booth. I think I actually hit a couple with the 10 shots I bought. The pump .22 made by anybody is just a first rate boy's rifle -- and adult's rifle too, if the adult has any boy left in him.

Got this Winchester a couple of years ago. Makes me feel younger just having it in the house.

 

[Road Rat]

Yep.

I have a Rossi carbine in nickle and last year I picked up a 1946 version of the Winchester 62A............

Another John Browning masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Smitty357]

My model 61 has started to replace my 15-22. I mean the 15-22 is fun, but the model 61 is one that not everyone has at the range.

It makes a great little squirrel gun and one hell of a snake shooter. And this thing with some subsonics or some CB caps is just as quiet as a mouse.

 

[DR505]

I have an old Nylon 66 that I really like. Now to get me a pump!

 

[BigBill]

I have most of the early 22 pumps, the falling block, the rolling block and the center break rifles. I have a Hopkins & Allen 1894 single shot which is my oldest so far. My pride of the fleet is the 1890 Winchester pump and my remington 1906 pump. I have the Stevens and savage pumps too.
I also have a husqvarna bolt action single shot with an octagon barrel.

I shot my granddad pump as a kid and always wanted one. When the new
grandson was born I wanted to leave him some toys incase I pass on.

I got into the s&w, the colt and the h&r 22 revolvers too. My oldest revolver so far is a 1895 h&r premier in nickel finish of course.

Did you know a 22 long rifle has the killing power out to 450yds. Go see it on you tube

 

[BigBill]

I have an old Nylon 66 that I really like. Now to get me a pump!

Warning collecting these old pump or single shot 22 rifles and
revolvers can be habit forming, but lots of fun too.

 

[Road Rat]

I have an old Nylon 66 that I really like. Now to get me a pump!

Now, there is another FUN gun. I have had mine since the early 1960's.........build date of Jan 60.

But, they are able to fire fast enough to really burn up expensive ammo in todays market!!

 

[amazingflapjack]

Several generations of my family learned on my (now) 1890 Winchester. I attribute my shooting ability to being schooled on that gun. I had it re-barreled, re-conditioned, as far as mechanically, and chambered for LR's in the early 70's. It is incredibly accurate, and still quiet as well.