OP
First gun I ever shot was a 67. Your first one would be like the bottom one in this photo.
Just like it except mine didn't have the fancy finger grove.
Very nice collection.
Winchester 67
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Just like it except mine didn't have the fancy finger grove.
Very nice collection.
Thanks for posting this OP! The Model 67A Boys rifle ("Junior Model") was my first gun- given to me by my father for my 6th bday back in 1987- it was his when he was a child. Has been well used over the years but taken care of and still remarkably accurate- although the LOP doesn't feel quite like it did to me back then!
My Uncle happens to have an exc condition factory scoped 677 which I hope to own someday.
My Uncle happens to have an exc condition factory scoped 677 which I hope to own someday.
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Protected One
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I was recently given (2) model 67a's....one with a short barrel and the other 6" longer. Thing is, it looks like it was wrapped in clear tape that dried out and is peeling off. Don't know why and not sure the best way to remove it.
Ideas?
Ideas?
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Tubbsy
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My first rifle was an old coast to coast branded marlin model 60, looked like it had been through hades and come back... but it was a heck of a shooter... killed countless squirrels and raccoons with that old rifle.... regret selling jt...
My first rifle. With the long barrel it almost sounds suppressed with CCI subsonic loads. My Dad gave it to me over 50 years ago and it was old then. It has a sling I found in a surplus store from a Thompson SMG back when a kid could buy such things for pocket change.
ajgunner
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Great Post.
Like lots of you, this was also my first rifle. Came to me via dad that got it when he was a kid sometime in the mid to late 40's. He and his brother shared it and I have heard plenty of great stories from both of them. They brought home table fare and earned ammo for eliminating pests in the neighboring orchards.
I currently own 8-11 of them---never know the true number without taking a hard count. Farm rifles and for Boy Scouts around here. Every skunk and racoon that shows itself long enough for me to grab a 67 receives a free hot lead shampoo.
I can't seem to walk past one when it is priced right. I have sold them cheap to lots of Boy Scout families. Once you get them started they seem to have the best time ever. The way I learned and my son and all the scouts have been the same---when you can pull the hammer while keeping the muzzle under control, you are then ready to start shooting it. I don't remember his age but my grandson took over a day to get this right. The second rule was also being able to keep the booger hook off the trigger until you are on target. It is interesting how some boys grasp this right away, and some will need a constant reminder every time they pick it up. I often get a Scout dad aside and set him up with one for a Christmas or birthday gift for his son. I also seem to sell at least one ever Christmas when I see posts for someone looking for, or asking about the Rascal or Chipmunk rifles. I basically tell them that for a few more dollars, they can own a better firearm that is also a great piece of American history. Usually a really easy sale. When I sell them I always tell the buyer that I will gladly give them their money back if the boy should get bored, or if the family should run into hard times. I have yet to buy one back.
Like lots of you, this was also my first rifle. Came to me via dad that got it when he was a kid sometime in the mid to late 40's. He and his brother shared it and I have heard plenty of great stories from both of them. They brought home table fare and earned ammo for eliminating pests in the neighboring orchards.
I currently own 8-11 of them---never know the true number without taking a hard count. Farm rifles and for Boy Scouts around here. Every skunk and racoon that shows itself long enough for me to grab a 67 receives a free hot lead shampoo.
I can't seem to walk past one when it is priced right. I have sold them cheap to lots of Boy Scout families. Once you get them started they seem to have the best time ever. The way I learned and my son and all the scouts have been the same---when you can pull the hammer while keeping the muzzle under control, you are then ready to start shooting it. I don't remember his age but my grandson took over a day to get this right. The second rule was also being able to keep the booger hook off the trigger until you are on target. It is interesting how some boys grasp this right away, and some will need a constant reminder every time they pick it up. I often get a Scout dad aside and set him up with one for a Christmas or birthday gift for his son. I also seem to sell at least one ever Christmas when I see posts for someone looking for, or asking about the Rascal or Chipmunk rifles. I basically tell them that for a few more dollars, they can own a better firearm that is also a great piece of American history. Usually a really easy sale. When I sell them I always tell the buyer that I will gladly give them their money back if the boy should get bored, or if the family should run into hard times. I have yet to buy one back.
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22lrfan
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That's a great article. I've always known the finger groove forends were early models but had never found any source that gave a date for when they were eliminated.
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That was the first firearm that was really "mine". Shot the other guns the family owned before that, but in 1953 I bought the model 67 from the Ames Gun shop on Pico Blvd. in Santa Monica (I was ten years old).Believe it or not Santa Monica had a small municipal pistol/rifle range for ..22 rimfires, and I would go there via city bus with the rifle! Only later did the city go downhill under the influence of Jane Fonda & her then husband ( forget his name).
Note: I think his name was Tom Hayden, or close to that.
Note: I think his name was Tom Hayden, or close to that.
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My old man bought me a Marlin 1897 for my 5th birthday. I was big enough to hold it up. He made me a Buffalo stick to hold it up till I got about 3 more years worth of beans in my belly. I would never sell it. Set the old man back $8, a tidy sum back in 55'.
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RobertJ.
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My first rifle? I remember it like it was yesterday!
I was eleven. We lived in a logging camp in SE Alaska, about thirty miles north of Sitka. My dad's friend Jim was selling a Model 1891 Argentine Mauser (22" barrel, Lyman peep) in 7.65x53mm. He sold it to me for thirty dollars. A couple months later I killed my first two deer with it.
Sadly, it's long gone.
I was eleven. We lived in a logging camp in SE Alaska, about thirty miles north of Sitka. My dad's friend Jim was selling a Model 1891 Argentine Mauser (22" barrel, Lyman peep) in 7.65x53mm. He sold it to me for thirty dollars. A couple months later I killed my first two deer with it.
Sadly, it's long gone.
Tom Kent
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My first rifle was a model 67 that my mother got for me for the princely sum of five books of S&H green stamps. It came delivered to our door by the USPS.
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Old Corp
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Yep - another one here that had a M67 as their first real rifle.
Mine came from an old man, family friend that went to many farm auctions, usually buying furniture, fixing/re-finishing it and re-selling.
He'd picked up a used M67 and I think I paid him $20-some dollars for it.
I was about 12-13.
It has a relatively short length-of-pull and a long barrel, so I guess it's a Youth Model. Most of the nickeling gone off the bolt and handle.
Bore pristine, and very accurate. No finger grooves on forearm.
I used to shoot a LOT of .22 Shorts back when they were the cheapest alternative, and that long barrel made them very quiet.
Many squirrels to it's credit and many hours of plinking fun.
Mine came from an old man, family friend that went to many farm auctions, usually buying furniture, fixing/re-finishing it and re-selling.
He'd picked up a used M67 and I think I paid him $20-some dollars for it.
I was about 12-13.
It has a relatively short length-of-pull and a long barrel, so I guess it's a Youth Model. Most of the nickeling gone off the bolt and handle.
Bore pristine, and very accurate. No finger grooves on forearm.
I used to shoot a LOT of .22 Shorts back when they were the cheapest alternative, and that long barrel made them very quiet.
Many squirrels to it's credit and many hours of plinking fun.
I do not currently own a 67. I gave my last one to my son in law. I do have a 68, which is a 67 with a really cheap peep sight. Lee
22lrfan
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RobertJ.
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I completely forgot that my wife inherited a few (nine) firearms from her dad a couple of years ago. It was the saddest looking bunch of guns I've ever seen in one place. One of them was a Model 67. It needs a new bolt, and all that I've seen on ebay were way more than I want to spend trying to make it shoot.
The .410 in the photo cleaned up okay, and is a pretty good shooter. The Ruger .44 had a broken trigger housing, and we parted it out.
The .410 in the photo cleaned up okay, and is a pretty good shooter. The Ruger .44 had a broken trigger housing, and we parted it out.
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