What was the first .22 you actually owned? - The Firearms Forum

accident · 01-21-2010, 10:09 AM

Growing up in south GA.,bird hunting was king (bobwhites and doves).I had a.410 first at age 6.My first .22 the next christmas was a marlin/glenfield semi-auto.It looked like a .30 cal m1carbine,but i can't recall the model#.It was new,made in 1966.

fleetwood1976 · 01-21-2010, 10:30 AM

An Italian made Bison. 22lr/22wmr cowboy six gun. Nickel. At the time they were $99 new and I got this one for $60 off a buddy. I was 12 and mom was very upset. Dad thought it was cool though. I had access to dads guns for hunting, but this one was my first very own gun.

old semperfi · 01-21-2010, 10:49 AM

ist at 5 years old was a single shot marlin with cocking type bolt.i still have it.next was essex 410 shotgun,i still have that also.by the time i was 10 or 12 i had i think 8 different guns.now i have over 100.the carbine type marlin that looks similar to m-1 carbine,i have three of.i have rebuilt and refinished a number of these little guns,because i give them to kids in the family old semperfi

ken w. · 01-21-2010, 11:05 AM

My first was a Stevens model 73 single shot 22.

raydcarter · 01-21-2010, 11:11 AM

My first was a Savage MK II BTVS - at age 63.

Helix_FR · 01-21-2010, 11:17 AM

Romainian Model 69 Training rifle. .22 with a Mil-Surp Feel and two stage trigger.

chucksolo69 · 01-21-2010, 11:56 AM

Marlin bolt action with 10 round box magazine.

45nut · 01-21-2010, 12:12 PM

Marlin Model 60 when I was 11 I think for Christmas. I put about 500,000 rounds through it, sold it to a buddy and bought another #60. Then a Model 39A take down, then a Model 25MN .22 WMR bolt action.

Unfortunately, I sold the 39A and wish I still had it. I had a Taurus .22 revolver and Browning BuckMark that I wish I still had too. I bought a S&W 22A and still have my Colt .22 Peacemaker and High Standard that was my Grandma's.

I bought one of the Henry .22 lever actions, but now wish I had got it in .22WMR instead.

accident · 01-21-2010, 12:58 PM

THANKS for the memories.I wish i still had that old marlin carbine.Just me and that gun spent vast amounts of time together,just me and that gun.Man i wish i still had it.

mr.t7024 · 01-21-2010, 02:07 PM

Mosberg target rifle 144ls, wish I still had it!

rglbegl · 01-21-2010, 05:01 PM

Winchester 94/22 when I was 9 years old.
Stolen when I was 20

Airdale · 01-21-2010, 05:09 PM

J. C. Higgens single shot rifle.

Rick O'Shay · 01-21-2010, 05:52 PM

Mine was a H&R 676 22LR/22Mag with a 7 1/2" barrel. It bit me with the handgun fever and got me to apperciate better guns.

dianalv · 01-21-2010, 09:11 PM

You know, I never really thought about it, but I didn't own a .22 myself for a long time. My first gun was a hunting rifle in .308, followed by more hunting rifles, handguns and a shotgun. I didn't actually "own" a .22 until 2008, when I bought a Savage Anschutz sporter rifle. A great gun to start a .22 collection with!

I always had .22's to shoot, because I've bought enough of them for my son, and I had access to my dad's guns, until I got a little too fond of his Browning 52 and he locked it in his gun safe so I couldn't drool on it any more.

mcw120566 · 01-22-2010, 08:22 AM

My first......
My father purchased a Marlin model 56 levermatic for me when I was abot 10 years old. Love it!!!! I still have it and have added a 57M, someday I hope to add the third of the levermatic's to my collection.

Sandman · 01-22-2010, 08:35 AM

Marlin model 60 that I "appropriated" from my Dad's gun cabinet. Maybe you could qualify it as an indefinite loan. The first that I had a clear title to is my Ruger 77/22 in .22 mag.

flintlock · 01-22-2010, 08:40 AM

The first .22 I ever owned was a High Standard Sport KIng semi auto. It cost $65. back in 1964.

topper · 01-22-2010, 09:26 AM

My first is a Remington Model 514 bolt action single shot .22 rifle. I bought it in the early 1960's and still have it. Paid a whopping $18 for it brand new.

MemphisJim1 · 01-22-2010, 10:34 AM

From 1948 to 1952, my Dad was Winchester-Western's rep for Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas. The 3d bedroom of our Phoenix GI Bill tract house was the "safe" room for at least one, usually 2 or 3, of everything Winchester made in those years and the ammunition for all the demonstrators. When my brother and I were 5 and 6, respectively, Dad cut down the stocks and barrels for two Models 47 that became our first "owned" firearms as Christmas presents in 1949. Amazingly enough, brother and I still have them in our collections. Every year I go off to the range alone and spend some time shooting it and Dad's 1955 Model 70 Featherweight (.308 Win) while recflecting on the "good ole days." My favorites from the vintage were Models 61 (long since gone from Dad's collection) and 63 (which he hasn't consented to surrender to my custody--yet; after all, he's only 88).

Ursus · 01-22-2010, 02:34 PM

A Winchester 190

ninjatoth · 01-22-2010, 03:12 PM

The first .22 I shot and grew up with is mine now,but wasn't technically the first,but it was my first gun I shot alot and now do own.It is a springfield/savage bolt action.

6x6pinz · 01-22-2010, 07:01 PM

My first .22 was a charter arms AR7 I bought new in '80. I have worn out the receiver, the bolt, recoil springs and broke one of the stocks(all replaced with new many years ago). I still have the rifle and it still shoots exceptionally well. My son enjoys shooting it from time to time.

BillM · 01-22-2010, 07:16 PM

Stevens 87A. Got it when I was 7. Still have it.

Ranb · 01-24-2010, 06:35 PM

A Browning Buckmark varmit. Bought it when I was 30 or so.

Ranb

Tom · 01-24-2010, 07:41 PM

My first .22 was in 1963, a Marlin 39A. I don't know how many thousands of rounds have gone through it, but enough to require rebarreling. I still have it, and it is still a great gun.

01-21-2010, 10:09 AM	#1
accident V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: middle GA Posts: 374	What was the first .22 you actually owned? Growing up in south GA.,bird hunting was king (bobwhites and doves).I had a.410 first at age 6.My first .22 the next christmas was a marlin/glenfield semi-auto.It looked like a .30 cal m1carbine,but i can't recall the model#.It was new,made in 1966. __________________ "The strongest reason for the people to retain the Right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government." Thomas Jefferson -->

01-21-2010, 10:30 AM	#2
fleetwood1976 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Contributor Posts: 1,339	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? An Italian made Bison. 22lr/22wmr cowboy six gun. Nickel. At the time they were $99 new and I got this one for $60 off a buddy. I was 12 and mom was very upset. Dad thought it was cool though. I had access to dads guns for hunting, but this one was my first very own gun.

01-21-2010, 10:49 AM	#3
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? ist at 5 years old was a single shot marlin with cocking type bolt.i still have it.next was essex 410 shotgun,i still have that also.by the time i was 10 or 12 i had i think 8 different guns.now i have over 100.the carbine type marlin that looks similar to m-1 carbine,i have three of.i have rebuilt and refinished a number of these little guns,because i give them to kids in the family old semperfi

01-21-2010, 11:05 AM	#4
ken w. V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buffalo,New York Posts: 216	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first was a Stevens model 73 single shot 22.

01-21-2010, 11:11 AM	#5
raydcarter V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 160	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first was a Savage MK II BTVS - at age 63.

01-21-2010, 11:17 AM	#6
Helix_FR TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 3,671	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Romainian Model 69 Training rifle. .22 with a Mil-Surp Feel and two stage trigger. __________________ Only cowards shoot with their eyes closed.... helixgunsmith.com

01-21-2010, 11:56 AM	#7
chucksolo69 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 43	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Marlin bolt action with 10 round box magazine.

01-21-2010, 12:12 PM	#8
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,433	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Marlin Model 60 when I was 11 I think for Christmas. I put about 500,000 rounds through it, sold it to a buddy and bought another #60. Then a Model 39A take down, then a Model 25MN .22 WMR bolt action. Unfortunately, I sold the 39A and wish I still had it. I had a Taurus .22 revolver and Browning BuckMark that I wish I still had too. I bought a S&W 22A and still have my Colt .22 Peacemaker and High Standard that was my Grandma's. I bought one of the Henry .22 lever actions, but now wish I had got it in .22WMR instead. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO*

01-21-2010, 12:58 PM	#9
accident V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: middle GA Posts: 374	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? THANKS for the memories.I wish i still had that old marlin carbine.Just me and that gun spent vast amounts of time together,just me and that gun.Man i wish i still had it. __________________ "The strongest reason for the people to retain the Right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government." Thomas Jefferson

01-21-2010, 02:07 PM	#10
mr.t7024 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near a brook & pond in Ma Posts: 735	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Mosberg target rifle 144ls, wish I still had it!

01-21-2010, 05:01 PM	#11
rglbegl Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dana point CA Posts: 531	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Winchester 94/22 when I was 9 years old. Stolen when I was 20

01-21-2010, 05:09 PM	#12
Airdale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: N.W. Arkansas Contributor Posts: 761	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? J. C. Higgens single shot rifle. __________________ "The Utopian schemes of leveling [redistribution of the wealth] and a community of goods [central ownership of the means of production and distribution], are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown.[These ideas] are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government, unconstitutional." Samuel Adams

01-21-2010, 05:52 PM	#13
Rick O'Shay V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 78	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Mine was a H&R 676 22LR/22Mag with a 7 1/2" barrel. It bit me with the handgun fever and got me to apperciate better guns.

01-21-2010, 09:11 PM	#14
dianalv Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,160	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? You know, I never really thought about it, but I didn't own a .22 myself for a long time. My first gun was a hunting rifle in .308, followed by more hunting rifles, handguns and a shotgun. I didn't actually "own" a .22 until 2008, when I bought a Savage Anschutz sporter rifle. A great gun to start a .22 collection with! I always had .22's to shoot, because I've bought enough of them for my son, and I had access to my dad's guns, until I got a little too fond of his Browning 52 and he locked it in his gun safe so I couldn't drool on it any more.

01-22-2010, 08:22 AM	#15
mcw120566 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: W. Knoxville, TN Posts: 126	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first...... My father purchased a Marlin model 56 levermatic for me when I was abot 10 years old. Love it!!!! I still have it and have added a 57M, someday I hope to add the third of the levermatic's to my collection. __________________ NRA Member GOA Member IDPA Member 'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' Ronald Reagan 'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' Ronald Reagan

01-22-2010, 08:35 AM	#16
Sandman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 556	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Marlin model 60 that I "appropriated" from my Dad's gun cabinet. Maybe you could qualify it as an indefinite loan. The first that I had a clear title to is my Ruger 77/22 in .22 mag.

01-22-2010, 08:40 AM	#17
flintlock Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Upstate NY Contributor Posts: 905	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? The first .22 I ever owned was a High Standard Sport KIng semi auto. It cost $65. back in 1964.

01-22-2010, 09:26 AM	#18
topper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: deep in the woods Posts: 748	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first is a Remington Model 514 bolt action single shot .22 rifle. I bought it in the early 1960's and still have it. Paid a whopping $18 for it brand new.

01-22-2010, 10:34 AM	#19
MemphisJim1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Suburban Memphis (Mississippi side) Posts: 58	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? From 1948 to 1952, my Dad was Winchester-Western's rep for Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas. The 3d bedroom of our Phoenix GI Bill tract house was the "safe" room for at least one, usually 2 or 3, of everything Winchester made in those years and the ammunition for all the demonstrators. When my brother and I were 5 and 6, respectively, Dad cut down the stocks and barrels for two Models 47 that became our first "owned" firearms as Christmas presents in 1949. Amazingly enough, brother and I still have them in our collections. Every year I go off to the range alone and spend some time shooting it and Dad's 1955 Model 70 Featherweight (.308 Win) while recflecting on the "good ole days." My favorites from the vintage were Models 61 (long since gone from Dad's collection) and 63 (which he hasn't consented to surrender to my custody--yet; after all, he's only 88). Last edited by MemphisJim1; 01-26-2010 at 12:03 PM.. Reason: Correct a typo

01-22-2010, 02:34 PM	#20
Ursus Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: El Salvador, Central America. Posts: 1,030	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? A Winchester 190 __________________ SI VIS PACEM, PARABELLUM.

01-22-2010, 03:12 PM	#21
ninjatoth Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sanford,Michigan Posts: 369	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? The first .22 I shot and grew up with is mine now,but wasn't technically the first,but it was my first gun I shot alot and now do own.It is a springfield/savage bolt action.

01-22-2010, 07:01 PM	#22
6x6pinz V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 382	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first .22 was a charter arms AR7 I bought new in '80. I have worn out the receiver, the bolt, recoil springs and broke one of the stocks(all replaced with new many years ago). I still have the rifle and it still shoots exceptionally well. My son enjoys shooting it from time to time. __________________ friends don't let friends carry glocks

01-22-2010, 07:16 PM	#23
BillM V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Amity Orygun Posts: 390	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Stevens 87A. Got it when I was 7. Still have it.

01-24-2010, 06:35 PM	#24
Ranb Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WA, USA Posts: 71	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? A Browning Buckmark varmit. Bought it when I was 30 or so. Ranb

01-24-2010, 07:41 PM	#25
Tom V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 197	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first .22 was in 1963, a Marlin 39A. I don't know how many thousands of rounds have gone through it, but enough to require rebarreling. I still have it, and it is still a great gun.