What was the first .22 you actually owned? - Page 5 - The Firearms Forum

omalon · 04-02-2010, 06:56 PM

JC Higgins Model 31 bought in 1954 at age 12 and still have it....Great Gun.

RevMrEd59 · 04-17-2010, 11:30 PM

My first .22 was a Marlin/Glenfield model 20. It was a Christmas gift; I was 13. That was 37 years ago. I couldn't begin to count the ammo that has gone down the barrel of that old rifle, but I still have it, and still enjoy shooting it. At 30 yards you can shoot all day long through a quarter-sized hole. It was also the gun my son learned to shoot with. Ahhhh, the memories!

Boofie · 04-18-2010, 10:00 AM

omalon
Ah yes, i to can remember the day when at 12 years old I could go to the general store, buy a Stevens 15 for $14.95, and a box of Remington shorts for a quarter.

My first 22 rimfire was a Stevens 15, bolt single shot, big button on back of bolt you pulled back to cock, and the barel/receiver were one piece. It lived through untold boxes of Remington shorts. When I had high dollars, I would blow 35 cents on a box of Peters Long Rifle, but not very often.

Dean · 04-20-2010, 07:23 PM

A JC Higgins model 42D. My dad purchased it for me at a Sears store. I had worked all summer and saved $12. for a 22. When we got to the store all that would buy was a single shot. The guy behind the gun counter,(yes, Sears had gun counters in those days) said, "I think the boy needs a repeater" and added the $1.50 more out of his own pocket for the purchase. I still have the rifle and it still shoots as well as the newer models after thousands of rounds.

wyoredot · 04-20-2010, 08:20 PM

Well, for me it was a Nylon 66 that I worked all summer for. My uncle bought it and taught me how to shoot. Probably a million rounds thru that old relic!

rancherodad · 04-20-2010, 10:08 PM

southern Ohio black birds and ground hogs older brothers had sears bolt tube feed but I bought an RG six gun not very accurate or even safe after the first thousand round the trigger got seriously hairy but with care and a rest black birds would fall I think I paid 27.50 oh the good old days

Pixcutter · 04-30-2010, 10:24 PM

My Dad bought me a Remington Nylon 12 (tube fed bolt action) that he put a 4X Weaver scope on. I loved it and it gave me some memories of dad I still have. Sadly, my house was robbed and that was one of the items taken. I miss that rifle.

Gabulldog · 05-02-2010, 09:52 PM

My first was a Browning BL22 purchased when I was a senior in high school. I had to hide that rifle while at home as my mother would get on her soap box even mentioning a firearm. Bought it from JC Pennys when they still had a sporting goods section. Cost a whopping $70.00.

JLA · 05-03-2010, 09:33 AM

Marlin 60 with the little squirrel on the pistol grip. had a 22" bbl and a 17 rd mag tube...

XR750 · 06-18-2010, 04:25 AM

A Winchester Mod 68 Boys Rifle Single shot .22 short long and long rifle given to me at 8yrs old, it's still in my closet. Thanks Dad you started something that I've had all my life.
XR750

lugesm · 07-01-2010, 01:41 PM

I, too, grew up in South GA (Pelham to be exact), and every boy there had a 22 rifle by the time he was 12 or 14.

My first rifle was a Winchester, bolt action, single-shot, given to my by an older brother when I was 12 years old. I loved that little gun, and many a squirrel fell to it.

An interesting point: Even as little boys, we knew that one should NEVER shoot on the level with a 22 rifle, even if a tempting squirrel was playing on the side of a tree. I never saw any boy violate that rule when I was growing up, and I never saw, nor did I hear of, any boy causing any problem with his rifle.

Offshooter · 07-01-2010, 02:37 PM

Marlin Model 60 with Bushnell 3-7x
It magically became an assault rifle in NJ, so I had to remove the magazine tube and send it out of state or risk becoming a felon!

pops42 · 07-01-2010, 03:12 PM

mine was a marlin model 60 and it still shoots as good as it did when my dad bought it for me when i was 9 or 10 years old been so long i cant remember. and still shoot it every now and then but mostly it just sits in one of my gun safes.pops42

Steve E · 07-02-2010, 05:39 PM

My first .22 was a Model 67 Winchester bolt action single shot. It belonged to my Mama's Daddy who gave it to my Daddy then he gave it to me in the late 60's and it still lives with me.

Steve E.........

Bobitis · 07-02-2010, 06:03 PM

Late 60's Winchester model 121, bolt action single shot.

Dad got one for each of us and we all still have them. It may be worth a hundred bucks, but I wouldn't sell it for a thousand.

I was shooting with some friends a few years ago, and my Winny with open sights was kicking their scoped 10/22s butts.

And I was shooting Thunderbolts.

zb338 · 07-02-2010, 07:37 PM

My first .22 was the Remington Jr. Target. I forget the number. It had
a beavertail forearm and lyman peep sights. I sold it later on in life; don't
know why. I shot many bricks of ammo through that gun and basically
learned how to shoot with it.
Zeke

Big Shrek · 07-02-2010, 09:06 PM

A Squires-Bingham model 16...which my uncle now has.

Dang thing outshot my Ruger K10/22...so the 10/22 got traded.

zx9rt1 · 07-03-2010, 08:46 AM

Marlin model 60. Best rabbit rifle I had as a young man. Still have that rifle.

cisco1 · 08-06-2010, 07:51 AM

I bought my first.22 around 1959 for $ 15.00 from a neighbor. It was a Mossberg model 151m, still have it ,still shoot it.
Cisco

steve666 · 08-06-2010, 08:41 AM

An old Stevens Favorite I was given at age 8:

firelegs22 · 08-06-2010, 12:08 PM

savage mark II. i have had other .22 rifles but that was the first that was mine and not on loan from a faimly member.

Texxut · 08-09-2010, 08:12 PM

My first 22 was a High Standard Double Nine revolver. Still have it.

Popwood · 08-23-2010, 08:10 PM

A neighboring farm worker had been drafted and was going into the army in 1942, and I bought his Stevens bolt action with a seven round magazine. I was 13 then. I paid $7.50 for it. We moved to California the next year and I was not allowed to keep it, so I sold it to a buddy for the same amount. It was great while it lasted!

PCMeanie · 08-23-2010, 11:56 PM

I bought my first .22 (and my first gun) when I turned 18 (almost 25 years ago) from a local pawn shop in Nashville, TN. I had saved and saved to buy a gun and when I finally got around to shopping I bought the cheapest piece of crap I could find (or so I thought at the time)!

I bought what I thought was an old cheap plastic gun! I have since learned that my faithful Remington Nylon 66 is quite a nice weapon to have in my collection! I still own the gun and it looks as good as it did the day i bought it. I can't even pretend to guess how many rounds have been through that gun! Lucky for me, since at that time I knew nothing about cleaning guns, the Nylon doesn't really require too much!

I dug the gun out about a month ago and tore it completely down and cleaned every nook and cranny on it. The stupid video on youtube tells you how to tear it down, but when you search for the reassemble video you only get a "field assembly" instruction. Not much use for me since I had totally dismantled the weapon! After about a week of google searches, phone calls and a variety of colorful outbursts, I got it back together!! Took it out for a test run to make sure I had everything properly placed, and everything worked like a champ! I think it might even shoot a little better now!

Anyway, I love my Nylon 66! Took it to Gander Mountain for some information on a replacement stock (thinking of changing from brown to black) and three people shopping in the store offered to buy it on the spot! $300 was the top bid, but after almost 25 years, it's become a part of me! I could never sell it!!

P.S. Finding a stock for a Nylon 66 is near impossible. Dupont got rid of their molds and nobody I could find knew what happened to them. If anyone has information on a replacement stock, brown, black, green or (yes, even) purple, I'm interested! I heard rumors that dupont had a mix up during one run and actually made purple stocks! Never seen one, but I'd like to!

Desmond · 09-07-2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrt

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

I had one of these also. Thanks MRT for reminding me of it. Really nice rifle. I dropped a crow with one shot at a stepped off 125 yards with it back in the day when I could see that far.

These are still available from time to time on the web, usually in the $300 to $350 range in fine condition.

Desmond

04-02-2010, 06:56 PM	#101
omalon Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? JC Higgins Model 31 bought in 1954 at age 12 and still have it....Great Gun. __________________ Single Sixer

04-17-2010, 11:30 PM	#102
RevMrEd59 Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Posts: 2	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first .22 was a Marlin/Glenfield model 20. It was a Christmas gift; I was 13. That was 37 years ago. I couldn't begin to count the ammo that has gone down the barrel of that old rifle, but I still have it, and still enjoy shooting it. At 30 yards you can shoot all day long through a quarter-sized hole. It was also the gun my son learned to shoot with. Ahhhh, the memories!

04-18-2010, 10:00 AM	#103
Boofie Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 14	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? omalon Ah yes, i to can remember the day when at 12 years old I could go to the general store, buy a Stevens 15 for $14.95, and a box of Remington shorts for a quarter. My first 22 rimfire was a Stevens 15, bolt single shot, big button on back of bolt you pulled back to cock, and the barel/receiver were one piece. It lived through untold boxes of Remington shorts. When I had high dollars, I would blow 35 cents on a box of Peters Long Rifle, but not very often.

04-20-2010, 07:23 PM	#104
Dean Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Western Washington State Posts: 6	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? A JC Higgins model 42D. My dad purchased it for me at a Sears store. I had worked all summer and saved $12. for a 22. When we got to the store all that would buy was a single shot. The guy behind the gun counter,(yes, Sears had gun counters in those days) said, "I think the boy needs a repeater" and added the $1.50 more out of his own pocket for the purchase. I still have the rifle and it still shoots as well as the newer models after thousands of rounds.

04-20-2010, 10:08 PM	#106
rancherodad Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 24	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? southern Ohio black birds and ground hogs older brothers had sears bolt tube feed but I bought an RG six gun not very accurate or even safe after the first thousand round the trigger got seriously hairy but with care and a rest black birds would fall I think I paid 27.50 oh the good old days

04-30-2010, 10:24 PM	#107
Pixcutter Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 42	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My Dad bought me a Remington Nylon 12 (tube fed bolt action) that he put a 4X Weaver scope on. I loved it and it gave me some memories of dad I still have. Sadly, my house was robbed and that was one of the items taken. I miss that rifle. __________________ "Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors...and miss!" Robert A. Heinlein "You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once." Robert A. Heinlein *GET OUT AND VOTE AND TAKE SOMEONE WITH YOU!*

05-02-2010, 09:52 PM	#108
Gabulldog Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lilburn, Georgia Posts: 4	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first was a Browning BL22 purchased when I was a senior in high school. I had to hide that rifle while at home as my mother would get on her soap box even mentioning a firearm. Bought it from JC Pennys when they still had a sporting goods section. Cost a whopping $70.00.

05-03-2010, 09:33 AM	#109
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,309	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Marlin 60 with the little squirrel on the pistol grip. had a 22" bbl and a 17 rd mag tube... __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-18-2010, 04:25 AM	#110
XR750 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: N/E Oregon Posts: 6	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? A Winchester Mod 68 Boys Rifle Single shot .22 short long and long rifle given to me at 8yrs old, it's still in my closet. Thanks Dad you started something that I've had all my life. XR750 Last edited by XR750; 06-27-2010 at 01:04 PM..

07-01-2010, 01:41 PM	#111
lugesm Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? I, too, grew up in South GA (Pelham to be exact), and every boy there had a 22 rifle by the time he was 12 or 14. My first rifle was a Winchester, bolt action, single-shot, given to my by an older brother when I was 12 years old. I loved that little gun, and many a squirrel fell to it. An interesting point: Even as little boys, we knew that one should NEVER shoot on the level with a 22 rifle, even if a tempting squirrel was playing on the side of a tree. I never saw any boy violate that rule when I was growing up, and I never saw, nor did I hear of, any boy causing any problem with his rifle.

07-01-2010, 02:37 PM	#112
Offshooter Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Marlin Model 60 with Bushnell 3-7x It magically became an assault rifle in NJ, so I had to remove the magazine tube and send it out of state or risk becoming a felon!

07-01-2010, 03:12 PM	#113
pops42 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: high up on the blue ridge mountains of Va. Posts: 232	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? mine was a marlin model 60 and it still shoots as good as it did when my dad bought it for me when i was 9 or 10 years old been so long i cant remember. and still shoot it every now and then but mostly it just sits in one of my gun safes.pops42

07-02-2010, 05:39 PM	#114
Steve E Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Great State of Texas Posts: 12	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first .22 was a Model 67 Winchester bolt action single shot. It belonged to my Mama's Daddy who gave it to my Daddy then he gave it to me in the late 60's and it still lives with me. Steve E.........

07-02-2010, 06:03 PM	#115
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Late 60's Winchester model 121, bolt action single shot. Dad got one for each of us and we all still have them. It may be worth a hundred bucks, but I wouldn't sell it for a thousand. I was shooting with some friends a few years ago, and my Winny with open sights was kicking their scoped 10/22s butts. And I was shooting Thunderbolts. __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all

07-02-2010, 07:37 PM	#116
zb338 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Recently moved to Pennsylvania. Posts: 286	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first .22 was the Remington Jr. Target. I forget the number. It had a beavertail forearm and lyman peep sights. I sold it later on in life; don't know why. I shot many bricks of ammo through that gun and basically learned how to shoot with it. Zeke

07-02-2010, 09:06 PM	#117
Big Shrek Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NorthWest Florida Posts: 923	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? A Squires-Bingham model 16...which my uncle now has. Dang thing outshot my Ruger K10/22...so the 10/22 got traded. __________________ Marlin Specialist Calico Specialist A gun should be a tool in the hands of a deadly weapon, not a deadly weapon in the hands of a tool.

07-03-2010, 08:46 AM	#118
zx9rt1 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 4	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? Marlin model 60. Best rabbit rifle I had as a young man. Still have that rifle.

08-06-2010, 07:51 AM	#119
cisco1 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern, ILL. Posts: 6	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? I bought my first.22 around 1959 for $ 15.00 from a neighbor. It was a Mossberg model 151m, still have it ,still shoot it. Cisco

08-06-2010, 08:41 AM	#120
steve666 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 231	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? An old Stevens Favorite I was given at age 8: __________________ An armed society is a polite society.

08-06-2010, 12:08 PM	#121
firelegs22 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: georgia Posts: 225	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? savage mark II. i have had other .22 rifles but that was the first that was mine and not on loan from a faimly member.

08-09-2010, 08:12 PM	#122
Texxut V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 264	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? My first 22 was a High Standard Double Nine revolver. Still have it.

08-23-2010, 08:10 PM	#123
Popwood Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Iowa/Texas Posts: 17	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? A neighboring farm worker had been drafted and was going into the army in 1942, and I bought his Stevens bolt action with a seven round magazine. I was 13 then. I paid $7.50 for it. We moved to California the next year and I was not allowed to keep it, so I sold it to a buddy for the same amount. It was great while it lasted!

08-23-2010, 11:56 PM	#124
PCMeanie Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 46	Re: What was the first .22 you actually owned? I bought my first .22 (and my first gun) when I turned 18 (almost 25 years ago) from a local pawn shop in Nashville, TN. I had saved and saved to buy a gun and when I finally got around to shopping I bought the cheapest piece of crap I could find (or so I thought at the time)! I bought what I thought was an old cheap plastic gun! I have since learned that my faithful Remington Nylon 66 is quite a nice weapon to have in my collection! I still own the gun and it looks as good as it did the day i bought it. I can't even pretend to guess how many rounds have been through that gun! Lucky for me, since at that time I knew nothing about cleaning guns, the Nylon doesn't really require too much! I dug the gun out about a month ago and tore it completely down and cleaned every nook and cranny on it. The stupid video on youtube tells you how to tear it down, but when you search for the reassemble video you only get a "field assembly" instruction. Not much use for me since I had totally dismantled the weapon! After about a week of google searches, phone calls and a variety of colorful outbursts, I got it back together!! Took it out for a test run to make sure I had everything properly placed, and everything worked like a champ! I think it might even shoot a little better now! Anyway, I love my Nylon 66! Took it to Gander Mountain for some information on a replacement stock (thinking of changing from brown to black) and three people shopping in the store offered to buy it on the spot! $300 was the top bid, but after almost 25 years, it's become a part of me! I could never sell it!! P.S. Finding a stock for a Nylon 66 is near impossible. Dupont got rid of their molds and nobody I could find knew what happened to them. If anyone has information on a replacement stock, brown, black, green or (yes, even) purple, I'm interested! I heard rumors that dupont had a mix up during one run and actually made purple stocks! Never seen one, but I'd like to!