I grew up around a Remington 12 CS in .22 Special and also used the .22 WRF in the barn gun, a Savage 24 in .22 Mag over 20 gauge, to avoid the over-penetration of the standard .22 Mag FMJ and JHP ammo.

Our closest neighbor was a retired dairy farmer who was a pump gun man; Winchester 1906, Rem 121, Rem 25, and Rem 141. I liked the Winchester 1906 and the Remington 25 in 32-20, but thought that the 141 in .32 Rem was very obsolete and uncool.