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Alamosa,

We've known each other since we was in 8th grade. I killed my first deer there on that ranch. Amazing we're still friends. Was up there a couple of weeks ago and told his wife that he and I were coming up on our 50th anniversary PDQ! That was good for a laugh!

Between he and I, we've owned quite an arsenal!!

Nifty,

I go weak in the knees in the presence of a pump action Winchester .22.

My first .22 was basically the rifle you have pictured there. 1890 in .22 short, but mine was WELL WORN!!! Seems everyone in my family for the past century had learned to shoot with that rifle and the mileage is there for all to see. While all my friends were shooting new Marlins or 10/22's, I was lugging around this old .22 short only rifle with an octagon barrel. and I was routinely kicking their azzes with that old shootin-iron too.

Like you, I have other Winchester pump .22's...

1890 - still have the first one

Winchester 62A - Mine is from a 1930's shooting gallery company called "5 Spot". It has the "5 Spot" logo carved into the stock, and clearly it's had a gazillion rounds through it because the barrel is an 1890 round barrel in .22lr; so she's been re-barreled at least once. But I'm here to tell you, that action is tight as a banker's wallet, and she shoots straighter than that same banker's "official" books.

Winchester 61 - nearly mint condition, this one is officially "my" .22 when everyone reaches for "their" .22's.

Rossi 62A - Mine was made back in the 19870's and it's a fantastic shooting little rifle.

That has always been a bit of a dream gun for me. It's as if the shooting public just didn't seem to understand what a horrendously cool rifle Remington blessed them with, because they didn't sell well when they were made, and that's why there's so precious few of them.

By the '20's those magnificent black powder era "small bore" rounds just didn't seem to have any appeal to a shooting public enamored with the newfangled scope sighted high velocity rifles...and magnums!

But OHHH what an absolute dream of a little carbine!!! Color me jealous sir.

Here's my 1937 Colt Official Police in .38. It was my grandfather's who has since passed. I still shoot it fairly regularly.





SS

not that old..but

1970 Marlin 39 100 year anniversary 22LR

Some uber cool guns in this thread.....

Your pic didn't show up.

1894 Marlin .44-40. Built from parts by a friend. He did all the case hardening. The stocks were made from scratch. The barrel is off an 1893 Marlin. It was a shot out .32-20 (as I recall). He bored it out and rifled it by hand.
And, yes, the crescent butt plate is off a Winchester.

That is a beauty!

That was weird. It was there when I posted, but it looks like photo bucket is down or something. Reposted with Flickr instead. Thanks.

SS

This, plus the same rifle in .22 LR gave the shooter a lot more bang for his buck.....

RIGHT!!!

When Browning designed the 1890 it was always thought the intention was to make centerfire 1890's in cartrides similar to what the 14 1/2 was chambered in, but for some reason it never happened. Most surmise that Winchester decided they're a lever rifle company, not a pump rifle company. Too bad, .25-20 1890 would have been sublime.

Well, at least Remington understood how cool it would be.

I do happen to have the Rem m121 also, not the earlier m12 that would completely match it, but another cool little Rem pump gun. The m121 is surprisingly accurate. Both are take down guns with a thumb screw on the off side.








Here's the m25 again. The 25-20 is versatile, I'd love to take a turkey with it sometime.

Somehow way back when I missed this thread

M1907 Winchester, in .351 - from the first full year of production



Original High Wall, circa 1900, customized at some point with a 1/2 Octagon barrel, in .45-90

Don't have any old guns. They are all younger than the Poobah.

Always thought the FAL was cool looking

PO Ackley 03 in 228 Ackley Magnum





AO Niedner Mod 52

I don't know how I missed this thread last year but here's my humble contribution.

M39 and K22....both mfg in 1946

My Dad bought this .22 rifle in 1934 when he was 14 years old and traded for the Browning 12 gauge in the mid 40's. The .22 is a Marlin Model 50 Autoloading that fires from an open bolt. I looked it up in a gun values book a few years ago and found it was only made for 3 years if I remember right. I shot it some with open sights when I was young but then it sat in my parents closet for about 40 years until I inherited it in 02. I found pictures of my Mom and Dad shooting the scoped rifle in 1937 in an old photo album. Found the scope on a closet shelve and the mounting bracket in a desk drawer so I remounted it to be like in the photo. The clip was missing but a scrounger friend of mine found a Savage clip that would work with a little modification. I take it to the range about once a year. It shoots Fed. bulk pack hollow points surprisingly well.


Dave