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I'm old, and tend to go "old school" I'm fond of blued steel and walnut furniture, although some excellent 22 Mags come with hardwood.

Savage 24 in 22 Magnum over 20 gauge, my favorite "walkabout" gun, with hardwood furniture:


A couple of more 22 Mag over 20, but with walnut furniture:


And I was lucky enough to find this old school beauty this winter on a local hunting board, a Marlin 25 MN bolt action in 22 Magnum and hardwood furniture. Serial number makes it 1998 vintage, gun didn't have a scratch or mark on it, nor were there any marks on the clip as to catridges being loaded into it. When I cleaned the barrel, brownish (Cosmolene?) came out of it, I don't think the gun was ever fired: