Post your .22's!

[XDPete]

I will be watching this thread....next weapon for me will be a .22.

[Delija]

I truly love my rim fire guns. This fist pic is of an old Savage Bolt 23A Sportster. Don't remember why I had this picture cropped as it is on my imageshack account. The gun cost me $25 about 2 years ago. My first .22 rifle. I had three Ruger MK pistols but never a .22 rifle. Didn't knowh how much fun I missed out on. Cheap and accurate fun!

....It's (IIRC) a 1917 model in pretty much perfect condition. Problem is I don't have the proper magazine for it....Tried two different after-market jobs. Waste of money.

I'll break down and get a real five shot OEM mag... Seems like the real mags run about $85 for a five shot magazine. Kinda steep for a $25 gun until I saw what people pay for these guns on Gunbroker....Since it's in no way a "collectible" type of gun, I refinished the stock ..it had no nicks or dings, just age....now it sports a medium gloss finish...probably nothing like what they looked like new, but I like it....and the thing is pretty darn accurate. Especially since feeding it as a single shot, I tend to take my time. The trigger is stock, but well "broken in"...extremely crisp and breaks like glass at just under 3 pounds. (No idea what it would have been like new. The picture isn't great, but you can see that after 90 years or so, the original bluing still looks good and the wood is pretty nice...Probably cost less than $10 new.Today everything is plastic and/or plywood. I even just heard that the new 10/22s are being shipped with plastic trigger housings!!!!



1993 Ruger Govt. Target...6 7/8ths Bull barrel with "gun show" custom stocks and a Hakko red dot that's seemed to have lost something. Was way too expensive, so it pisses me off that it's no longer accurate. The gun itself is of course typically super accurate.




Same gun with original black plastic stocks and very usable adjustable Ruger open sights (they are visible under the B-Square mount the Red Dot is riding, so when the sight was working, it was kind of nice to have the option to use the normal sights for closer targets or any target the red dot was not zeroed on.


Below is a pretty new addition for me....bought this for my son, but he didn't really like it...he liked my P64 Polish knockoff of a Walther PPK that uses the Makarov round, so I was happy to give it to him and more than happy to have the Single Six....has two cylinders. .22 LR and .22magnum. Never had a .22 mag before...never even shot one. Impressive round. Too bad they are so expensive. Really more suitable as a rifle round' I'd suppose, but the muzzle energy is not far from that of a 9mm Luger. (maybe the numbers I got from CCI are misleading and the .22 mag numbers are from a long gun and the 9mm from a pistol? Sounds like an issue for Ichy to clear up. LOL The gun itself is a 1983 vintage It is a "new model with transfer bar..

....looks and feels brand new. Original box, papers, even the original "Crown Royal" type pouch for the second cylinder. I did the 'poor man's trigger job" and the pull is a smooth and crisp and respectable 3.5 pounds. (give or take). Quality..fit and finish is worlds better than the MKII (which I love..just not in the same league at all) I've owned three different MK Rugers. I'm sure I'll soon own a MKIII Hunter. But the Single Six is art.



Below is everyone's favorite gun except those who don't know what they are missing....The 1911....oops, I mean the OTHER universal favorite gun. .....the venerable....10/22 - the gun everyone should own....here's mine with 16 inch Green Mt. barrel, VQ hammer, trigger, mag release and a 'do it yourself" torsion trigger return spring. Home spun 11 ounce trigger. A tiny bit at a time almost every night spread out over many months of polishing, and a lot of reading on Rimfire Central,

Stock is bedded with my own version of a pillar (several Ruger
escutcheons piled up...upside down and right-side up...works well. 1/8th inch groups at 25 yards (sometimes much better) with Wolf MT ammo Mueller APV scope, lots of loving time put into the trigger. Getting the proper angle on the sear was something I learned on RimfireCentral after having a rough time getting cosistent resets and the gun shooting bursts of "full auto"....time and effort and an education got the trigger to reset every time - and not going "full auto".."JB Weld trick", so no creep.....did it all. A labor of love. Time to start another one.



Below shows that I wasn't paying close attention t what i uploaded. Same Ruger Gvt. Target as above....forgot to mention... an $18 sear from VQ made this gun a different animal in just minutes. The 10/22 was as I said a long term love affair. Swapping out the sear on the pistol was simple, quick, easy, foolproof and gave me an instant 32 ounce trigger pull with no other issues at all.



Another view of the 10/22. I guess they really do all look the same no matter how much we try to make them "our own"...what works works...it's all about accuracy.


For fun....a photo of a .22 short (might be a CB) nest to a BMG .50 - slightly different. But both potentially deadly.


I just found and bought an old Mossberg tube fed bolt action .22 with a "Westernfield M 842" label. A bit of research seems to indicate it's a 1960 or 1961 rifle made for Montgomery Wards. Came with original (looks original) strap, a Tasco 3-9 x 32 (i think....it's in the basement). Total cost out the door was $116....I haven't shot it other than some CBs and Super Colibris in the basement about a month ago when I bought it. (too close to see anything through the scope). I'm excited about this gun....seems like an ideal plinking gun with the tube feed...shoots any .22..(other than magnums).....long, LR, short, CBs, Colibris, - pretty big capacity using shorts (I think 21 or so rounds?) No idea how accurate it is, but I'm sure it's accurate enough for inexpensive plinking.

Now I need a nice .22 lever action and a pump gun and I'll be all set. I'm still pissed I did not have my ATM card with me at a gun show a year ago or so -intentionally left it home.......guy wanted $160 for a super nice Marlin 39A that felt smooth as silk.

i have no idea at all about pump guns....any suggestions? Where's Ichy and Brickboy when you need them? LOL

Oh yeah, I also fairly recently bought a CZ American in HM2....bone stock except for a Brooks trigger spring kit that breaks at 10 ounces. Give the word "accurate" new meaning. And the HM2 is just plain fun to shoot. I hope it survives the seeming poor current sales and catches on before it's too late.

Yeah, I love shooting rim-fire!!!!! Guess this post show it, huh?

Peace,
D.

[Delija]

Originally Posted by XDPete

I will be watching this thread....next weapon for me will be a .22.

Pete...start here: RimfireCentral.com - Hobby and Info Source For All Rimfire Caliber Ammo and Firearms

you might notice that there are separate forums for almost all rim-fire gun manufacturers, but there are seven forums for the Ruger 10/22 alone...one single model from one single manufacturer!!!

Peace,
D.

[livinloud5]

Savage Mako .22LR! Along with my XD .45 and a Kershaw Blade.

Blake.

[beitzel15]

22's.

[magnumize]

Yea...but do they spin???

Originally Posted by beitzel15

22's.

[Arps]

This isnt a pic of my actual gun, but this is what I have. A Glenfield mod 25 that old. I hunt squirrel with it, and it still works just fine.

[XDman1000]

Originally Posted by Arps

This isnt a pic of my actual gun, but this is what I have. A Glenfield mod 25 that old. I hunt squirrel with it, and it still works just fine.

The one you see in my photo was my 1st firearm.

[Lazarus]

[Lazarus]

Originally Posted by beitzel15

22's.

You beat me to the wiseass reply.