Old rimfires?

[earthquake]

Anyone else have an older rimfire? If so, whatcha got?!

I inherited this baby a couple years ago, and did some investigating through the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. It's so much fun to shoot! A Winchester falling block single shot .22lr. Shoots like a dream!

 

[acudaowner]

Id have it at the range to try it out it looks like a great gun if its safe to fire .

 

[Sc0-]

Two:
1915 full octagon Stevens Favorite and a Savage/Stevens 74 favorite. The Stevens design was considerably cheaper to produce than the 1885, due to being more like a toggle link action and a cast receiver.

 

[Lesloan]

Anyone else have an older rimfire? If so, whatcha got?!

I inherited this baby a couple years ago, and did some investigating through the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. It's so much fun to shoot! A Winchester falling block single shot .22lr. Shoots like a dream! View attachment 7250305

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That's a lovely old rifle. You don't see many that old in this condition. I'm green with envy!

 

[jbell]

Earthquake, that’s a super cool rifle!

 

[deltawiskey]

That's a real treasure... I'd love to have something like that to shoot!!
DW

 

[AirCapitalOutdoors]

I’ve got an old octagon, but nothing as interesting as that! I’d oil that, have a custom mount made for it and keep it as pristine as possible.

 

[EddieE]

Imagine what that gun has gone through since 1887...how many owners it has had or how many animals met their end to it. I bet it took down some deer too. I heard in the old days, they used to shoot deer in the eye with 22LR and they went right down. I would love that gun...Do you know what its $ value is?

 

[Anb618]

Cool Winchester.

No pics handy, but I have a Mossberg 44US-D .22lr (pre-S/N). From the little research I’ve done, they were used (not mine, but many like them) as military trainer .22’s for a number of years. I probably shoot it more than any other gun I own. I almost always take it to the range and play around on 100yd 3” steel swingers while I wait for my centerfire barrels to cool down. It’s an inexpensive heavy barrel rimfire with peep iron sights, and it shoots well with CCI SV. Bought it for $200 off Armslist a couple years ago. While it’s not gonna win any beauty contests, it’s a fun little rimfire and is one of few firearms I own that I don’t believe I’ll ever sell. Definitely one of my favorites.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Guess I should describe a little. Winchester 1885 low wall “winder musket”. U.S. property stamped, manufactured late 1918 early 1919. Shoots 22 shorts only. Target was shot from about 50 feet.

 

[crackerbrown]

I shot this one today.

 

[crackerbrown]

Old adds

 

[JoshPutman]

I have a 1941 Winchester model 75 I recently acquired. I haven't had a chance to do any shooting with it yet, other than 5 shots in my yard to make sure the magazine fed.

 

[Ravenworks]

My neighbor in Florida called me up one day to ask me about a gun he had.
I go over there and he has two identical 22s from early 1900.
One is used and the other is new never been fired with a box.
I am still considering buying the new one.
He's got a dozen or so CZ's
The problem is he's from Illinois and doesn't want to screw around with taking them all home

 

[Corprin]

How old is old?

USMC marked 40x?

 

[orkan]

I have 3 or 4 BSA International's. Here's one of my MkII's wearing a 2" Unertl 24x. They are among my favorite "old" 22's. All of them will easily shoot in the .3's to .5's @ 50yds with the right lot of ammo.

 

[1CTShooter]

I have a single shot Mossberg Model B 1930-1932

 

[deltawiskey]

I have 3 or 4 BSA International's. Here's one of my MkII's wearing a 2" Unertl 24x. They are among my favorite "old" 22's. All of them will easily shoot in the .3's to .5's @ 50yds with the right lot of ammo.

Your picture didn't post.
DW

 

[Newbie2020]

I’ve got this old beauty. It’s a falling block single shot action. There’s no stamping on the heavy barrel which Makes me think is a home re-barrel job. I wish I knew what it was. There’s no markings. I’d like to get a knock off period scope and see what it can do.

 

[86alaskan]

I've got a Stevens 1915 Favorite octagon barrel and a late 50's Waltehr KKJ. I've outfitted the stevens with an old Lyman tang sight, and it's a cool old rifle to plink with. The KKJ now has a period correct Hensoldt 1.5-6x and shots like a dream. Can't wait to start slying squirrels with it.