Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Guns N Gear Anyone shoot vintage .22 rifles ?

Using a vintage .22 rifle with iron sights for squirrel hunting can be a lot of fun. If you have a good squirrel dog...it is even better.

I have a few .22 rifles I've collected over the years. One of the most accurate is a Remington model 12A refitted with a US M44 bull barrel. The M44 .22 bolt action was used before and during WW 2 to train military personnel and civilian shooters. The little rifle shoots one ragged hole at 30 yards. And the Remington pump action is fast and very reliable. It's drilled and tapped for a Lyman Tang sight and I may mount one on the little rifle.

Another favorite .22 rifle I have is a Winchester model 1890 pump action with a octagonal bull barrel. It groups shots as good as the Remington.

Who likes to shoot classic, vintage, .22 rifles ? What model(s)do you own ?? Photos welcomed.

I have couple of very old long barreled Remington .22 single shots that are very accurate. One is a model 41 Targetmaster and the other is a 510P Targetmaster with peep sights. I have an old Weaver G4 from the 1950s era with a Litschert SPOT-SHOT installed. Its in great shape. I think it boosts the magnification up on the little 7/8ths inch tube G4. It has Weaver dovetail .22 rings on it. Wish I had an old .22 to put it on. It came off a friends old Win .22 Hornet. These rifles don't have the dove tail grooves for scope mounting.

deadeye, Only one of my rifles, my son's Rem mdl. 72 bolt has dovetails. That is a problem...or can be.

Cool guns you mention ! I had a 510 Target Master but I traded it and another single shot for a Winchester pump action repeater...and I regret it. Those little target models are inherently accurate.

My dream collection would include classic .22 military trainers (in near mint condition, of course) with bull barrels. A US Model 44 bolt would be nice.

I had an opportunity to buy a fancy grade Remington Model 12C...with a fancy stock, inlays, and a mint Lyman aperture sight..all original to the piece. Even thee original purchase papers from the factory were included. The price asked (then/1995) was $750. I talked the guy down to $650 but backed off because it was a mint collectors' piece, and I wanted to hunt with it. (bad choice on my part) It was graded in Mint condition...99% intact bluing.

Do you or anyone know where I can buy an original barrel for a Winchester Model 6 ?

I have a WInchester model 61 that will strike a match.

1960's CMP Remington 40x

Is a Nylon 66 considered vintage??

Hunted turkeys in 2009 with a double-barreled blackpowder fowling piece made, far as I can ascertain, in the 1830s over in England.

It's still tight, works fine and dusted clay targets quite well. Turkeys didn't cooperate on that trip.

Still wanting to buy it from the owner and he won't sell it. I'm going to try again this spring.

That is exactly what I wanted to ask. Man I love shooting my nylon 66. They don't make em lik that anymore.

I've got an excellent Remington Targetmaster 510 that was made in the 1st year/second month of production, July of '39 if I remember correctly. As far as I know it hasn't been shot since the mid '50s when my wifes Grandfather passed away. I have thought about getting out and shooting it many times but I never have. One day, maybe.

i have a rem 12c pump oct barrel shoot it nearly every day.also have an old revelation model 115 leveractoin.very accurate and a short action,a rea boot in the a$$ to speed shoot.holds 21 shortsand will spit em out quik.

Cool, everybody ! I'm glad the older guns are still being used. I love the vintage .22's.

Bama7x57, I would place the fine Nylon 66 in the vintage category for sure !

Vintage (or antique) shotguns are another favorite firearm for to collect and shoot. (cool shotgun, Clem !)

Dad just passed down his US mdl. 11 Remington (WW2) semi-auto to me. He's owned the shotgun since 1950. This shotgun model has an interesting history..and everyone thinks it's a Browning at first sight. It came with an 18" barrel but he bought an extra 30" full choke barrel for it, also. The fore-stock developed a small split and dad bought a new one. I repaired the original piece with wood glue and clamps. All else is near perfect.

I bought a nice Winchester mdl. '98 field grade with a 30" barrel back in 1999. I love that old Winchester ! It's a 'take down' model...made in 1917. I killed my last gobbler with my Winchester '98 on my mother's land: 21 lbs., 10" beard. I really wanted a US model Winchester '98 w/a riot barrel but the prices were astronomically high for a good markings/cartouches.

I have an old Walther 22 with a bull barrel that belongs to my father in law. It has a trigger that a good cough would trip and was told that it was an old military trainer and they were used in the Olympics but I have no idea. It has a pretty serious set of iron sights on it with several adjusters on it. Very cool gun but it has no safety so I am a little afraid of it because when its loaded it has to be fired or unloaded, there is no way to un-cock it.

I also have a single shot 9mm shotgun that he had. Now that is a bad to the bone squirrel gun. I use it around the yard and my 8 year old loves to shoot it when we go out and stomp around the fields. This is the only one I have ever seen but you can still get shells for it made by Fiochi.

That is way cool, deerchop. I'm not familiar with a 9mm shotgun. I'll have to read up on it. I shoot Fiochi .25 rounds..and they perform well.

Your Walther may can be placed back in good order, with a safety. I wonder why they did that ?? Sounds like a nice rifle. It might be well worth looking into finding/buying a safety for it...and put that vintage bad boy on some squirrels !

I also have one of the old Winchester pump 22s but it only shoots shorts. I think they called them gallery guns.

Deerchop, if it's a Winchester, it could be a mdl. 1890, mdl. '06, mdl. 62 or 62a. All were cambered in .22 short for 'Gallery' guns.

The mdl. 62 has 10 fore grip rings and the (beginning during WW II) 62a has 17.

Most mdl. 1890 Winchesters have octagonal barrels.

Thee 1906 is a fairly small rifle w/a round barrel...and had stained, fruit wood stocks.

There was also a mdl. 61 Winchester pump in .22 short.

Just a guess...but you probably have a mdl. 1890 Winchester.

They're all great little pump action .22 rifles. Most are John Browning designs.

Some experts claim a true 'Gallery Rifle' had an attachment ring for a chain and elevation adjustable rear sights. Personally, I think it was up to the individual Gallery owners.