what was your first rimfire?

[Mr. Friendly]

do tell! I'm twisting up trying to figure out what I should start with once my PAL has been processed...

 

[Eagleye]

It was a substantial number of years ago. I was 8, and my dad said one day, "I have something for you" He handed me a Winchester model 1902 Single shot fixed-sight junior size rifle. He may as well handed me the world, I was so proud and excited. That little rifle sure saw a lot of use over the next couple of decades. Many a ground squirrel hated it, as did starlings and such ilk. It was marked 22 short & long, but I shot thousands of Long rifles through it as well. Technically, it probably should not have shot them well, but I sure never noticed any problem. Regards, Eagleye.

 

[Montalban]

First .22 rifle was a Mossberg 352kb. Which led me to buy other mossy's and want them all.

First .22 handgun (and still my fav) is a nice S&W model 17-3 that was given to me as a present.

 

[David1974]

I bought my Ruger 10/22 when I was 14. That is... I gave my dad money, he went and got it. It's been cared for greatly over the past 19 years.. I'll never let that rifle go.

 

[LUFA.CA]

First was Anschütz model 180 (looking for a new stock also)

 

[TheTooner]

My parents wouldn't let me have guns when I was a kid, but my best friend had a bolt action Remington Nylon, so when I was old enough to buy my own I got a Nylon 66. Nice gun, but always wished I could find a detachable mag version, the 10C or 77, or a bolt-action like my friend's.

 

[M77]

Mine was a hand me down CIL single shot 22. Still have it. After 15 - 20,000rounds it still shoots as good as new.

 

[AB.boy]

My first .22 was a cooey model 82 that had been customized to be a youth rifle. My Dad bought it for me for $65 back in the early eighties. Funny thing is I took to the range yeserday for the first time in probably 15 years and had lots of fun with it.

The first .22 I purchased was a Ruger 10/22. I was 16 and the ink on my brand new FAC was hardly even dry.

I still have both of these rifles and plan on making the cooey my kids first rifle.

 

[stuckon308]

Browning BL22. I love that lever action. First gun I ever shot. There is no way I would ever sell it. My brother and I both got one at the same time. Dad came in the room and said "Who wants which one?". I was pretty stoked.

 

[wickit]

Lakefield Mark II and I still have it.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

Cooey Model 75 single shot. My dad's gun was a Deutche Werke single shot. One of those funny hinge action bolts. Still have it.

 

[johnes50]

A Marlin model 56 leveraction .22 given to me by my dad when I was 12 years old. 46 years later I still have it and it's still accurate.

 

[slicknick]

Hiawatha (Cooey) single shot I got from a man who was briefly engaged to my mother. He left, i still got the rifle, shoots nice too

 

[28 gauge]

CIL Model 212 autoloader.

 

[coolpoolken]

Mine was a Cooey Model 39. I bought it when I was 10 years old with money I made on my first paper route. My shooting mentor sold it to me for $4.00. I sure was proud of that little rifle!! Used it for alot of years.....Ken

 

[David K]

.... "Annie" single shot, until the Police took it away ! ( Sniping ducks, underage, in a residential/park area on the River .... spoil sports ! ) ...David K.

 

[imbane]

Savage Arms Mark II BV heavy barrel

 

[Mr. Friendly]

Savage Arms Mark II BV heavy barrel

oooh, awesome! I was looking through the Savage Arms rifles and that's about the one I like the most...tho the camo'd Mark II XP kit is kinda nice too. tell me how the BV shoots? what do you like and not like about it?

 

[DAR 701]

My first .22 was a Remington 541T, sweet little rifle!

 

[ontgunner]

Cooey model 600.
Still have it, still shoots like a CZ!