who else likes old stuff?

Another fan of the older gems here! Honestly, they don't make 'em like they used to.

Current fleet (soon to be downsized) include (but not limited to):

2x Savage model 22 sporters (came between the 19 and 23...only a few thousand made)
1x Remington 12C
1x Remington 511-p
Few Cooeys...(you can never have enough Cooeys) including my first .22, a 64 converted to use metal magazines.
1x Mossberg 42 B
1x Mossberg 352 K
1x Lakefield MkII
1x Rossi 62A (although not an oldie, it's a fine copy of an oldie)

In the last year I have said goodbye to: Winchester 1890, Marlin 20A, Remington Nylon 66, pair of Cooey 75's, Crackshot (16), Marlin 81...few more too.

I have one of them-there rimfire weaknesses, and am a sucker for projects. I have owned newer guns, and can't say being 50+ years old makes a .22 any less desirable if it has a bore left in it.
 
Pair of model #22
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Some pumps:
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My now ugly 64 (faux wood grain finish)
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One of a few Cooeys
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Nylon
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More later time permitting
 
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Winchester M72

I bought a Model 72 a few days ago. Here are some pictures (click to make them bigger!).

Data stamp.



Muzzle end of the barrel.


Magazine tube.


Feed system. Needs another cleaning after shooting 100 rounds of .22 short. :/


Top of stock by the grip.


Bolt, magazine push rod and rifle.


Top of bolt.


Bottom of bolt and magazine push rod.


Bolt face.


Trigger and trigger guard.


Butt.


When I bought it someone had drilled the stock for a sling but there were no mounts. I bought these as I plan to use this gun for hunting and I'd like to have a sling for that.


The rear one wasn't trilled straight by the previous owner. :(


I am thinking this one is pre-war. Any confirmation?
 
I love the older .22's. Nothing seems to compare to how they handle. All my .22's were made well before I was born. My oldest is a Deutsche Werke model 1...Probably the weirdest looking thing in the world, but she shoots 3" @50 yards all day long. I also have a Cooey Eatonia Senior single shot, awesome little rifle...Light as hell, and shoots 3-4" at 50 yards no problem. Just picked up a Winchester 77, arrived in the mail today. Ok, so its a semi, but was built in the 60's! There's no telling how many bunnies this thing has taken over the years.

I just like carrying something that has a little mystery to it. Who hunted with is? What were they hunting for? There's so many questions that don't even need to be answered! A brand new gun is all nice and shiney, no character at all. I want to see the scuffs and dings...it lets me know that a rifle was used for it's intended purpose!
 
I guess it is no surprise that I like the old blue and walnut (even beach) classics!
I was well acquainted with some of the old time trappers and prospectors who lived full time in the wlderness, when the Remington Nylon came out in the 1950s. The traditional 22 for them, which they were almost never without, was a lightweight 22 single shot. A trapper I knew got the first nylon he could, was over joyed with it and couldn't wait to show it to me. He liked the really light weight and magazine full of shells, but I took one look at the nylon stock and said yuck!
Here is a picture of a Model 22 Savage which has been around and done it all. Maddog, I believe you confirmed this was a 1922. It kept a large family in small game during the great depression years in the boondocks of bushland Saskatchewan. My older brothers liked peep sights, so they soldered a small brass nut onto the rear sight, as a peep. They sighted it in, then to save ammunition by never having to sight it in again, they soldered the rear sight to the barrel!
When I became 12 years old I used that rifle to shoot squirrels, to make spending money from the pelts. If the squirrel was shot through the head, with no bullet hole behind the ears, I was not deducted and for a well looked after pelt I would get twelve cents for it. But every bullet hole behind the ears was deducted two cents. Thus, a shot through the ribs meant a maximum of eight cents for the hide. That rifle was responsible for me learning at an early age to shoot straight.
The rifle is now in my collection and here is a picture of the sight, just as my older brothers made it and soldered it to the barrel, in the early 1930s.
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Ya Bruce I remember that gun, for a gun that is real hard to find we sure do see quite a few of them on this board huh!

I'm guessing you haven't tripped over any 1895's for me lately huh?
 
MadDog said:
Ya Bruce I remember that gun, for a gun that is real hard to find we sure do see quite a few of them on this board huh!

I'm guessing you haven't tripped over any 1895's for me lately huh?
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You're right Joe, no more Savages, but wow, you should see the 1895 Winchester I have!
 
Being "old stuff" myself...I really enjoy the less expensive Remington, Winchester & Cooey rifles and High Standard pistols. Also have an affinity for SMLEs! ;-)
 
Forever have people telling me about "old" guns like a shotgun gramps bought in the 70's and have to laugh. Particularly when they ask if it might be too old to use.

I really don't consider a gun old unless it predates WWI or is some sort of oddball that you can't get brass or ammo for. My last few purchases are older than 1895 and there isn't much I'm shopping for at the moment that's much newer. Love the old design philosophy and inherent quality of most from that era.
 
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