Posted on 12/18/2023 3:56:30 AM PST by marktwain
Ten shot group, fired before February 7, 1889, at 40 yards from rest, with Stevens single shot rifle and apature sights. A very early batch of .22 Long Rifle cartridges. 5 grains black powder, 40 grain bullet. The first few batches of .22 Long Rifle cartridges were not crimped.
If I had to list my firearms from most useful to least,10\22 would top the list.
I kinda like my pump gallery Gun. Lots of fun.
When I was a kid, I had a Marlin lever action .22. Beautiful gun. Walnut stock, brass trigger, eyes for a sling, scope mount. The scope mount allowed for use of the iron sights. I shot that thing so much I could free hand shoot hickory nuts out of a tree with scope or sights. I harvested squirrels every fall for my Grandmother.
Never considered it a defense weapon, but it is still the first gun I grab for anything smaller than deer. Don’t need a big bang if you are quiet and can make a button hole anywhere you want.
IMO, they are the two-bits of Exhange/barter in our coming economy.
I have a 10/22 and a Marlin 60. Both shoot the same but there is a likeable difference on the 60 with its tube magazine vs a hang down mag. Also, there have been more Marlin 60s sold than 10/22s
My squirrel gun, a Remington Speedmaster, is deadly! I have driven nails with it and shot squirrels that were running in the tree tops with it.
That might be a matter of preference.
If I recall correctly the Marlin came out first and was less expensive.
I’ll take the speed of reloading a rotating magazine compared to the tube.
Also easy to upgrade the trigger group.
The ten round magazine sets flush with the stock.
Yeah..I understand. And the ruger 10/22 has MANY variation capabilities like takedown, etc. But, my old marlin has a suffcient capacity tube and you don’t have to go routing around for a magazine to pop in. About the only thing I’d want now on my 60 is a 1/2-28 thread for the silencer.
I still have my old Glenfield (Marlin) Model 20, 7-shot clip, bolt action. I bought it brand new in 1977. Still my best little gun, and like you said, ideal for making button holes!
Not knocking the Marlin.
Like I said it is affordable. I also agree it is accurate.
This the only rifle me and my best bud had growing up.
Probably shot the rifling out of it it was used so much.
I’ll have to call him and see if he still has it.
Speed masters are very accurate.
One of the most accurate semi-autos I have shot.
It was designed by Eugene Stoner and it disassembles into its plastic stock and I have seen one Marine carrying one aboard a MAC flight without any interruption, because the Loadmaster assumed that he was just carrying a plastic stock all by itself.
I carried that light, reliable 8-shot semiauto .22 on all of my hikes up into the mountains and have fired well over 3,000 rounds through it and it has been the most useful, handiest, - and one of the most accurate - weapons I have ever owned. The more recent copies have not been up to the quality or dependability of that original Costa Mesa AR-7 - the Charter Arms version jammed a lot and the parts never fit easily inside its stock and the Henry version has a plastic-clad barrel instead of the aluminum-clad version and a weird red plastic front sight,
Still have my original!
Shot my first rabbit with a .22 short when I was about ten with my Dad standing next to me. He could spot rabbits like a laser beam and wouldn’t even bother with a gun, using a broomstick and sneaking up on them instead.
Last time I did an inventory we had around 10,000 or so Remington Golden hollow points and a couple thousand more from different makers.
We even have 50 .22 tracers.
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The world would be a better place if the care and maintenance of 1022s, along with gun safety, were taught in public schools.
The Appleseed program should be mandatory.
Using the home made choke, I can reach out about 40' with good accuracy and killing power.
Any thing further than that is a no go since the kill rate is too low and I don't want to just wound the critters.
I’ve got my dad’s Remington Model 41 Targetmaster single shot bolt action .22 that his father bought for him circa 1936. He was expected to provide game for the family. He shot a lot of .22 shorts, bought .22 LR when they could afford it. He killed a lot of rabbits, squirrels and he shot wood ducks as they paddled in the creek, this near a spot where the creek would bring them close to shore after he had shot them.
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