the old 22

[ch]

Francis, Walnut hill thats a cool gun. Where all of the Walnut hills 44's or did they make them in 44 1/2? ch

[C.O.B.]

We tend to forget about the .22's as we chase game with feathers and antlers or go off after clay targets.

My first .22 was a Remington M572 pump. This was also my little brothers first gun both of which rest in the safe. I sold the Rem once for a Browning sweet 16 when I was in high school. I lamented the deal and Grandma gave me the money to buy the Rem back.

I have a Kimber "S" series high grade .22 I bought for tree rats but seldom go hunting for them any more either. I also figured I'd practice my deer stalking with it on rabbitts but that didn't happen either. Now for some unknown reason I have an itch for a tricked out Ruger 10/22 with a stainless fluted bull bbl, Houge overmold stock etc. I have an old Weaver 6X scope with a target dot and figure this rig would be ideal for Prarie Dogs under 100yds...but there I go thinking again.

[Bill Murphy]

My collecting of shootable .22s is worse than my Parker collecting. Every several years, I accumulate so many .22s that twice now I have sold every one of them off and started fresh. Some of these sales have made me sick, like the Mauser 350ES target rifle in minty original condition, or the 13,000 serial number range, 1928 Model 52 with slow lock in mint condition that would shoot 3/4" to 7/8" groups at 100 yards all day. I'd like to have back the little Ruger International that was made the first month they made them. Once at a gun show, I needed some shotgun money so I sold a mint late Model 61 Winchester for about half what it was worth and couldn't even get the scope off of the grooved mount because the mount was screwed onto the gun with some weird high tech screw. I had to let the scope go with the gun. Well, I'm into the third .22 collection now and will never feel the need to sell again, I hope.