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I was recently gifted these two .22's by my grandfather, the one on top is a JC Higgins model 29 and the one on the bottom is a Marlin model 60. The Marlin is broken unforunately, but the Higgins runs smooth and is quite accurate. The model 29 may not be all that valuable, but considering it belonged to my great-grandfather and was the first gun my grandfather ever shot, it's got loads of sentimental value
Post your rimfire guns, bonus points if it's been in your family for 3 or more generations
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>>57862803 (OP)
I bought these, with my own money.

also have a Rossi model 62 pump .22, and CMMG conversion.

the Rossi was originally my fathers, which he lent to my grand father, who became legally insane, and so it transferred back to him to me. does that count.
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Marlin Gang
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>>57862999
>the Rossi was originally my fathers, which he lent to my grand father, who became legally insane, and so it transferred back to him to me. does that count.
You know what, it's a specific enough scenario to where I'll allow it
Also checked
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.22s are fun as fuck
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>>57863022
I'll give you 50 bucks for that 12r peep sight on the 81. My 80 shoots too well for the janky little blade rear
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>>57863716
no way fag. I love that thing. plenty to find on eBay and Gunbroker
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>>57862803 (OP)
I bought a Ruger American Rimfire in .17 HMR, what am I in for?
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>>57863664
They're like BB guns that aren't a pain in the ass to shoot, it's great. Every gun-fag oughtta have atleast one .22 to fuck around with/shoot small game
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>>57863757
>I bought a Ruger American Rimfire in .17 HMR, what am I in for?
A budget bolt action in a varmint caliber
I've heard .17 HMR is pretty good for most small game, although it's not as cheap as .22 to shoot
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Mossberg 46m(b) I got recently, fucking phenomenal. I can nail a 8"x8" steel plate at 200 yards all day with it.
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>>57864647
Is it possible to drop a round onto the lifter for single loading one of those, or do you have to load the round directly into the barrel like on a box mag gun?
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I want a semiauto .22 I can dress up in stupid ways. Ideally it would be very cheap since, again, I'm going to just use it for meme purposes. Is a 10/22 off gunbroker basically the only worthwhile thing for my purposes?
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>>57864845
The lifter kicks into play before you even have the bolt fully open, so just dropping a round onto it will result in it rolling to either side and getting lodged against the barrel. Gotta shove it directly into the barrel, but there's easy access to it under the scope. Ironically single loading it is faster than loading the tube so far, and I feel I've gotten pretty proficient loading the tube.
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What's the best way to get a 10/22? Seems these shits have gone way up in price lately. You could pretty much buy an AR15 (albeit shitty) for what new 10/22's go for. Should I be looking in pawn shops?
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>>57864916
Damn.

>Ironically single loading it is faster than loading the tube so far
I've noticed the same for my Savage Mark II, at least when I'm prone and can have a box of ammo next to me. That's why I was curious.
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>>57864917
I wouldn't advise pawn shops, they usually charge about the same as most places do new ones for one that's likely dirty as shit and possibly damaged
It's hard to find one below $300, though it's worth checking your local gun stores for their prices. Might be better to find one online honestly
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>>57864914
A savage 64F might suit your purposes if you don't mind the kinda ugly mag, I have no idea how reliable they are but you can find em just about everywhere for dirt cheap
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>>57865063
>kinda ugly mag
Yeah you weren't kidding, wow look at that thing.
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>>57864647
I love that full length grip on it, reminds me of my granddads old pellet rifle. How much did you pick it up for?
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>>57864914
Yeah pretty much the only .22 with a huge aftermarket I can think of is the 10/22, unless you count CMMG or other .22 AR15s or AR15 conversions, but they'll all look like some flavor of M16 A1/A2, M4, or whatever, so a lot less "dress up" and possibilities of making it look like some other gun.

>>57864917
I just bought a new one after looking on gun.deals. Love it but my extractor was unusable and had basically not been deburred at all. Oh well, was buying a Volquartsen hammer anyways so I just picked one of their extractors up. Anything made after 2000 should be fine for parts compatibility AFAIK. The paintjob on new 10/22s is kind of shit and if you really want to use and abuse it I'd probably recommend a cerakoting; the ejection port and front of the magwell were bubbling up out of the box due to poor paint prep (I assume) but haven't spread since I removed that paint. It's otherwise a fine paint job but they really need to take a half a second to sand blast or degrease those areas better.

Will include outdated prices, but if you want a threaded model with an otherwise standard barrel profile and iron sights, look for:
>31113 (carbine, barrel band, plastic stock, 18.5" barrel, iron sights, comes with carry case) - $328.99 @ Centerfire, as low as $290.99 if you belong to NCCA, see gun.deals
>31165 (carbine, barrel band, plastic stock, 18.5" barrel, iron sights, Bass Pro exclusive) - $339.99
If you don't care about irons:
>1261 (tactical, barrel band, plastic stock, with flash hider, potentially a strange barrel profile, 16" barrel, no irons) - ~$315.00
Talo exclusives, no irons:
>1296
>11113
>11198
>21144
>31172 (fat barrel, carbine without a band)
Then there's two sporters with a threaded barrel, a screw on weaver or pic rail, and a fat fluted barrel without a band, but Talo exclusive:
>31166
>31167
You may also be able to find a modern MFG one in a pawnshop but the question is how much cheaper will it really be and is it the model you really want?
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>>57864647
My first rifle.
>I AM TIRED
>the past is a blank
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Pumpers rise up!
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>>57865278
Based pump enjoyer. What is that anon? Looks cute.
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>>57865296
NTA but looks like a Remington Speedmaster or Woodswhatevertheycallit. Multiple names for the same thing, basically.
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>>57865296
Whoops, looks like speed is the semi. Fieldmaster is the pump.
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I've got one of these and it is actually a great shooter.
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>>57865296
>>57865316
Remmy Fieldmaster. Dimensionally the same to an 870 in every way except stroke. I put a Weaver K0 in Weaver rings on it. Yes, a zero power scope.
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>>57865371
What do you figure a decent price for one is?
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>>57865371
I have NEVER heard of the K0 and I have a bunch of old Weavers, what the fuck? Only pic I can find since for some reason I don't have pics of any more interesting scopes except for the K4. That would be a nice scope to have; will have to keep an eye out.
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>>57865371
>only pic I can find
Only pic I can find of one of my scopes I mean. Little distracted ATM.
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>>57865394
Around 3, mine's in really great condition and I paid about that, a little over a few yrs back. The scope was very specifically selected for just this gun at the same show. Fat scope table guy complimented my taste as "prefect", abt $40 there, but the K-series have been climbing as they are "rediscovered" and will routinely command $40+, if you're not careful. I've been after them for years now. This one a K2.5x I put on a M9422M, a mag lever Winny. The "Post and fine wire" are still my fav.
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>>57865447
I actually foundctge scope first and didn't buy it until after I had the pump. I rushed back to snag the K0! I just buy random K-series for period correct, classical glass for vintage guns. Picrel has a nice brass patina at the bell for style points. I have a K4 "TV View" Weaver on my M99 that's pretty different. Round w/ flat top and bottom like the mid century CRT TVs. Like I said, they got "found out" and are going for more than several years ago.
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>>57865088
About $350 after shipping and transfer fees. That's the main reason I got the m version too, the mannlicher stocks just look so damn good to me. Last image so I don't fill the thread up singlehandedly.
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>>57865622
Mine was a mag feed that had a trapdoot in the butt plate for a spare. The mag had a threaded hole for a screw in post to align shorts. It had a "hang fire" guard on the bolt I had to get trimmed back by a smith that drilled and tapped my rcvr for a scope. He also had a "spam key" sling swivel for the front band, good luck finding that now! I had to check out books on gun safwty and remorize before I was given that rifle. I checked out 3 from the library at my elementary school, so you can imagine this was decades ago.
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>>57864647
How the fuck? I can barely hit steel at 100 yards without serious deviation.
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>>57863755
My dude, they're all gone. There's a Williams peep that fits, but all the 12rs are gone.

Put hands on the new mk4 target with loooong boi barrel, it's pretty neat. Pictured here next to my 22/45. I almost wish they would've threaded the target so I could put a can on it and be retarded long.
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>>57865251
>>57865711

based tos posting
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>>57862803 (OP)
The handguard on the top one is honestly beautiful and now I must have one.
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>>57866345
Shit, you're right anon. I love that swell.
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>>57862803 (OP)
Why does skinner ship their shit with the worst chinese screws in the world? I stripped pretty much everything but the elevation screw, which I need a screw driver to get tight enough so their is no play (also I think the drunk fuck gun smith drilled and tapped the receiver on a diagonal) 
The sights shoot pretty good, just annoying I had to peen the rear sight in place and the screws suck
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>>57866345
>handguard
Please, forestock. Browning T-Bolt and Weatherby XXII pictured.
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>>57865897
>100 yards without serious deviation
Abt 12" with standard velocity.
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>>57865897
I sighted it in at 50 initially which was pretty easy, then I went straight to 200 the following week and was hitting all sorts of everywhere. I got really worried I had a fucked up crown or something but I tried just holding two feet high and my group tightened up tremendously, turns out I was skipping rounds off the ground at about 150yds with the 50 yard zero. The old ass scope on top of it doesn't move the lenses or the scope or however modern scopes work, it moves the physical crosshair like a PU scope, so now it's set where it's pretty centered left and right, but up and down it crosses about 1/3 the way up instead of right in the middle, lels. It's still a little off left and right but I just chalk that up to 22 being 22 and hold a little to either side depending on the wind or lack thereof. Also, here's the plate in question after that particular trip. There were a solid few 22cal holes in the wooden stand right behind the 30cal holes in the steel, which was quite annoying to see.
https://youtu.be/GL5cmDnTAsg [Embed]
>>57869112
Aguila super extra 40 grain is what I've come to like. It's a bit dirty but it isn't super bad smelling like pretty much the rest of the Aguila line, and also it's at a very nice sweet spot where it's supersonic out of my rifles and subsonic out of my pistols. Almost makes me want to form 1 or form 4 something.
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Here's my 1906 winchester heirloom
This thing can take the shittiest 22 ammo and still hit with it. I wish black powder 22 was made so i could larp as a cowboy or smth.
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My shitty Rossi RS22 with silly little duct tape mag pouches and $20 Simmons Walmart scope. It sure is fun though.
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>>57869659
>duct tape mag pouches
I like, but is your neck red?
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I got this one last year from some old guy for free, its an early one with the loading port on top.
The takedown feature is really nice, though it really has only novelty value, due to being in .22 Short and being on a restriced license where I live.
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>>57864914
10/22 in a gun store might be a better bet because of no ffl fee and s/h. A lot of guns are better to buy online but 10/22s are generally not more expensive in store from what i've seen. 
>>57865063
>I can dress up in stupid ways
if he wants a variety of parts to slap on then you really can't beat the 10/22 even if its a bit more expensive.
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>>57870607
>if he wants a variety of parts to slap on then you really can't beat the 10/22 even if its a bit more expensive.
You are right, I just saw the words "cheap" and ".22" in the same post and kinda figured the extra $150 might be a bit much for the lad
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OP here, decided to take a picture of the Higgins buttplate because of the kino little designs on it. Aside from it kind of being a pain to put back together after dissasembly, this would be an excellent first gun
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>>57870558
>its an early one with the loading port on top.
???
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>>57871132
Weird, my Sears model 25 has the same design but without the "JC Higgins" text IIRC.
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>>57871430
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>>57871449
Mines a model 29, guess it's just one of those little changes they make between models
That's a nice rifle, hows the reliability on it? Mine didn't jam when I test fired it, but my grandpa told me that if I plan on dumping mag after mag out of it I should expect a few jams here and there. Seems fine for hunting, although I'll admit it might not be a premier range toy
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>>57871582
Reliability has been good. IIRC my new firing pin was light striking but that was weeks ago so I can barely remember; I think the face of the pin is too fat compared to stock. Other than that, I don't remember any big reliability problems. It was absolutely filthy when I got it though; the other side of the gun has slits cut ("gills") and the wood stock was just coated in black soot under that area. I don't think it really minds not being clean like some .22s. I've seen some people online shoot quicker than the gun really wants to which resulted in a fail to feed but that's about it; I don't think gill guns are built for dumping a mag as quick as possible, though can still feed rounds pretty quick. Might not get you the splits you want in a shooting competition but other than that it's fine for most use cases.

My biggest "reliability issue", if you can call it that, was that it came with a broken firing pin which I've been looking for a professionally made replacement for going on years instead of my home-made soft shitty pin I made from a piece of stainless sheet steel. I got one finally.
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>>57871847
>It was absolutely filthy when I got it though; the other side of the gun has slits cut ("gills") and the wood stock was just coated in black soot under that area.
I understand that. Mine doesn't have any gills but it's got some sections in the reciever that get a lot of lead build-up, along with the extracter. Definitely a good idea to clean it fairly regularly, but since I only put like 50 rounds through it to test it I'll wait
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.17HMR IS BEST RIMFIRE FOLKS EVERYBODY SAYS IT, EVERYONE KNOWS IT. YOUR SPEEDYEST AND FLATEST RIMFIRE BOY IS .17HMR AND NOTHING IS BETTER THAN IT!

But I actually wannt try .17hm2, it seems fun and interesting. I tried my friends very very old .17hm2 rifle and it basically just fills the same niche and role as .22lr but blows .22lr the fuck out in every way. I want to buy a .17hm2 rifle of some sort but they are hard to find. I see some Savage Mark II F but that's it. I already own a Mark II in .22lr so I don't want two of the same rifle. I saw some youtuber with a really fucking expensive german thing that is not available anywhere anyway.
 Is there some .17hm2 rifle I should look for? Or should I suck it up and get the Mark II F?
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>>57872312
>I want to buy a .17hm2 rifle of some sort but they are hard to find.
Try Cabelas. I forget which .17 it is (probably a mix of all of the flavors of .17 chamberings) but I see them all the time in the used section.
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>>57872338
Maybe, but I was looking for specific model suggestions. It's a great but unpopular cartridge, not a lot of rifles were made for .17hm2 so I don't know what's out there.
.17hmr is WAY more popular for good reason.
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>>57872338
Fuck Cabela's. They won't let you pull the trigger on any of their guns for sale. Might as well tell me I can't test drive a car before I decide to buy.
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>>57866284
I am unfamiliar with the show.
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>>57873291
IIRC an anon told me that was because of Ass Pro's stupid policies after they were bought out. Fuckers got rid of the bargain cave too and filled it with overpriced (mostly women's) hunting clothes. I will never buy a fucking revolver from them WHEN I CAN'T INSPECT THE FUCKING TIMING.
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>>57872312
>. I want to buy a .17hm2 rifle of some sort but they are hard to find.
>hard to find
Wut? Just get any 10/22 and a .17hmr bbl from anyone. Two screws, bam. Ok, 4 screws ...no wait, 3 screws. Wutev, there's some screwing and you'll manage.
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>>57873379
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Wally world near me has federal automatch 325 rd boxes on sale for $18.97 each. Might be a good sign.
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>>57864917
Check Walmart. Just saw one with a wooden stock for I think $280 or maybe $289.
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>>57869659
Fellow Rossi enjoyer. I have the RS22 as well, it's a fun shooter. Also you can grab one of these buttstock pouches for about $14 in Amazon. It's marketed for the 10/22 but it fits the Rossi stock perfectly.
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>>57874891
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How is there not a single lever-action in this thread yet?
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>>57866234
Which of those grips do you like better and why? I'm considering buying one.
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>>57874792
God I hope it's that and not something like Walmart deciding .22lr is handgun ammo.
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>>57875020
Well I at least talked about mine. Have more pump action. A Savage M29 and a Marlin M38. Depression era pumps in this good condition are hard to come by.
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>>57875067
I shoot better with a 1911 than a luger, YMMV. I wish they made an all steel 22/45.
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>>57874825
When the hell did Walmart bring guns back? I was there 2 weeks ago and you couldn't find anything but .22lr and pistol rounds.
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>>57875917
Pistol rounds? No kidding? Your Walmart has gone rogue.
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>>57865278
https://youtu.be/7I_FHQWRuj8?t=4 [Embed]
pumpers like to pump!
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>>57875947
Actually no, it was shotgun shells my bad. Only the fuddiest of fudshit at WallyWorld. Can't even find a tactical fishing pole with auto reeling cause it scares the fish.
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>>57876035
They carry this but I don't think anyone at Walmart has realized it is a defensive loading designed for handguns. If someone sent them an email right now they'd probably stop selling it.
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>>57874549
I was hoping for a bolt or lever action. But does anyone even do that? I looked up people making .17hm2 builds of the Rugee 10/22 and got next to nothing.
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wonder if ruger will bring back the marlin m60