What's everyone's rarest old 22 rifle?

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    I will play-Winchester model 74 in .22 short. It is a 1938 production with a 1200 series serial number.
    It is my kids and every other kids #1 fun gun at the range.
     

    jcj54

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    my oldest .22

    JM Marlin built Ballard 3F gallery rifle falling block single shot rebuilt in the early 1930's by my Riflesmith grandfather CC Johnson into his personal smallbore 4 position rifle and used by my father to tie a world record in March 1942 while on the Ohio State Varsity Rifle Team.
    It still shoots better than me....
    Second place goes to my 1873 Winchester built in 1886, which was orginally a .22 short Presentation Grade with fancy wood and nickel plated forend iron, lever, carrier, and buttplate. My grandfather got it as a basket case, relined it ,and is fun to shoot.
     
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    Mgderf

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    Mine would be a Winchester 1885 "Low-Wall".
    It started life as a .22short, but someone decades ago put a competition match stock on it, and had it re-barreled to shoot .22lr.
    They had a barrel from a Winchester model 52 installed.

    The 1885, for those unfamiliar, is a falling block, single-shot .22(now long rifle).
    It is by far more accurate than I am, and just a plain joy to shoot.
     

    indyjohn

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    I have a nice 1957 Remington Model 513-T Matchmaster. It holds nice groups despite its age.

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    sofrosune

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    Awhile ago, I picked up a model 1889 Swiss long rifle which had been converted by a Swiss gunsmith into a single shot .22. Probably the most overbuilt and heaviest .22 I've ever seen and a lot of fun to shoot.
     

    tenring

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    Winchester model 1890 in .22 short, belonged to my Maternal Grandfather who was known to tie it onto a horse drawn plow and pop young ground hogs in the spring and would be on the table that night. Made in 1928.
     

    red_zr24x4

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    Oh, I also have a J.C. Higgins 9 shot revolver. it looks like a single action, but the cylinder swings out like a double action revolver.
    It's just like a High Standard Double Nine.
     
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