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My 'Gun Buddies' were discussing an article I wrote about 1999 about the coming millennium and dragged out a dog-eared copy and started 'Reviewing' it...
Parts are more relevant now than they were in '99.
In 1919 Winchester released a pump action rifle in .22 rim fire and it still works as good today as it did in 1919.
The first versions were released in 1890 and revised to the most common version in 1919.
I have a few and they still shoot straight, function reliably and has that 'Cool' factor that comes when function & form work together.
Now that it's 100 years (or more) later this particular design is still in production simply because it works so well.
(Winchester stopped in the 1941 because of the WWII effort, but it's still made by other companies today like Rossi)
Another turn of the century (or before) .22 Rim Fire rifle is the lever action.
If you aren't familiar with a .22 LR lever action rifle, you have missed out on the most fun you can have with your cloths on!
From the Marlin 'Gold Trigger' to the current Henry levers, they are available and just as much fun as you remember!
From Browning to Marlin to Henry, these rifles last forever and still shoot straight.
Match that with a .22 LR revolver (up to 9 shots) and you have a pair that last a lifetime (or longer) and complement each other.
H&R, High Standard, Ruger and several others make 6 to 10 shot revolvers that simply don't fail,
And unlike the 'Plastic' handguns, the dog can't eat them!
I've owned several .22 WMR & .22 LR revolvers down through the years, from very reasonable price to insane expensive for a .22 Rim Fire, but my current favorite is a Ruger GP 100 (10 shot) and being so easy to clean (stainless) it's just plain fun to shoot.
When we were kids, we had grandpa's Colt 6 shooter in .22 LR, slow to load and the barrel was short, no adjustable rear sight so it wasn't that accurate, it wasn't until I got a longer barrel with adjustable rear sight that I really learned to appreciate the little .22 LR pistols.
Having owned the Ruger and other semi-autos, I will take a revolver over a 10 shot, way over complicated semi-auto every time.
Parts are more relevant now than they were in '99.
In 1919 Winchester released a pump action rifle in .22 rim fire and it still works as good today as it did in 1919.
The first versions were released in 1890 and revised to the most common version in 1919.
I have a few and they still shoot straight, function reliably and has that 'Cool' factor that comes when function & form work together.
Now that it's 100 years (or more) later this particular design is still in production simply because it works so well.
(Winchester stopped in the 1941 because of the WWII effort, but it's still made by other companies today like Rossi)
Another turn of the century (or before) .22 Rim Fire rifle is the lever action.
If you aren't familiar with a .22 LR lever action rifle, you have missed out on the most fun you can have with your cloths on!
From the Marlin 'Gold Trigger' to the current Henry levers, they are available and just as much fun as you remember!
From Browning to Marlin to Henry, these rifles last forever and still shoot straight.
Match that with a .22 LR revolver (up to 9 shots) and you have a pair that last a lifetime (or longer) and complement each other.
H&R, High Standard, Ruger and several others make 6 to 10 shot revolvers that simply don't fail,
And unlike the 'Plastic' handguns, the dog can't eat them!
I've owned several .22 WMR & .22 LR revolvers down through the years, from very reasonable price to insane expensive for a .22 Rim Fire, but my current favorite is a Ruger GP 100 (10 shot) and being so easy to clean (stainless) it's just plain fun to shoot.
When we were kids, we had grandpa's Colt 6 shooter in .22 LR, slow to load and the barrel was short, no adjustable rear sight so it wasn't that accurate, it wasn't until I got a longer barrel with adjustable rear sight that I really learned to appreciate the little .22 LR pistols.
Having owned the Ruger and other semi-autos, I will take a revolver over a 10 shot, way over complicated semi-auto every time.
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