.22s

[Bassbob]

These are the two I inherited from my uncle who killed himself. I cleaned them up and put scopes on them. They're a lot of fun.

Springfield/Stevens model 87A- Click Clack gun/Gill gun, w/ PA 3-9X44. After zeroing it for 50 yards I noticed on my next range trip it was off. Turns out I should have checked the rail, which was loose. So I took it off, cleaned the 50 something year old flat head screws with Brake Clean, put a little swipe of the dreaded blue LocTite on them and reinstalled at 20 inch lbs. Then reinstalled the scope. It's solid now. Scope is probably a little too big for the gun, but I think it looks ok and it shoots really well. Shoots .22LR in semi auto mode and will shoot .22 shorts in bolt action mode. It will also shoot .22L ( Whatever that is) It doesn't care for the old Wildcats and it will hang up every so often with the Golden Bullets.

Marlin Glenfield model 60, AKA Jamomatic. This one isn't. It actually runs everything I have thrown at it with no problems. Even the Wildcats. It is said that these guns, depending on when they were made, either jam or they don't and when they do there is a spring change and another small part that will fix it. Luckily this one doesn't need it. I put a piece of crap $70 Barska 4 power on it just to annoy @KillerFord1977 . It is rock solid and shoots dime sized groups @ 50 yards.

 

[Annihilator]

Nice rifles!

 

[Grayfox]

I love .22s!
I couldn't even tell you how many I have. Rifles, pistols, revolvers and .22 conversion units for my centerfire guns.

That's a couple of nice ones you have there. Enjoy!

 

[Sld1959]

Hard to beat those old timers sometimes.

 

[KillerFord1977]

These are the two I inherited from my uncle who killed himself. I cleaned them up and put scopes on them. They're a lot of fun.

Springfield/Stevens model 87A- Click Clack gun/Gill gun, w/ PA 3-9X44. After zeroing it for 50 yards I noticed on my next range trip it was off. Turns out I should have checked the rail, which was loose. So I took it off, cleaned the 50 something year old flat head screws with Brake Clean, put a little swipe of the dreaded blue LocTite on them and reinstalled at 20 inch lbs. Then reinstalled the scope. It's solid now. Scope is probably a little too big for the gun, but I think it looks ok and it shoots really well. Shoots .22LR in semi auto mode and will shoot .22 shorts in bolt action mode. It will also shoot .22L ( Whatever that is) It doesn't care for the old Wildcats and it will hang up every so often with the Golden Bullets.

Marlin Glenfield model 60, AKA Jamomatic. This one isn't. It actually runs everything I have thrown at it with no problems. Even the Wildcats. It is said that these guns, depending on when they were made, either jam or they don't and when they do there is a spring change and another small part that will fix it. Luckily this one doesn't need it. I put a piece of crap $70 Barska 4 power on it just to annoy @KillerFord1977 . It is rock solid and shoots dime sized groups @ 50 yards.

Nice

 

[NMEDGE]

There is something about a older gun with wooden stocks, very nice.

 

[Bassbob]

I really like the Click Clack gun a lot. Close as I could date that one is 1945-1948.
The Marlin is a 1976.

 

[Bassbob]

There is something about a older gun with wooden stocks, very nice.

I seem to have inherited a few. This same uncle also left me a Stevens model 38B bolt action .410 I narrowed down to 1936-1945

He also left me a 1951 Winchester model 97 takedown.

And then there's my grandfather's JC Higgins model 583.2 16 Gauge ( Hi Standard) 1946

 

[Marek71]

I love 22s also they're fun to shoot and they don't break the bank. I have a Marlin 60 I bought 25 years ago at Kmart and it's a great gun eats everything doesn't jam 25 years and keeps on going.

 

[Bassbob]

Then there's these.

This one is the gun my dad bird hunted with the entire time I was growing up. It's a Stevens Fox Model B from 1973 in 20 gauge.

And this is my 1950 Stevens model 311A 12 gauge double my dad bought me when I was 11, my second year bird hunting with him. The forestock is original, the butt stock we bought from a large supplier who's name escapes me now, in Warsaw, Missouri. Both received about 80 handrubbed coats of oil. That happened 44 years ago and they still look great.

The Savage 94B single shot 20 he gave me for my 10th birthday.

 

[Bassbob]

I know I hi-jacked my own thread, but I didn't want to start a whole new thread to show off my old wooden guns.

And yes, I spent a good part of the day yesterday photographing and cataloging all my guns for insurance purposes. I discovered a few interesting things too. For instance, currently I have 21 shotguns. I actually thought I had more. I wonder if there are some hiding somewhere. Also the Mossberg 500 I bought when I was about 21 or so is actually a 500A. It started life as a "Cruiser" model, but today is wearing Magpul furniture, no pistol grip.

 

[HansGruber]

I’ve got both of those .22’s, m’self. The Springfield was my grandfather’s; the Marlin was my dad’s (became mine when they moved and he didn’t need it at the new place).

Enjoy.

 

[Bassbob]

I’ve got both of those .22’s, m’self. The Springfield was my grandfather’s; the Marlin was my dad’s (became mine when they moved and he didn’t need it at the new place).

Enjoy.

I never had .22s when I was a kid. I don't recall my dad ever having one. There was a Daisy BB gun around, but the next closest thing to that would have been a 30-30. So when I was 10 he bought me the single shot 20 gauge, when I was 11 he was probably tired of me whining about wanting a 12 gauge and bought me that 311A and when I was 12 he bought me this. NRA Centennial Rifle 1894.

I'm having a hell of a lot more fun with these .22s than I thought I would. And I really like that they are old. I like old stuff.

 

[Belt Fed]

Wow, those are all in nice shape. great collection sir.

 

[Bassbob]

Wow, those are all in nice shape. great collection sir.

Thanks brother.

 

[Belt Fed]

Also, who is that handsome rascal in the mirror?

 

[Grayfox]

Ok, now you're just making us jealous.

 

[shanneba]

The stock maker in Missouri could have been Reinhart Fajen Gunstock Company.

Larry Potterfield of Midway bought it in the early 90s.
"It not being possible to “back up”, we closed the plant in October 1998 and sold everything at auction. The Fajen years were over."

The Fajen Years | Larry's Short Stories

“Larry, you should buy Fajen; it’s for sale.” Those were the words of Marty Fajen, when we met at a sporting clays event in the spring of 1992. On July 15, t...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[Bassbob]

The stock maker in Missouri could have been Reinhart Fajen Gunstock Company.

Larry Potterfield of Midway bought it in the early 90s.
"It not being possible to “back up”, we closed the plant in October 1998 and sold everything at auction. The Fajen years were over."

The Fajen Years | Larry's Short Stories

“Larry, you should buy Fajen; it’s for sale.” Those were the words of Marty Fajen, when we met at a sporting clays event in the spring of 1992. On July 15, t...

www.midwayusa.com

It absolutely was Fajen. Thanks Shanneba.

 

[shanneba]

I have a Sako custom 257 Roberts with a Fajen AAA fancy stock blank and my father's Savage 410 over under has a Fajen wood stock and forearm. It was originally a plastic type stock that my father broke somehow while rabbit hunting.

The shop I worked at bought many stocks from Fajen, the gunsmith that worked there loved working with wood more than metal.