My first 22 rifle was a……

[GoneToAle]

My first 22 rifle was a Remington 514 bolt action single shot that I got handed down to me from my dad. Still have it. It was made in the 40’s and has no serial number. S/N’s on long guns weren’t required back then.

 

[DoyleAlley]

Mine was a Winchester 190 that I got for Christmas when I was 15. It was stolen out of my truck 3 years later. Decades later I bought another one just for nostalgia but didn't keep it because by then I'd learned how terrible their triggers are. When I was 16, my Grandfather died and I inherited his Remington 512X that he'd kept in the boat as his "snake gun". It was rusty and the stock had no finish at all left. I stabilized the rust with steel wool and CLP, but it remains in much the same condition as when I inherited it almost a half century ago. I still use it today for back-yard utility duties killing squirrels, chipmunks, and the occasional trapped coon because it shoots .22 Short CB Caps so accurately.

 

[kwb377]

Ithaca M49 my dad bought sometime before I was born in '71. Sill have it...

Once my brother got old enough to shoot, he got the Ithaca and I got "upgraded" to a Revelation (Western Auto) Model 105. Still have it too (scope was a recent addition)...

 

[Dfalt]

Wish I still had mine. It was a little .22 Chipmunk - bolt action but only held a single round at a time. Great trainer for kids. My dad sold it to an older cousin of mine for his kids once I had outgrew it so at least it stayed in the family.

 

[Hunter10139]

Mine was a Ruger 10/22. I still use it to plink and for pest control.

 

[Drcrimson]

My first was also a Remington bolt action in 22 from my grandfather. Great way to learn. Unfortunately that one was long ago gone but I picked up one many years ago at a gun auction.

 

[Halfinch]

Man I couldn’t begin to tell you the brand. I actually still have the gun. I’m 30 years old now and it belonged to my grandmother before I was even born. I grew up shooting that 22. It’s the cheapest most valuable gun I own.

 

[Poppahen]

Got an Ithaca M49 for my 12th birthday in 1968, tried like hell to hit ground squirrels 40-50 yards out our back door...close but no cigar! A year later I started clearing the property with a new scoped Marlin mod. 60. Loved that gun a long time, still do, but I bought a Ruger 10-22 in 1982 so now I have 2 favorite rimfires! Thanks for allowing me to ramble down memory lane...

 

[dc2010]

Henry 22 lever action. Still have it. Got it whrn I was in 7th grade. Wouldn't take any amount of money for it. Traded it for a 30-06 one time and got it back later on.

 

[rkflorey]

Marlin model 60. Very accurate with 4 x tip off scope. Sold it and bought my first 10-22. Still have it after 50 years. It's seen 5 different barrels and 3 different stocks

 

[4CERTN]

Ruger 10/22.

 

[JT300]

Remington Targetmaster Model 510

 

[jotjackson]

Marlin Model 60. Still in the safe.

 

[Fritz53]

My uncle gave me my first 22 which also was my first gun, it’s a Springfield model 86C . He let me borrow it to go on a dove hunt I didn’t know any better I thought I was really doing something. When I went to give it back to him he said he wanted me to keep it. There is no telling how many rounds I have shot through it and at least half of those were rat shot. This gun has killed many many rats and pigeons. We knew were there was about an 8 ft gator so I would go kill whatever to feed him. I will end with this I haven’t kept excellent care of it like I should have but even with its history it is still a tac driver clean or dirty it doesn’t matter. I have had this gun for at least 62 years.

 

[Kowpot1]

Mine was a Remington model 66. They were cheap back in the day. Today, they are hard to find. I sure wish I still had it. By the way, that was 60 years ago.

 

[hydromech]

Ruger 10-22, Christmas of '69. Proud young 12 yr old! Also still in the safe

 

[Wooddux1]

Winchester 72A. tube fed, shoots longs and shorts. has taken a bunch of squirrels and rabbits.

 

[Shocker]

Glenfield bolt action with a groundhog impressed into the stock at the wrist. Considered a cheapo rifle then, 1970s, much nicer than most budget .22s for sale these days.

 

[Roberts10]

Christmas 1978 found two .22 caliber rifles under the tree, thought I had hit the jackpot but dad informed me I had to make a decision on which one I wanted cause the other was going back to the store. Choice was between a 10/22 or remington 552 speedmaster, I choose the ruger, still have it. Sometimes I wish I would have took the 552.

 

[Bama55]

I used my fathers' 1939 Winchester Model 74 .22 short only until I bought my first, a Remington Model 582. It is a bolt action, tube fed, that will feed anything except Rem Yellow Jackets, and is very accurate. Still in the safe, along with about 6 other .22's now.