New To Me Rifles

[toppop52]

I went to visit my late brother's daughter in Chesapeake, VA on Saturday and came home with my moms 60 year old 7 shot Remington .22 bolt action and my brother's Marlin/Glenfield model 80.22. The Remington was an amazingly accurate rifle, and mom at 90 is ready to go shoot it! She literally shot 5-6 chicken hawks in flight with that rifle when I was a kid. She use to shoot quail in back of our house, of course they were on the ground. I'd be lucky to hit them with a 12 ga!

 

[MacLawn]

Is that Remington a 521T? If so, yes, those are extremely accurate. I have one.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I went to visit my late brother's daughter in Chesapeake, VA on Saturday and came home with my moms 60 year old 7 shot Remington .22 bolt action and my brother's Marlin/Glenfield model 80.22. The Remington was an amazingly accurate rifle, and mom at 90 is ready to go shoot it! She literally shot 5-6 chicken hawks in flight with that rifle when I was a kid. She use to shoot quail in back of our house, of course they were on the ground. I'd be lucky to hit them with a 12 ga!

Remington made at least 3 versions of the bolt action; a single shot (Targetmaster), a tubular magazine version (Sportmaster) and one with a clip-style magazine (Scoremaster). All were super accurate in the right hands; I have a Targetmaster my Dad bought about 1941; It became mine when I was 13. Great rifles.

 

[toppop52]

This is the Scoremaster, 6 shot clip style magazine and one round in the chamber. The most accurate rifle I ever shot at under 100 yds. with no scope You buried the sight flush into the V and squeeze, something usually ended up dead.

 

[toppop52]

I don't know anything about the Marlin/Glenfield 80. I plan to take them both along with my Rueger 10/22 and sight them in soon, after a good cleaning and oiling. I've got some rounds and a local source for more, so I can play a little and not run out.

 

[RobertBrown]

The first .22 I ever shot was an old Remington. It was a "Nylon 66" with the tubular magazine in the but stock. I saw one in a pawn shop 15 years later and had to have it. I paid 30$ as I recall.
That was 30 years ago. I let that one go to a friend who wanted to pay me more than I thought it was worth. I guess they are somewhat sought after these days as collectors items.
The gun was hard to dissassemble and had a tendancy to trap moisture. I was very reliable and you couldn't hurt the stock

 

[clemsonfor]

From what i have heard the nylon 66s are sought after and fairly pricy for what they are in todays world? And it was basically a throw away gun back then?

 

[flyerdan]

I've got one that my dad had, he cut the barrel down so it would be easier to carry as a brush gun, and getting it in and out of the pickup. Quick look at Gunbroker show them listed at $200-$500, if I remember correctly these were an inexpensive 'hardware store' gun when introduced.

 

[Bird]

Remington made at least 3 versions of the bolt action; a single shot (Targetmaster), a tubular magazine version (Sportmaster) and one with a clip-style magazine (Scoremaster). All were super accurate in the right hands; I have a Targetmaster my Dad bought about 1941; It became mine when I was 13. Great rifles.

And there was more than one Sportmaster, a model 341 and a 512. My Dad had the 341 and I've never seen anyone who could shoot a .22 as accurately as he could. I know that he had to miss a shot sometime, but I never saw him miss one. He shot rabbits in the head and squirrels in the neck. Of course I inherited the gun and gave it to my grandson for his birthday a couple of years ago.

 

[k0ua]

And there was more than one Sportmaster, a model 341 and a 512. My Dad had the 341 and I've never seen anyone who could shoot a .22 as accurately as he could. I know that he had to miss a shot sometime, but I never saw him miss one. He shot rabbits in the head and squirrels in the neck. Of course I inherited the gun and gave it to my grandson for his birthday a couple of years ago.

I will tell you a little story Bird, when I was in my early 20's I came back home and had a "shootoff" with my 65+ old dad who was suffering from diabetes by then. We set up empty .22LR cases as targets at 15 yards with a woodpile as a backstop. We each shot about 50 rounds of .22LR with our iron sighted rifles, and it was generally agreed that dad beat me. He rarely missed one. I though I was a pretty good shot, but the "old man" had just fired so many more .22's thru the years, even when he was getting older and less steady, he still beat me. He told story's of always taking a brick of .22's several times a week and practicing lighting matches and other such feats of marksmanship. I did see him shoot 50 cent pieces throw in the air in front of crowds of men, and I personally went rabbit hunting with him when I was a small child, and watched him shoot running rabbits with his Colt .38 special revolver. I have seen people that could shoot handguns much faster, but I have never seen anyone that could shoot handgun or rifle or more accurately.

James K0UA