Just remembered to post pics of new toy

knight0334

A couple(2-4) months ago I had the need to pickup a new 22 rimfire rifle. A friend's kid was invited to a church group youth shoot, and my only 22 I had was so ungodly ugly that I wont take it out in public. ..reserved for shooting rabbits and squirrels from my kitchen window. The group shoot went well, her son is only 74lbs and 4'-9" or so but a tough bugger.. plays on the JV football team at school with kids 2-3+ times his size/weight. He put plenty of holes on paper and even hit a few clays with my 12ga hammered shotgun.

Back in the mid '80s my dad purchased a Rossi pump 22 modeled after an early 1900's Remington or Winchester. However, no matter how much begging I did, he wouldn't sell it to me. He said he'd leave it to me when he died, but I'm not in that big of a hurry to get it that way.. lol Just recently Taurus bought Rossi and continued production of the pump 22's. I found one in a local shop for cheap - SOLD!

Shoots 22 rimfire shorts, longs and longrifle really nicely. Yard varmints beware!!

Here it is.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:41:08 Post Subject:

Nice. I love .22's they are such fun weapons to shoot, and I think for $1.29 you can buy like 2.1 billion rounds. Laughing

Charlie · Posted: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:47:14 Post Subject:

Very cool! I'd like a Ruger 10/22 myself as they are definitely a blast to shoot...

knight0334 · Posted: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:58:08 Post Subject:

Cheezy,

Yeah, definitely cheap to shoot. I think I picked up a 500rnd box during a wally world sale for $10 right after getting that rifle. The kids at that shoot went through about 3/4 of it in mine and other's rifles and pistols.

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I like the 10/22 also, Charlie.. A whole bunch of neat add-ons and gadgets for them. reliable too.. But in PA only manually operated firearms(except shotguns) are legal to hunt with. Which makes a semi-auto kinda pointless for me with only one use. Sad

Spire · Posted: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:07:53 Post Subject:

Love the old pump .22 knight!!!

I personally feel that every American should be given a Ruger 10/22 (or other suitable .22 rimfire) when they turn 12 years old.

One of the greatest firearms ever built.

I am looking at bringing mine into the present century with a bull barrel and synthetic stock.

You have to be careful in customizing these silly things though, you could find yourself with WAY too much money into a .22. But it sure is fun.