Great story and beautiful rifle. Gald you were able to fulfill your wish. I grew up dirt poor and drooled over something much less ostentatious. Loved JC Penny and Sears catalogues. Didn't allow myself to wish for much more than a single shot 22, which I co-owned with my brother. Now I buy what I want and have several really fine rifles.Returning to the title of this forum:".22 Rifle Daydreams", and stepping back a half century to the daydreams of a gun-obsessed boy, the fount of nearly all my daydreams was a 1960 Shooters Bible. The pages of which had been turned and returned until guns and their prices and pictures contained therein were embedded in my consciousness. The page most often returned to contained the description of a bolt action .22 rifle with a staggering price. It was Winchester's Sporting Model 52, the .22 rifle daydream to eclipse all daydreams. But with a price of nearly two hundred 1960 dollars it not exceeded my 12 year old financial prospects, but would disintegrate my entire life's savings account beyond any possible redemption. But daydreams are worth keeping, even the impossible ones, so as time went buy I returned to the now ragged edged catalog with he 52 Sporter and..promised myself..someday..View attachment 925754 View attachment 925755
I was similar in that I didn't long for high-end things when I was a kid, though most things might as well have been high-end because they were out of my reach. I generally didn't dream beyond a dilapidated mini-bike or nearly worn-out go-kart that was in good enough shape that I could repair it and ride. Or, gun wise, good used single-barrel break-open shotguns in .410 or .20 gauge with slightly above-average build quality that just felt a little better than the cheap stuff when you open the action, pull back the hammer, or pull the trigger. And especially a barrel (they were all ribless) that didn't remind me of a banana with a bead on the far end due to the way they tapered from the chamber area. I always hated that look, and .410s were of course the worst at taking that shape.Great story and beautiful rifle. Gald you were able to fulfill your wish. I grew up dirt poor and drooled over something much less ostentatious. Loved JC Penny and Sears catalogues. Didn't allow myself to wish for much more than a single shot 22, which I co-owned with my brother. Now I buy what I want and have several really fine rifles.
I'd be snooty too if I owned something like that. Wow!snooty
I like the marlin, good sights and a front sight hood. I think they are cool.Dang
Them are nice!
We have a problem with the pesky ground squirrels/gophers getting into the horse and mules grains, I just picked up this Marlin yesterday, hope it’s a shooter
Tell snooty ol' chuck he has some beautiful rifles.What has to be the ultimate .22 dream rifle of all time is the property my snooty neighbor Chuck. He's a southpaw and has a collection of rifles like this Winchester Model 52 that has been converted to left hand operation plus elegant engraving with gold inlays, folding leaf "express" sights, exotic wood and fantastic stockwork.View attachment 930714 View attachment 930716 View attachment 930717 View attachment 930718
Seems to shoot straight, got this guy running then finished him offI like the marlin, good sights and a front sight hood. I think they are cool.
I hope it shoots great.