Some kinda .22?

[TRAP55]

It's an 1890, I couldn't enlarge the pic to see the barrel, and it looked to have a flat buttplate. The 62 had a round barrel and a longer forearm.
Any idea what happened to it?

[MrOrange]

It's an 1890, I couldn't enlarge the pic to see the barrel, and it looked to have a flat buttplate. The 62 had a round barrel and a longer forearm.
Any idea what happened to it?

No sir, it's long gone.

Mom said as a young girl she had hunted with a .22 and a double-barreled 12 ga. shotgun when visiting relatives out in the country, and it's possible that's the .22 she used. Some where in rural Pennsylvania is about all I know. She said the first time she fired the shotgun, she didn't understand why her Dad stood behind her and held his hands out as if to catch her... until the gun went off.

[sealocan]

I've shot one of those Winchester rifles. very accurate even for being old and well used and no problems functioning with lots of different ammo (cheep) that I tried.

Maybe you should try in zoom in on the man and the centers jacket lapel pin.

Sometimes just the old lapel pins alone told a story of an organization that he was in, his political party, ethnic background etc.


and you guys ever notice how big hats were back then?
it was part of everyone's everyday carry.

[steve91104]

Cool pic OP!

[MacanTaillear]

Ten roger, looks like that's the one, thanks.

How about these rifles? I have no idea what they might be:





j/k

Those are M1 rifles. Commonly known as the M1 Garand. They shoot the .30-06 cartridge and are a lot of fun.
I've shot those Winchester pump .22's and love them. I had a chance to pick one up at the old Great Western gun show at the LA County fairgrounds at a reasonable price and I've been kicking myself ever since for not getting it.

[MrOrange]

I just realized that I must've deleted the original scan that was like 1.2 MB, and now I can't find the actual photo. Damn you, Box-o-Wine! I'll find it and check out the pin, thx sealocan.

Here's a pin gramps had, don't know if it symbolizes anything or it's just a pretty design:



Forgive me for blacking out my Mom's maiden name.



Thanks, steve91104. Sooner or later I'm gonna pick out some of these interesting old pics I've got and post them up in OT. Coal mining, building the Alaska Railroad, etc. The guy on the far right in the M1 pic is my Dad, the Chinese side of the fam. Best guess circa 1950's; I know he graduated OCS in '47, went in as an E6. He never said a bad word about his service, but I'm guessing being an oriental in the U.S. Army in WWII was just a barrel of monkeys. Here's another one I haven't tried to clean up yet, and another Name That Gun!

[MrOrange]

Those are M1 rifles. Commonly known as the M1 Garand. They shoot the .30-06 cartridge and are a lot of fun.
I've shot those Winchester pump .22's and love them. I had a chance to pick one up at the old Great Western gun show at the LA County fairgrounds at a reasonable price and I've been kicking myself ever since for not getting it.

Roger that, I own a CMP M1 myself. Most folk start off with a .22, but the first firearm I ever shot was an M1 Carbine that sorta followed one of Dad's cronies home. The second one was his M1, which was a bit much for a little kid!

You guys got me thinking I need to pick up an 1890, even if it's a beater, just for the C&R flavor fun factor.

[TRAP55]

M1919 Browning machine gun



I have a Win Model 1890 in .22 Short. The long barrel with Shorts is like shooting a suppressed .22LR, I have pellet guns that make more noise! If you ever want to shoot it, bring ammo.

[MrOrange]

M1919 Browning machine gun

I have a Win Model 1890 in .22 Short. The long barrel with Shorts is like shooting a suppressed .22LR, I have pellet guns that make more noise! If you ever want to shoot it, bring ammo.

Ding Ding! We've got a winner. You've won my respect and admiration. That and a dollar five dollars will get you a cup of coffee.

Thanks for the offer, but I'm down in the Bay Area. Interesting about the noise level. Have you ever tried CB caps in your 1890? Wondering if they would feed, or even make it out of the barrel!

[Nathan Krynn]

My fathers, my cousins, and my first gun was a model 62. It was given to my grandfather in 1932 as an anniversary present and has been passed down since.

By the way I was 7 when I got it and was told to go have fun in the woods. I have a pic of my father and he "thinks" he was 4 holding it.

My grand father had two wedges attached to the rifle and has an old school scope without internal adjustments. It has screws on the mount to move the fixed power scope.

I have the rifle, scope, and scope box still. All work. I do not use the scope so its not mounted.

It is accurate and I shoot 22LR's and 22 shorts though it to this day.

I will pass it on as well, if I am lucky enough too.

[Mike Armstrong]

Not all 1890s shoot cheap ammo because many of them were chambered for the .22 WRF ctg. (or .22 Remington Special if you are of the green persuasion). It was loaded with a 45 grain flatpoint bullet and went a little faster than the 1890-vintage Long Rifles. Country people believed that it was quite potent and used it lot for shining deer and shooting geese and other "medium game."

My dad shot mule deer for family meat in the Black Hills during the (first) Depression with a Remington Model 12S pump ".22 Special". (It HAD to be powerful! Why else would they call it "Special"?).

[BHP FAN]

I passed my grandma's model 121 Remington .22 pump hammerless, on to my son. It was the first firearm he ever fired, at some four or five years of age, so it has double sentimental value. I decided to give it to him a couple years back, because I wanted to be able to see the look on his face, while I'm still alive. When I pass, he'll get them all, but I've given him one or two special family heirlooms just so he won't be too eager to see me go.

[MrOrange]

By the way I was 7 when I got it and was told to go have fun in the woods. I have a pic of my father and he "thinks" he was 4 holding it.

OH MY GOD! Somebody gave a child (A CHILD!) a loaded gun and set them loose in the woods? That's child abuse! We need more laws! More laws!

Just recently I found out a brother-in-law had an old, no serial number Remington 550. He grew up in Texas and said he was 10 when he was given the rifle and set after the rabbit population. That 550 is a full-sized solid piece of tree and iron, I can't imagine lugging it around as a 10 y.o. He also mentioned that was the same year he started driving tractors.

Not all 1890s shoot cheap ammo because many of them were chambered for the .22 WRF ctg. (or .22 Remington Special if you are of the green persuasion). It was loaded with a 45 grain flatpoint bullet and went a little faster than the 1890-vintage Long Rifles. Country people believed that it was quite potent and used it lot for shining deer and shooting geese and other "medium game."

My dad shot mule deer for family meat in the Black Hills during the (first) Depression with a Remington Model 12S pump ".22 Special". (It HAD to be powerful! Why else would they call it "Special"?).

One of the 1890s I saw on GB was listed as .22 WMR, and that raised an eyebrow, I thought maybe somebody had tried to rechamber it, but in the narrative the seller corrected it to .22 WRF. It was a lot more than the .22 LR, especially as LRs were loaded way back when, but I think the flat point likely did more than anything to increase the amount of smack-down on game.

When I pass, he'll get them all, but I've given him one or two special family heirlooms just so he won't be too eager to see me go.

A wise policy!


That's it, I'm putting a .22 Short 1890 on the list. I can't wait to tell people I have an Australian Assault Rifle.