M14 Forum

Candyman

I have always had a weakness for 22 rifles. Back in my younger days I didn't have a lot of extra spending money. I would look around and find a low priced 22 rifle at a pawn shop and clean it up. I found that if you know what your looking for, you can really pick up some sweet deals.

I do have a little extra spending money these days but I still love to hunt for those low priced 22's that need a little work.

Last year I spotted a little Savage Mark II bolt action at a pawn shop. It had a lot of surface rust on it and the plastic stock was scratched up. Other then that the rifle was in great shape.

The shop had it priced at $79 and I knew that a new one ran from $169 to $189. So I offered the guy $70 out the door and he said yes. I should have said $60.

Here it is just as I bought it.





Then after a little clean up.

I then preped the metal and stock and sprayed them with Aluma-Hyde II, Matt Black. I allowed it to dry for 6 days and put it together last night. Not bad for a $70 rifle.






Here are some simple rules to follow when hunting in pawn shops.

Rule #1 When hunting at pawn shops. Never pay the asking price, even if it is a super deal, before asking for a some money off the sticker.
Rule #2 Don't make an offer first, let the guy behind the counter do that. Because he will never give you his rock bottem price right off. You may be able to get him a little lower, even if it is just to cut out the tax.
Rule #3 If you do make the first offer, LOW BALL IT!
Rule #4 Always wear your poker face.
Rule #5 Always be willing to walk away if the price is no to your liking.

How do you think I picked this one up for $100 out the door, with the two extra mags.
Remington 597


Savage, Springfiels 187TS. Said it did not eject.
They had it marked at $40 as is. I offered $30 and the guy countered with $32.50 and I said ok.
It's pertty clean. The chamber is a little dirty, but all in all it looks good.


Sometims you will find things that are marked wrong.

Romanian M69 Trainer.

Now days you are lucky to find a M69 for $100. Most of the time they run $150 to $180. I got it for $50 out the door.

Savage Mod 29 It was marked $40 as is. I got it for $35 out the door.


Here is the Remington 514. The barrel is bent. A replacement barrel will run $45. The bolt is worth $65. I got it for $30 out the door.


There are a lot of great deals out there, you just have to be willing to look for them.
I have somewhere over 40, 22 rifles now and I am still hunting for more.

JR

I've always been a sucker for 1960's Mossberg rim-fire rifles. I also like the older Savage and Marlins. I have picked up a Marlin 990, a pair of Model 75s, and an old Mossberg single-shot in the past couple of years. Total investment, under $100. One of the 75s needed a new extractor. Cost me $5.00, with shipping.

Rimfire rifles rarely come in as expensive, with only a few exceptions. They are a bunch of fun to collect, and even more fun to shoot.

The neighbor recently showed up at my door, holding a Marlin Model 782 in his hands. It hadn't been seen for over 15 years. We took it to the range, and zeroed the older Bushnell 4X32 scope. Shoots like a house-afire.

MemphisMachinists

Candyman, I feel better now. I am not sure how many 22s I have but it's a bunch. (but not 40)I also have fixed many of them that I got dirt cheap because they were broke. Same thing with old shotguns especially the ones with ears. I also haunt the pawn shops. Another tip to shop pawn shops is to be the first customer on the first day of the month.

Candyman

I would have had a few more today if I did not have a trip planed for next weekend to Ohio.
One of the shops I stopped at today had a a Henry H100 Lever for $170,and a Marlin 25N for $140. I bet I could have gotten both for $260.
Another shop I stopped at had a Winchester 190 with the front barrel band for $160. They always give me great deald there and I know I could have gotten it for $130.
But I need the extra money for the trip, That Ford F150 Super Crew aint cheap on gas.

Nut behind the stock

Damn, nice acquisitions!

I wish we had pawn shops like that! As it is we don't have many old fashioned gun shops. The majority around here are chain stores that don't dicker much and sell new stock or the common imported milsurps. (I like those milsups though)

I know a guy that his lawn and garage sales looking for them and does ok. Cleans them up and normally resells them.

BigBill

The 22cal rifles are a hoot to shoot too.

My wife and my two sons just went for there CCW permits and there range time was with a 22cal revolver too. They had a blast shooting the 22's so they said after the shoot.

With the new grandson almost a year old now i been collecting the 22cal rifles for him and me too shoot with him someday. I started off with the winchester model 1890 22 s-l-lr pump amd a 1906 remington 22 s-l-lr pump also. I picked up a savage m29b and a wards / savage 29b 22cal pumps and an older stevens 22pump. Soon after i went after the J Stevens rolling block single shot 22's the turn of the century guns and i found a Hopkins & Allen 1898 falling block 22 also. I have an older tube fed cooey 22cal bolt action rifle too. Now i'm going after a few 22cal pistols and revolvers too. I stell need some lever action 22's also. Then the new grandson will have all the 22's he needs and i figure up front he can learn how to operate every different action in the process too.

Plus i can keep the whole family shootin with the cheap 22's for a longtime too. Bill

BTW; I have the modern rifles in 22 rimfire but the older turn of the century 22's sure has me addicted to them lately.

grndpndr

Where can you find the rem 514 parts? I believe I need a new bbl because the chambers seems worn out of round judging by the bulge in the case near
the extractor cutout.I couldnt begin to guess the rd count! I got it for my B-day @ age 5 and it shows it.Rifling is bright shiny, bbl could be saved IF somehow a G-smith could peen the metal to remove bulge but being at the extractor cutout I doubt thers any extra metal to play with.Thing is it has sentimental value having also taught my boys to shoot so Im hoping to get it in shape to teach my grandsons etc, god willing.
Someone mentioned a win model 190 which seemed a high price for a used .22 semi.At the moment its the only adult size .22 I have.I am concerned just a bit about the future and a good .22 is a large part of my planning.I prefer a bolt gun in .22LR but wife could end up using it for protection not because better isnt available but because she is not comfortable with large calibers even 5.56.So I figure a half dozen .22 HP to the torso is better than same # of misses w/5.56/.357 etc.Is the 190 a suitable candidate(reliable/long lived) given spares etc.

ElToro

got a good deal on a 60's savage-anschutz with leupold once. also traded a S&W outdoorsman that basically got for free for trade of labor for a kimber Hunter-Silloutte with Leupold 6.5-20. thats probly my best deal to date

had to pay retail for my 10-22.

willriskit

Merry Christmas and Semper Fi!

My .22 weakness is Winchester 62 and 62A's. Never could have afforded one as a kid so now I keep a few. I bought my wife a Rossi copy very cheaply and she loved it, but at a Dalhart show I walked by as a gentleman was pulling a minty pre-war 62 from a case. After a little negotiation and some cash, I ended-up with it and my wife was able to retire the Rossi.

losok

I gave my oldest my 22 from when I was growing up, its a Marlin 25, painted it pink and purple, and converted to single shot, youth stock so she could shoot it. Its going back to the mag this year and getting nitrded. I bought my youngest a Savage Cub, brand new, its great trainer, with peep sight from the factory, and short stock, its a single shot. Both those rifles are great shooters. Its funny, I paid 75 for the Marlin new when I was 12, with my birthday money, and they go for twice that used now. I paid 120 for the Savage new.

This Christmas, each girl got a special family 22. They both came from my Wife's side of the family, which is rare as they are not gun people on that side. My wife's uncle passed away a little over a year ago, and her great uncle 2 years ago, and they were the only gun owners on that side that I know of. Her aunt asked me to sell off the uncles guns, and I decided to buy two of them one was a 1978 built 10-22, and it hardly been fired, looks brand new, the other was a single shot 12ga for me just have around.

When we went to VA last year to the family cabin her great uncle owned, I was presented with a Springfield Model 87A that her cousin said Bill bought in the 40s and it never did work quite right. It was rusted a bit, and the stock was in sad shape, but it came with the original scope and mount. I took it home cleaned it up, and got it working then did a full refinish on it. It looks better than new now.

So one girl got the 10-22, the other got the Springfield. I need to get pics of the girls with them and get them up here. I also have the bug for older 22 rifles, just something fun about them. By the way the Springfield is super accurate gun, groups about 3/4 inch at 50 yards on cheap blazer ammo, but functions better with minimags.

losok

By the way check Numrich for all the old 22 parts, they seem to have a lot that other places dont, also check Jackfirst, they even make some.