I got my Remington back!

[David LaPell]

Back a couple of years ago when I got hurt and for a long time since I have had to sell guns to help pay bills. I ended up selling around 16 guns I think, and one was my .22 Remington Model 33 that belonged to a good friend of mine and was my Numero Uno squirrel killing gun. Back when I got the gun in 2000 I put a Weaver fixed 4 power scope because it looked good and was great on the bushytails, but then I found a Weaver 3/4 inch 3-6 power scope that made it so much better. One summer my parents place was over run with squirrels and chipmunks after a bad drought and I shot about 50 of them, around two to three every day. I went through a lot of standard velocity and CB's because they were quiet. Most were head shots. One nice thing is that this gun was made in 1934 and it has some of the nicest wood I have ever seen. Unfortunately the guy I sold it to never believed in cleaning or oiling the gun over the last two years and the wood is a little dry so I am going to give it a Tru-oil refinish and I already gave it a thorough cleaning internally. I can't wait to get this gun back into the woods, when I used to go to the range with it, I would put clay targets at the 125 yard mark and blast them and then hit the fragments. I have owned a lot of .22 rifles over the years but none would keep up with this gun.

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[ranger1962]

nice gun I agree with you it does have great looking wood.

[wcp4570]

David
Good for you in getting and old friend back. That is a nice looking Remmy. I like the old 500 series 22's. I have an old 510 that I always reach for if I want to be sure of hitting something. It is very a accurate rifle and fun to shoot.

wcp

[Jack Stanley]

That wood is very attractive , it must take some doing to watch for tree rats instead of admiring the wood :-D

Jack

[atr]

I've got an old single shot .22 also,,,,,with a 3/4"dia bushnell...it was my first rifle way back when I was 16....I still enjoy shooting it !

good for you getting your rifle back....and..lol...good luck finding 22 ammo !
atr

[ultramag]

I've never ran across one of those. Sure would make me look twice thinking it was a Winchester Model 61 if I saw one somewhere. Nice old .22 and I'm glad you were able to get it back home.

[DLCTEX]

I bought one for cheap a while back. After seeing the wood on yours I will have to see what is under the dark oil finish on mine.

[WILCO]

How long is that barrel?

[Curlymaple42]

How long is that barrel?

Yeh! That is honking long!

[Taz700]

Very nice

[jlchucker]

Too bad Remington, Winchester, Savage, and Mossberg don't make nice, wood-stocked, affordable 22's like yours any more. That's a fine looking 22.

[shooterg]

A thread on "Guns I shoulda never sold but got back" ? Bet a bunch of us could tell one of those stories. Then there's the one I DIDN'T get back, dangit.

[ACrowe25]

Glad to hear things ended up in the right hands.