What am I looking for?

[0802]

Long story to short.

Uncle and Dad grew up poor in 1950s rural KS. Rich neighbor boys had "single shot bolt action 22s." Uncle always wanted one, never got one. Dad wants to get one for Uncle for Christmas. Neither one knows brand or model exactly.

I have zero experience in this area (and little in others).

Criteria:
Single shot bolt action, 22S, 22 LR
Cheaper brand, probably made for Sears or Montgomery Ward
1950s era

From what I can find, Winchester Model 67 seems to fill the "looks" bill, but I am fairly certain that would have been too pricey and might not have been the right era.

Given all this, what brand/model/price and I looking at?

Does anyone make something like this currently (might be easier than getting a used one)?

Thanks for the help,
Josh

[OBXPilgrim]

A quick search on gunbroker shows some of the Remington's about as cheap as some of the less popular.

Disclaimer - Just a search - never done business with gunbroker or any of the other online sites - other than to check prices.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=85897265

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=86172186

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=85927683

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=85721702

[Buckshot]

.............Could be Remington 500 series too. Of course you had the Savages, and the Sears-Wards- Western Auto brands and Mossberg. Most the store brands were Savage, Stevens or Mossberg.

...............Buckshot

[fourarmed]

In my 1950's Kansas opinion, no rifle fits the bill better than the Remington 510 Targetmaster. It may not be the specific rifle they remember, but it is a classic. It does not have to be manually cocked after working the bolt, as many "boy's" bolt action rifles did, but retracting the bolt engages the safety.

[wills]

http://www.crickett.com/CrickettRifle/crickettrifle.html

[woody1]

Stevens model 15 was one of the cheaper single shot 22's of the 50's. Yes, I grew up in the '50's. One of my friends had a Stevens model 15 and it served him well. Another friend had a pricier and yes, nicer Rem. 510. The "richer" kid had a Stevens/Savage 410/22. The most high class 22 that any of my friends had was a Remington pump. I believe it was the 121 Fieldmaster, the model after the 12. With that rifle, I saw him shoot a chuckar out of the air. The 510 far outclasses the Stevens but if you're looking for the cheap single shot model, the Stevens is it. Or a variation thereof sold by Wards, Sears or one of the house brands like Revelation made by Stevens. What did I have? An older than me tube magazine repeater, Remington Model 34, that was given to me by a co-worker of my Dads. It had belonged to his father-in-law. Got it when I was about 9. Dad put a Weaver B4 scope on it when I was 12. Now that was some class. I still have the rifle and scope. FWIW Regards, Woody

[floodgate]

My first was a "hardware store special" marked "Continental Arms" a friend of my Dad's won on a punch-poard (anyone remember those?) in a tavern back in 1941, just before WW-twice. Dad wasn't into guns that much, but left it with Mom when he went overseas to hand to me when I turned 12 (1943 - old fud, ain't I?), and old Red Leonard taught me how to use it. It was a full-size bolt action single-shot that you had to cock by pulling the striker knob back, with no additional safety. My best buddy had one of the tiny little Winchester 02's, and when he outgrew it, his Dad found him a Winchester 510, early 1946 - he was the envy of the gang! One pair of brothers had one of the "el-cheapos", a mini-Snider single-shot with a barrel of rolled brass sheet swaged into a steel sleeve, and a nail replacing the long-lost firing pin. We confined that one to the tiny ".22 Shorter-'N'-Shorts" (the local name for BB- and CB-caps, in 100-round tins). Them wuz the days!

floodgate

PS, so far as I know, my nephew still has the Continental, or maybe he has passed it on to his kids or grand-kids; I'll hafta ask him....

[twotrees]

The full sized 22 that was a single shot with plunger cocking, I grew up with in the 50's, was a Ranger. (Monkey Wards??) We shot the same guns at YMCA camp when I was 8 years old and they shot really well for a cheap gun.

I don't know if thats the gun, but a buddy of my Brother's tried to trade him a brand new Nylon 66 for it. That was after Skeeter out shot him all day long with that old single shot.

Good Shootin,

TwoTrees