Vintage Varmit rifles ?

[Wolfdog91]

Anyone happen to have any pictures of some vi tage varmit rigs ?

[358429]

I wish I did my buddy Ray in the valley showed me all the fancy 22/250's , his 220 Swift, couple 22 Hornets, going to say it was a swarm.

He liked good wood stocks and deep bluing and I was spoiled to handle them all [emoji3].

[Texas by God]

I've had some (lots) of varmint rifles but the only vintage ones left are my wife's Sako/ER Shaw .250 Savage( 75gr hp)- a great prairie dog on up varmint load. And my 40's Remington 510- the closest thing I have to a suppressed gun.[emoji16]
My .223 and 22-250 wear plastic- they're ugly.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211228/0a48af3cce51dfc472d7ed8f6657b0d4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211228/e7b627dd79c224cef3fb8c4cf31d069a.jpg

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[megasupermagnum]

What do you consider vintage? I had a Savage 110L, originally from I believe 1964. I have no idea when it was turned into a varmint rig. It had a 27 1/2" barrel, chambered for 6mm Remington, big and heavy laminate stock, and a well worn out barrel from years of laser fast bullets. That rifle now lives with my brother. It could definitely use a new barrel, but it still shoots MOA with a certain load and 58gr Vmax. It is a great coyote rifle.

[skeettx]

Remington 722 in 222 with 26" barrel made in the very early 50s

ALSO

Springfield 03 action, in 244 Remington VERY heavy barrel and Unertl scope.
Weighs about 22 pounds

No High walls or Hepburn's or ??

[missionary5155]

Good evening
I may be the only one to put it to Varmit use but I am very happy to post here our "river bottom" ground hog stopper.
Bought it here on CB about 6 years ago.
Once we got the brass and cast projectile issue figured out it became very fast our favorite close in varmit rifle. The 200 grain 44 FNPB 40-1 slug propelled by 36 grains of Goex 3F has never failed to reliably "thwap" with authority ever Ground Hog I have been able to lay the silver front sight on. Course the longest shot has been only 17 yards but it really puts the swap on the unsuspecting hole borer.
So here is our 1870 Frank Wesson 2nd Model (beveled rear chamber) caliber 44 Wesson Rifle.

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[country gent]

I dont have pictures of them but I have a martini cadet that been rebarreled and stocked in 218 bee. Nice little light walking rifle. A sporter weight savage 23d in 22 hornet. This had an aperture sights on it but it now wears a 6X redfield scope. also a number 1V in 220 swift and a at10 in 243 and 22-250.

Back in the day when the big black power rounds werent popular a lot of hepburns, brochardts, high walls and stevens were rebarreled to varmint rifles and those early calibers. Then the popular calibers were 22 hornet, 219 zipper, 219 donandson wasp this one was very popular on the bench rest circuit also, 218 bee, 220 swift, in the 60s the 22-250 as a wildcattt there were several versions then. Also a bunch of improved versions of the above and true wildcatts.

At a local show a dew years ago I ran across a hepburn in 219 Donaldsin Wasp had a heavy Douglas 1-12 barrel 26" long and unertal 20X scope ( external adjustment) very nice walnut stock. Dont know the smith but whoever built it Did a really nice job.

[StrawHat]

I have several, depending on what you consider “vintage”.

A Marlin Ballard #3 converted from 32 Long to 22 WCF by V M Starr.

A Springfield Model 1922 converted from 22 LR to 22 Hornet.

And a Remington Model 722 in 222 Magnum.

Kevin

[MOA]

Just my savage hornet. All other varmint rigs are more modern.

https://i.postimg.cc/k598ns0W/De287.jpg (https://postimg.cc/k21DsQX5)

[koger]

I have a 219 Donaldson Wasp built on a Hi Wall, with beautiful case colors on the rebuilt reciever, a 2# trigger, beautiful marbled walnut with an
adjustable cheek piece. It wears a Varmint beautiful blued Buhmiller barrel, and a vintage Weaver T 16x varmint scope. Shoots tiny little cloverleafs at 100yds.

[country gent]

Koger Any Idea what year it was built?

[missionary5155]

Hey StrawHat
That Springfield 1922 in 22 Hornet sounds like an interesting rifle. Can you post a photo ?

[725]

My vintage Winchester Mod 69A served for decades without complaint. :)

[405grain]

koger: Don't tease us like that. We need some photos!

[koger]

Country Gent dont know when it was built, the barrel has no wear on it at all, the guy I got it off of shot cast thru it. The first load I tried with 3031 and 53 Hornady match flat base, old bullets, shot a ragged hole at 100 yds, and you could see about half of each bullet. 405 pm me you ph# and I will send you pics.

[uscra112]

Late '30s, Krags were commonly converted to .22-3000 Lovell, usually the R2 variant. There was apparently a supply of .22 barrels available from the government at giveaway prices, as were surplus Krags, so it was a natural marriage.

Here is one of mine: I have two Krags, one Stevens 44-1/2, and 'swlp me, a Ballard built by Sedgley.

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[gc45]

i have an early Win 1886 in 40-82 cal that has killed many praire dogs, does that count?

[warren5421]

Model 1894 Marlin that was made in 1907 or shortly thereafter. The special-order 26" barrel is 2" longer than the standard 24" for this model. The special-order sights sound like Beach and/or King's but could also be other brands. Sounds like a nice set-up for bunnies and other small game.

Folding front sight has an ivory bead, it probably is a Lyman #5 and not a Beach. (is it gold washed? All Beach front sights were gold washed) The tang sight with locking lever is a Lyman #2A. The rear barrel sight is either a Lyman #6 (should have a white diamond, not a line) or, since you said it had a white line, it may be a Winchester Express sight. Hard to tell without seeing it. Marlin offered Lyman sights through their catalogs so I would tend to think most of the sights, if original to the gun are Lyman sights

[arlon]

1968 vintage enough? One of the early Rugers in .222.

[atr]

Remington 722 in .222-26" barrel
and another Remington 722 in .257 Roberts-24" barrel
The 722 was manufactured from 1948 to 1962.
It took me a long time to find the .257 Roberts, the .222 came pretty easy in comparison.
Both are very accurate

[1hole]

... I have a martini cadet that been rebarreled and stocked in 218 bee.

I hate you! I absolutely hate you!

;)

[country gent]

1Hole Na Na Na Nah [smilie=l: I spent 4-5 years planning and working on it it was my first build up. converted the lever so a pistol grip stock could be used, made a faux 1/4 rib for the scope mount, tuned the trigger, nice matching walnut stock and semi wide forearm. Rifle and the 2-7 redfield scope go about 6 1/2 lbs. The shilen sporter barrel is 20" long and 1-12 twist, woodchucks out to 250 yds are no problem 52 grn bt hp are close to 1 hole clusters at 100 yds.

[1hole]

Sounds beautiful.

Well, think such a classic varminter would look a tad better with my old Unertl 1 1/2", 10x scope.

[country gent]

I had looked for a unetal JR in 10--12 power for it. I think the 3/4" tube of the junior would look better with the sporter barrel. The other issue with the scope is loading can be tricky as there isnt a lot of room for your thumb or finger. Some cut down the right side rail to help here.

[uscra112]

Come to think of it, I've also got a Krag with a very heavy .219 Zipper barrel on it. Never have fired it.

Would my Stevens 108 Harwood Hornet qualify? The Harwood Hornet was a .25-20 Stevens case necked down to .22. Barrel made from a Savage Hi-Power blank. The rifle can be pretty positively dated to 1894. Harwood claimed 2000 fps, which was a hot load considering he had to use black powder. Unquestionably the first of the high performance .22 caliber wildcats.

[StrawHat]

Hey StrawHat
That Springfield 1922 in 22 Hornet sounds like an interesting rifle. Can you post a photo ?

I will dig it out and get some photos. Any particular pose?

Kevin

[missionary5155]

Howdy Kevin
How about you, the rifle and a fat old winter ground hog.

[cwtebay]

I have a couple that I enjoy.
Remington #6 in 32 RF, Model 70 Winchester in 225 Winchester, Model 43 in 218 Bee.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220129/4662c60f1c7c578258f3b94f6af8b5e3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220129/926d22b3c24b0910575a51cf949388dc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220129/7860e4204610a2afe8288cd56d6a3c87.jpg

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[selmerfan]

I've considered getting one of the oddball .22 caliber barrels built by CPA for my great-grandfather's Stevens 44 1/2. I've got the original .22LR match barrel that came with it, plus a .30-40 Krag that has never seen a jacketed bullet down the bore - boolits only - specifically the 311299. It would be fun to have something like a .22 Donaldson Wasp or .219 Zipper, but I can't justify the cost of the barrel or the brass and dies.