Gary Reeder
I have more 22 rifles than a sane man should
Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 11:24

So here are some of them..I grew up with the J.C. Higgins (Sears) rifles. First the model 29, then the model 31. A few years back I decided to go back in time and pick up the guns I grew up with so I found the model 29, 30 and 31, all made by High Standard for Sears. Like Blake said on here they are man size rifles, not the little rifles for kids.


The model 31, 30 and 29, top to bottom.

Another favorite a few years later was the Marlin 99M1, the size of the old M1 Carbine but extremely accurate. at the time I was working for a radio station in Nashville and writing a weekly column in a Nashville newspaper on guns and hunting called Southern Sportsman. There were a lot of special high velocity 22 LR coming out so I decided to do a test on them for the column. I had the Marlin 99M1, a Remington 541, the J.C. Higgins Model 29, a Remington model 581 and borrowed a Winchester Model 52 field model. I ran several brands of hyper velocity ammo thru them like the CCI Stinger, Winchester Expediter, Remington Yellow Jacket and one or two others that I can't think of now. At the end of the trial the little Marlin 99M1 beat them all. If you can find one today they usually run $350 or better in good shape.
I bought 2 or 3 of them for some silly ass reason.

A CZ 452 in 22 LR

A CZ 455 in 22 Magnum

A CZ 512 in 22 Mag

A Ruger 77-22 in 22 LR

A Ruger 77-22 in 22 Magnum

A Marlin Texan in 22 LR

A Remington 541-T in 22 LR

A Ruger 10-22 stainless

Winchester 9422M in 22 Magnum

and there are a couple more around somewhere. I tend to stash things around and forget where I put them.