Who didn't have a Ruger 10/22 while growing up?

[tomiswho]

I was 17 when the 1022 was introduced. I wasn't interested for a few years after that because I was afraid of a recall... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[41 mag fan]

Didn't have a 10/22 grew up with a nylon 66. Steve

 

[MMichaelAK]

I was given one (10/22) for Xmas when I was 16. It was stolen when I was 19 just before I moved out on my own.

I didnt buiy another for years but always thought about it. Since then I have two, and a 96/22. One of my 10/22 is heavily modded, the other looks like it isnt.

The 10/22, a GOOD thing>

 

[AkRay]

My friend Stan had one and I thougth it was so cool. I was really jealous of that rifle and his shooting ability with it. I thought my dad had bought me a 10/22 when I opened the wrapped present on Christmas morning, and I said, "A Ruger 10/22!!" It turned out to be a Marlin 99M1 instead. Oh well.

 

[LarryH]

Grew up with a Steven's Single-shot and a Single-Six. No 10/22 until 1996 and now they are an addiction! Rimfirecentral and 8 10/22's since then.

 

[P90]

I was grown long before the 10/22's. I grew up with a Winchester pump .22, but did have a Ruger Standard .22 auto pistol in the 50's. Wish I had kept it.

 

[flatgate]

I had a single shot .22 rifle. I dunno the brand. Next was a Remington slide action .22.

Sold that to get a Blackhawk.

flatgate

 

[kd4rgwml]

worked all summer and saved 17 dollars ordered my single shot 22 from Montgomery Wards still shots great

 

[45Colt_Man]

Be sixty-one on the 23rd and have never had one.
Grew up with a single shot. Bought Marlins for my boys (only thing the local hardware store carried) and Henry's for my grandkids, and wife.

Dana

 

[berettapistols]

I didn't have a 10/22 until I was about 20 years old..
Grew up on a Marlin Bolt Action & later a Remington Nylon 66 Autoloader..
When I finaly aquired a used 10/22 I was hooked for life..
They are without a doubt the most popular 22 rifle out there & with so many mods & aftermarket parts available..
If you don't have one "Get One"
Gary

 

[CraigC]

Nope, I got a Marlin model 60 when I was ten. I probably had more fun with that rifle in the first 15yrs I owned it than anything I've had since. Didn't get my first 10/22 until I was in my early 20's.

 

[Simpleminded Rob]

Interesting commonalities here. I also grew up with a Mossberg (44US) bolt action. Never got a 10-22 until I was in my '50's.

 

[rugerlovah]

i did not have one ... had a ruger 77/22. that was my 1st rifle, got it when i was 10 or 11 for shooting 4-h.

 

[swcr]

I've never had one. I started shooting my dad's Browning T-bolt when I was 5 and bought a Winchester 9422 when I was 11. The only two .22 handguns I've ever had were Single Sixes though.

Eugene

 

[Danjet500]

First .22 rifle I got was a Marlin 39 in 1976. I've had it ever since. It was made in 1946 and still shoots great.

 

[DavidABQ]

I had a Marlin bolt Action as a kid.


I didn't actually own a 10/22 for myself until this year.

Wife owned one for years and sometimes let me shoot it.

 

[b3337]

I got a sears single shot .22 ($19.00) for my 14th bday in 1972.I didn't get a 10/22 until about 10 yrs ago and have owned several since then.

 

[dacaur]

I shot my dads guns as a kid, but never had a 10/22 (nor did he). I got my first firearm at 25, a 50's-60's era catalog .22 tube fed bolt action, given to me by my dad. It says "wards westernfield" on it, but no model # so i dont actualy know what it is. I didn't get any more guns till I turned 29 last year. Got a P95 for home defence, then a few months later I got the bug bad bought a mark II target 22/45, and then for christmas i got my first 10/22.... My current fav gun, an SR-22 ... next purchase will be a remingoton 870 shotgun, then I'll probably look for another ruger mark II pistol....

 

[Richbaker]

I didn't..... got my 1st 10/22 when I was 36. I had a Browning T-bolt when I was ~10 or so.... sold it after I found out it had the "salt-wood" problem and I wasn't equipped to fix it. :x

 

[mohavesam]

First 22 autoloader was a Nylon 66. Next came a coveted Glenfield M60, accurate beyond my capabilities; the fact it could hanlde shorts and long rifles was very cool. My first 10/22 didn't appear until after HS. I always considered it a re-engineered M60 with a neat magazine? but it could never shoot shorts. Major bummer.

If I had to bet the mortgage on a side-by-side box-stock endurance contest, I'd bet on the Remington.