Most favorite .22? 

Hmm.  Easier to list least favorite.  Remington 514 single-shot.  And I like the gun.  But something's got to be bottom of the list, right?

Probably my favorite is the most beat up one, a Remington Model 12A that is pushing 100 years old, if it isn't already there.  It was probably used when my grandfather got it, that my dad shot when he was young and that we all learned to shoot on. 

I also love my 10/22, which had been worked over before I got it.  Really nice trigger.

Handguns?  Either the Standard Model with a 4" tapered barrel that is a few months older than I am, or the 1985 Government Model with a bull barrel and red-dot scope set up for Bullseye shooting.  Both scary accurate, and with factory triggers that have been lightened to about 2.5# (or just above the Bullseye minimum).

I left it out of my post above, in favor of .22s I shoot more frequently.  This is my 514.  It was my first rifle.  My dad gave it to me when I was 12.  It was used then.  I am 66 now.  Of course the 514 was not drilled and tapped for a scope.  That was done when I was in high school.  The scope is the first scope I ever owned, a true Japanese Tasco when they were actually at least usable, if not fairly decent.

I've kept it all these years.  It brought to bag untold rabbits and squirrels and bottles, cans and paper targets.  Earned my Boy Scout Marksmanship badge and gun safety certification.  it got pretty beat up.

I have a granddaughter who will be 12 in the fall.  She wants to learn to shoot and has been learning with a BB gun.  So, I've restored the 514 and intend to give it to her on her birthday.  Stock has been stripped and refinished.  Still proudly wears some dents associated with partucular memories.  Receiver and barrel have been polished and reblued. Bolt handle, trigger guard and trigger blade, too.

The trigger on these was very primitive and rough.  Not a lot you can do other that stoning engagement point with the bolt.  It never was a precision instrument, but did better and still does, than you might think.  I'm surprised I did not damage the crown over the years but it still shoots minute-of-squirrel just fine with ordinary 40 grain bulk solids.

I hope she likes it. Lots of love and memories go with it.

Marlin 39D. 

I've had it since my 14th Christmas. The little levergun had many thousands of rounds sent through its barrel, guided on the way with the original open iron sights. Today, the compact lever action wears a Leupold M8 - 2.5X Compact Turkey Ranger Scope. The walnut and blued steel of that long ago Christmas morning remains my favorite...

  Hmmm.

  Pistol? Beretta Model 70S



  Rifle? Marlin Glenfield Model 60

  They haven't been available (new) here in the US since about 1984 or so, I think.
  A most excellent pistol.

Any of you old enough to remember the "Boys Life"  magazine from the late 60's?  I think it was a Boy Scout publication.  Never was in the scouts but my parents got a subscription for me.  Every issue had these delicious ads for Remington, Savage, Winchester .22's.  Seems like a far away country now.

 That Beretta is nice!

Ruger SR22

I once had a Ruger 10/22 that was pretty fun, but my favorite has always been my Remington Fieldmaster pump.