Post by MarkA on Feb 2, 2004 14:47:07 GMT -5
Legacy Rifles: Fathers and/or Grandfathers!
I am having so much fun and get such a kick out of this I thought I had better share. The Lord blessed me with, to date, four Grandsons that I cherish. It is also my obligation and duty to teach them they have the right to ‘Keep and Bear’ arms, and currently, should exercise that right. Well with four of these boy to pass something besides incredible good looks to I figured it would be a rifle. These guys range in age from 10 to 15 months and a full 6.5X55 M96 Swedish Mauser is a bit much for even the 10 year old.
However, I found for us the PERFECT solution. I have been buying and restoring the Romanian M69, 22 LR trainers. These are SUPER little blot action, 5 round, 22 LR rifles. These rifles were made in Romania from 1969 to approximately 1985. They were used to train troops with the less expensive 22 LR round. They are all steel and wood. They may not all be, but I have yet to find one that is not a shooter.
Refinished and scoped these rifles are just the thing for young people. I had made the mistake of supplying my oldest Grandson a 10/22 to shoot with a 30 round clip. Well sir, I do not make enough to keep that boy in 22’s even at $8.50 for 550. In addition, his shooting skills went to pot. With the Romi he has learned to shoot accurately and to hunt counting his rounds and to pause catch his breath and reload. He is quite the marksman now and is death on Jack’s. I used a Simmons 22 Mag 4 X 32 with the 50 yd parallax on it.
These rifles refinish/restore well. Some of them have outstanding beauty in their beech wood stocks. They run $59.95 from SOG and I always get the $10 hand picked option. I finally found an FFL that realizing that I was providing them to Grandchildren does not charge me a fee. With shipping and all they run right around $85.00 each. You cannot buy a made in America rifle anymore for $85.00 that is ALL STEEL AND WOOD! The last purchase I made netted me something very rare, an all-matching Romi. Both the receiver and bolt numbers match, not much of a feat on big bores, but on 22’s this is something out of the ordinary.
It is kinda that time between seasons, hunting and fishing, when you have sometime to work on one of these for a son or daughter or Grandchild. If you will email me, I will send you a complete list of internet links that you can use in your refinishing/restoring.
I am having so much fun and get such a kick out of this I thought I had better share. The Lord blessed me with, to date, four Grandsons that I cherish. It is also my obligation and duty to teach them they have the right to ‘Keep and Bear’ arms, and currently, should exercise that right. Well with four of these boy to pass something besides incredible good looks to I figured it would be a rifle. These guys range in age from 10 to 15 months and a full 6.5X55 M96 Swedish Mauser is a bit much for even the 10 year old.
However, I found for us the PERFECT solution. I have been buying and restoring the Romanian M69, 22 LR trainers. These are SUPER little blot action, 5 round, 22 LR rifles. These rifles were made in Romania from 1969 to approximately 1985. They were used to train troops with the less expensive 22 LR round. They are all steel and wood. They may not all be, but I have yet to find one that is not a shooter.
Refinished and scoped these rifles are just the thing for young people. I had made the mistake of supplying my oldest Grandson a 10/22 to shoot with a 30 round clip. Well sir, I do not make enough to keep that boy in 22’s even at $8.50 for 550. In addition, his shooting skills went to pot. With the Romi he has learned to shoot accurately and to hunt counting his rounds and to pause catch his breath and reload. He is quite the marksman now and is death on Jack’s. I used a Simmons 22 Mag 4 X 32 with the 50 yd parallax on it.
These rifles refinish/restore well. Some of them have outstanding beauty in their beech wood stocks. They run $59.95 from SOG and I always get the $10 hand picked option. I finally found an FFL that realizing that I was providing them to Grandchildren does not charge me a fee. With shipping and all they run right around $85.00 each. You cannot buy a made in America rifle anymore for $85.00 that is ALL STEEL AND WOOD! The last purchase I made netted me something very rare, an all-matching Romi. Both the receiver and bolt numbers match, not much of a feat on big bores, but on 22’s this is something out of the ordinary.
It is kinda that time between seasons, hunting and fishing, when you have sometime to work on one of these for a son or daughter or Grandchild. If you will email me, I will send you a complete list of internet links that you can use in your refinishing/restoring.
Thanks for sharing it......