Author Topic: "My New " Old Remington Mod.550-1 22cal semi.auto (Read 862 times)

moose · « **on:** January 10, 2005, 12:17:03 AM »

just bought this one this past weekend.........boy what a shooter!!!like all the shells i have put in it so far.....real accurate too!!!!! :grin:

ThunderStick · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2005, 03:48:33 AM »

This is the gun I grew up with, my dad still has it, and you are right, it is a shooter. It would digest everythings from CB shorts to Stingers.
Growing up on a farm, you never know when a .22 will come in handy. One of my jobs in the summer was cultivating soy beans and spraying them for weeds. I always caried this .22 on the fender of the tractor wrapped in a couple of bean sacks. Boy at the groundhogs, rabbits, crows, and wild dogs that old gun has taken down! They just don't make'm like that any more!

moose · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2005, 11:30:57 AM »

yes these are good old guns but , they some real good metal in them,and nice walnut stocks, i think i will try to shoot another tree rat before dark :roll: :eek:

TNrifleman · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2005, 01:23:27 PM »

Congratulations on getting a fine old Remington rifle. When I was a kid, my dad had a 550. It was the very first gun I ever fired. My dad taught me firearms safety using that .22 rifle. Sadly, my father passed away almost two years ago. The 550 has been gone many years. I think I need to find one to use while teaching my granddaughter how to shoot. :wink:

Bigdog57 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2005, 09:33:33 AM »

My Dad taught me to shoot on his 550-1 when I was a yonker. He bought it the year I was born - 1957. I squirrel hunted with it, along with some shotguns too.
A few years back, he handed it down to me - it's still a pretty good shooter. The stock I refinished when I was sixteen still looks pretty good too. It's on it's third scope now though. The old 4X and 6X Weavers were wore slap out, and now it wears a Simmons 3-9X32.