New rifle and new gun shop

Gil Martin · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 4:43 pm Post subject: New rifle and new gun shop

I visited a local mom and pop gun shop today. The owner is a Board member of our gun club. His shop is small, but has a lot of stuff and he will deal on prices. I saw a Winchester Wildcat .22 l.r. rifle on the rack. This rifle was discontinued in 2010 and had mixed reviews. I was impressed and bought it at a discount. It was new in the box and came with one 5-shot and three 10-shot magazines. I plan to shoot it tomorrow and I have plenty of .22 l.r. ammo. All the best...
Gil

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MacD · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

Real nice looking rifle. If it shoots as good as it looks you have a winner. Always nice to get a good deal and support a local shop.

Suzanne · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

Rimfires just don't get better looking than that, it's about time someone made a handsome one. They at least tried to make it accurate too. Tell us how it shoots when you get around to it.

Suz

Vince · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 3:00 am Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

Looks good Gil. I'll be looking forward to seeing your range report mate.

Elvis · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

full sized has to make it better for practise and extra bulk should help keep it steady. look forward to range report.

slimjim · Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 3:24 am Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

Gil, when I saw that you started this post, I asked myself what good deal on a gun did you get today. You are the luckiest gun finding guy I know. Congrats! Looks like a real nice rifle.

BigBlue · Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

Gil,
Congrats on the new rifle. I much prefer the smaller Mom and Pop shops to going to Cabelas or the like.

Deer Sniper · Super Member Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 539

That looks like it should be a squirrel on bunny's worse nightmare.

Very nice find, good for you...

I look forward to an accuracy report....

slimjim · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

Gil has found so many good rifles lately, I don't know when he has the time to shoot any of them.

Vince · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

slimjim wrote:

Gil has found so many good rifles lately, I don't know when he has the time to shoot any of them.

...or if there are any good buys left.

SingleShotLover · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:25 am Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

Very nice! Keep us updated.

Gil Martin · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:46 am Post subject: Re: New rifle and new gun shop

I appreciate the kind words and thoughts. I was forced into retirement and have too much free time. I mean that I can only cut so much grass and run the dog so often. Over the last year I have sold a few pieces that were no longer of interest to me or I bought on impulse and later reconsidered the transaction. I never lost a dime on these deals.

There are lots of really good bargains in the gun shops that I visit. Many of them do not appeal to me. Yes, I have too many guns, but I bought them cheap and enjoy working on them.

The Winchester .22 shot like a dream and grouped very well at 50 yards. I intend to snipe a few groundhogs and then take it out in small game season. All the best...
Gil