A Cool Little Rifle

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Got my nephew this for Christmas. Since it's stored at my house, I've found myself shooting it more than my 10/22. It looks like it would make an excellent little pack gun. I'm 5' 10", but it's still perfectly comfortable for me to shoot.

It's a Davy Crickett in .22lr :D. Picked it up for $99 at Wal-Mart. Anyone else got one? I'm gonna pick one up for myself soon. They're supposed to be releasing a .22 Mag at some point.

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That is a cool little rifle. I started my son on a Chipmunk...same size but with a wood stock. The cocking nob on the Cricket is a lot easier to charge than the Chipmunk though; my son had a hell of a time using it when he first started shooting (well, being 3 1/2 years old could have been partially to blame:D). My only issue is that you can't cock it and leave it on safe. Either it's uncocked or cocked with no safety; but for the size, it's a great little .22LR rifle!

ROCK6
 
This thing is from the 40's if what I've been told is true. A friend of mine pulled it out of a lake with a retreval magnet and gave it to me.

The stock was broken almost in half and the action was rusted shut. I soaked the action in oil until it would function again, cleaned the bore, glued the stock and prettied it up a bit and once it was functional I loaded it and stuck it around the corner of my house so I would only loose a hand if it exploded. It shoots like a dream. I sold off my 10/22 soon after not seeing a need for more than one .22.

Looks like it could be a predecessor.

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ROCK6 said:
That is a cool little rifle. I started my son on a Chipmunk...same size but with a wood stock. The cocking nob on the Cricket is a lot easier to charge than the Chipmunk though; my son had a hell of a time using it when he first started shooting (well, being 3 1/2 years old could have been partially to blame:D). My only issue is that you can't cock it and leave it on safe. Either it's uncocked or cocked with no safety; but for the size, it's a great little .22LR rifle!

ROCK6
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From looking at the website. The company that makes the Crickett is also selling the Chipmunk. I think they may have bought them out. Seems a little weird to make two brands of almost identical rifles though. Maybe the Chipmunk will be their .22 Mag version?

The Crickett can be had with wood, laminate, or synthetic stocks and blued or stainless barrels. They even make a pink one. You can also order an adult size stock from them.

My main gripe is that dang lock. When I get around to it, it's coming out.
 
shotgunner11 said:
This thing is from the 40's if what I've been told is true. A friend of mine pulled it out of a lake with a retreval magnet and gave it to me.

The stock was broken almost in half and the action was rusted shut. I soaked the action in oil until it would function again, cleaned the bore, glued the stock and prettied it up a bit and once it was functional I loaded it and stuck it around the corner of my house so I would only loose a hand if it exploded. It shoots like a dream. I sold off my 10/22 soon after not seeing a need for more than one .22.

Looks like it could be a predecessor.

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I like it. It's got a longer barrel than the Crickett and looks to be much sturdier.

I love shooting .22s. In addition to my 10/22, I've got a MKII 22/45 with the short target barrel and a Rough Rider Single Six with .22 lr and .22 Mag cylinders.
 
I just picked up the same rifle at Cabelas for the same price. I'm planning to teach my kids how to shoot this year. I'm also going to work it up into a survival rifle, I've got a few ideas for it already but time is kind of short for me right now. They are very accurate little guns. Mac
 
These are neat rifles, my little sister had one when we were kids (and she could shoot down weeds with that sucker). I've got some long arms, so it can be a substantial stretch to try and use it at this point in life. I'd rather have either a Ruger MkIII 22/45 or a full-size .22 rifle, but it's strictly a comfort thing.

Somewhere there's an article about a guy who took one of those and shoved a PSK up the butt...(the rifle's, not his...)
 
shotgunner11 said:
Someday......Someday.:)
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When you get one, I'd suggest seeing if you can find an MKII. The MKIII has a couple of "improvements" that you have to live with or disassemble. I do like the MKIII's grip though. One of these days, I'm going to get around to putting some 1911 scales on mine.
 
My son and I have the same two rifles, except he got the red, white and blue laminated one.
 
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I've got some long arms, so it can be a substantial stretch to try and use it at this point in life.
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My nephew's 10 and he complains about it being too short. I'm gonna order an adult size walnut stock for him and see if he likes it better. Oddly, the length is as comfortable to me as my full size rifles.

On the subject of inexpensive .22s for the woods. I'm really fond of my HA Rough Rider. I think I paid around $170 for it with both cylinders and a cedar storage box.

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my dad started me on a chipmunk, party because there was no safety, that gun gives no excuses for being careful. as my dad said, if you are shooting, shoot, if not, then make sure that you cannot. I still rarely use a safety, unless its the half-cock on my winchester 94. everything else is bolt open or hammer down. I loved that gun, and I'd love to teach any kids that I might have how to shoot with one. nothing like single shot accuracy and patience.
the original chipmunk was made by oregon arms, which I thought had been bought out a few years ago.
 
I'm thinking of picking up a little LIGHT ld break barrel ranger or something at the next gun show for my son.

I did pick this up recently, wonderful rifle. Ranger 101-16, which is a stevens m87 under a different name.

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just a bit too heavy for the kiddo right now. nice long barrel, shoots straight, cycles wonderfully. You can lock the bolt and use it as a single shot if you are using 22s or 22l instead of 22lr in the magazine
 
hollowdweller said:
I love little 22's

The little Taurus Pump has a 16" barrel holds 12 and breaks into 2 peices:

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Hey HD sweet guns!
:thumbup:

So how do you like your Taurus pump?
I'm figuring on buying a 22 L.R sometime after new years.
I've got the choice narrowed down to a Nickel plated Taurus Pump, Henry Pump (standard barrel) or a Henry Lever action.
For now i'm only interested in pumps and lever guns so i can shoot L.R and some of those quiet low velocity CB shorts.
 
tholiver said:
Hey HD sweet guns!
:thumbup:

So how do you like your Taurus pump?
I'm figuring on buying a 22 L.R sometime after new years.
I've got the choice narrowed down to a Nickel plated Taurus Pump, Henry Pump (standard barrel) or a Henry Lever action.
For now i'm only interested in pumps and lever guns so i can shoot L.R and some of those quiet low velocity CB shorts.
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Love it. Shoots real well but like most .22's likes certain ammo more than others.
 
shotgunner11 said:
This thing is from the 40's if what I've been told is true. A friend of mine pulled it out of a lake with a retreval magnet and gave it to me.

The stock was broken almost in half and the action was rusted shut. I soaked the action in oil until it would function again, cleaned the bore, glued the stock and prettied it up a bit and once it was functional I loaded it and stuck it around the corner of my house so I would only loose a hand if it exploded. It shoots like a dream. I sold off my 10/22 soon after not seeing a need for more than one .22.


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Cool story and gun!
I cataloged/conserved/rehoused a small museum's firearms collection a few years back (actually 7 years ago!).
Your 22 kinda looks a little bit like this bolt action shotgun that was in their collection.
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It had no makers name on it but lots of proof marks and symbols.
 
nice little rifle, I went to my local market and they didn't have any .22lr rifles, that little one looks interesting but probably to short to be legal in CA.
 
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