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Good Morning,
After a couple of years of reading and enjoying this Forum, I became a member yesterday.
I enjoy all Winchesters, but my collection is mostly .22 rifles.
Welcome Private Smith!
You and I share the same interest.
Best Regards,
WACA Life Member #6284 - Specializing in Pre-64 Winchester .22 Rimfire
Welcome to our Group. Where else can you share your addiction and be praised? Spec.4 RDB
Welcome to WACA.!
It’s always good to have another rimfire enthusiast among us.
BRP
November 7, 2015
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Welcome to the asylum, good to have another member who suffers from the rimfire affliction. There’s no known cure but we’ll muddle through somehow. Any particular models you’re interested in?
Mike
Welcome to WACA, glad to have you. You’ll learn a lot here, as you already know.
TXGunNut said
Welcome to the asylum, good to have another member who suffers from the rimfire affliction. There’s no known cure but we’ll muddle through somehow. Any particular models you’re interested in?
Mike
I have several of the “Pump” models, a couple of the ’03’s & 63’s, and three of the Model 75; two Sporters, and one Target. I picked up a 75 Sporter a few weeks ago at the CGC Show up in Greeley.
Welcome PS, and I’m a newborn also. I lived and breathed 22lr up until about 2012, but to me here in Appalachian Mts, they’re called ‘Squirrel Rifles”! I hunted Squirrels religiously from about 1970 up until 2012. Shotguns and 22lr, but an iron sighted 22 was my passion! Funny, I’ve got a few old Winchester Centerfire and Shotguns, but I’ve never owned a Winchester 22 in my life, but about every other make. Always wanted a Mod 69 & 67 but just never came about!
M64lvr said
Welcome PS, and I’m a newborn also. I lived and breathed 22lr up until about 2012, but to me here in Appalachian Mts, they’re called ‘Squirrel Rifles”! I hunted Squirrels religiously from about 1970 up until 2012. Shotguns and 22lr, but an iron sighted 22 was my passion! Funny, I’ve got a few old Winchester Centerfire and Shotguns, but I’ve never owned a Winchester 22 in my life, but about every other make. Always wanted a Mod 69 & 67 but just never came about!
Thank You! They’re out there. Half the fun is the search.
Welcome to our asylum, where the possessed come to mingle.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
A hearty welcome from me as well. Remember, collecting interests can be expanded. I know. .22’s one day, .33’s the next.
steve004 said
.22’s one day, .33’s the next.
Boy that’s no lie right there….didn’t care about slide actions two years ago and here I am chasing them and forgetting not giving enough attention to my levers
…and welcome private Smith!
steve004 said
A hearty welcome from me as well. Remember, collecting interests can be expanded. I know. .22’s one day, .33’s the next.
Steve,
I am extremely disappointed with your lackluster reply! The fact that you failed to mention the .32 caliber is shocking!!
As for myself, I try to limit myself to the following; .22, .25, .284 (7 mm), .30, .32, .33, .35, .38, .40, .45, .50 calibers. My favorite caliber in my Single Shot rifles is .40 (I have five rifles in that caliber) 
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Bert H. said
steve004 said
A hearty welcome from me as well. Remember, collecting interests can be expanded. I know. .22’s one day, .33’s the next.
Steve,
I am extremely disappointed with your lackluster reply! The fact that you failed to mention the .32 caliber is shocking!!
As for myself, I try to limit myself to the following; .22, .25, .284 (7 mm), .30, .32, .33, .35, .38, .40, .45, .50 calibers. My favorite caliber in my Single Shot rifles is .40 (I have five rifles in that caliber)
Understood. But I didn’t want to scare him away. Ease him in slowly. I thought of mentioning the .32 (Special) and along with the .33… but I held back… slow and steady wins the race 
steve004 said
Bert H. said
steve004 said
A hearty welcome from me as well. Remember, collecting interests can be expanded. I know. .22’s one day, .33’s the next.
Steve,
I am extremely disappointed with your lackluster reply! The fact that you failed to mention the .32 caliber is shocking!!
As for myself, I try to limit myself to the following; .22, .25, .284 (7 mm), .30, .32, .33, .35, .38, .40, .45, .50 calibers. My favorite caliber in my Single Shot rifles is .40 (I have five rifles in that caliber)
Understood. But I didn’t want to scare him away. Ease him in slowly. I thought of mentioning the .32 (Special) and along with the .33… but I held back… slow and steady wins the race
Ok, I believe that I have it figured out… you are the “wade slowly into the shallow end of the pool” type, whereas I am the “jump into the deep end of the pool feet first” type. Either way, you are going to get wet feet!
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
November 7, 2015
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Good call, Steve. Those 32Spl folks are a bit odd, best not to scare off a new member by hanging out our dirty laundry. 😉
Mike
TXGunNut said
Good call, Steve. Those 32Spl folks are a bit odd, best not to scare off a new member by hanging out our dirty laundry. 😉
Mike
And if you’re a .32 Special guy, it’s not easy to hold back!
November 7, 2015
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steve004 said
TXGunNut said
Good call, Steve. Those 32Spl folks are a bit odd, best not to scare off a new member by hanging out our dirty laundry. 😉
Mike
And if you’re a .32 Special guy, it’s not easy to hold back!
Not sure what you’re talking about, Steve.
All kidding aside, Private Smith. I’m fond of almost every cartridge I load. And I’m fond of the .22 because I don’t have to load them. Funny how center fire cartridges come and go but the 22 Short has been around for 167 years and will be here when we’re gone.
Mike
Private Smith, as should be apparent by now, the inmates are in charge of the asylum.
However, anyone with more than three (3) Winchester rimfire rifles obviously suffers from Winchester Collector Disease syndrome and we’ve been expecting you for some time.
While WCD syndrome is not painful or debilitating in itself, at least to the afflicted, be prudent and cautious about exposing any Significant Other to the inevitable symptoms.
For example, avoid discussions of the need for a larger gun safe, which can lead to questions about why you need one. If pressed, explain that future enhancement of her jewelry collection is a constant concern. Avoid specifics and don’t dwell on the subject.
However, you might want to explore the Theory of Counter-balancing Bling.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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