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Looking at a near mint M61- price is right- but what is the status of .22Magnum rounds now? Can I get target or solid (not hollow points) in .22Magnum? Where are the best places to look for this somewhat scarce ammo today? Thanks
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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28-31 cents a round. In stock at several places. I used slickguns.com, they seem to work well for finding prices and sources for different ammo. A 61 is hard to beat for grin factor. I have one that was "bought" with S&H Green Stamps when I was a kid and passed on to me by my Dad in '85. Only issue was some dumb kid thought the stock needed refinishing back in the late 50's. Now that kid gets to live with his mistake. No big deal. 22 LR in my case so a bit more friendly to shoot. Hope you get it, the are truly nice.
Thaine
It ain't ignorance that does the most damage, it's knowing so derned much that ain't so! J. Billings
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Another place to try online is www.ableammo.com.If you think "regular" .22 WRM is hard to find, try finding the "green" unleaded bullet variety that we now have to use in my part of CA! I use it in my TC G2 .22 WRM single shot and my Win 9422M because my Win 61M just doesn't like it! Just got some from Cabellas. In fact my M61M really shoots the old .22 WRF (what we always called ".22 Special" where I grew up) better than any .22 Magnum I've found, for some reason. RWTF, I hope you didn't pay the "going price" for yours--last time I looked they wanted a WHOLE PILE of $$$ for them! I got mine in a pawn shop in Madison, Wisconsin back in 1974 for a reasonable sum, especially considering what they go for now. Slick little guns!
Last edited by Mike A.; 06/28/15 06:01 PM.
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Another place to try online is www.ableammo.com.If you think "regular" .22 WRM is hard to find, try finding the "green" unleaded bullet variety that we now have to use in my part of CA! I use it in my TC G2 .22 WRM single shot and my Win 9422M because my Win 61M just doesn't like it! Just got some from Cabellas. In fact my M61M really shoots the old .22 WRF (what we always called ".22 Special" where I grew up) better than any .22 Magnum I've found, for some reason. RWTF, I hope you didn't pay the "going price" for yours--last time I looked they wanted a WHOLE PILE of $$$ for them! I got mine in a pawn shop in Madison, Wisconsin back in 1974 for a reasonable sum, especially considering what they go for now. Slick little guns! Nope-- I always buy my Winchesters "righteous"-- I have a std. .22LR M61, also a M63 (later series with 23" barrel and grooved top receiver, and a pre-war M62 (smaller forearm) and now a M61 in .22 Mag- I paid $375 for the .22 Mag- put it at 90% wood and metal, and unaltered. Thanks for the tip on the .22 Special--
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$375 for an M61M is pretty darn "righteous"! I've seen them go for near a grand in that condition.
But then I live in CA where "money (as long as you have plenty) is no object." We have special pricing for rich fools, and no shortage of them, it seems. Gun prices are in inverse proportion to their distance from the beach/harbor/yacht club.... Except in Palm Springs. (Maybe it's the proximity of the Salton Sea there).
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RWTF,
In the early 80's I bought a M61 .22 Mag from an old timer by the name of Frank Tucek from upstate New York. This guy new about Winchesters,I didnt know at the time but years later I saw his name in the credits section of Winchester book by Madis.
Frank handed me two boxs of Winchester ammo and said " Son, you have to use Winchester brand, all others will hang-up". So the first thing I did was get some other brand ammo ( I think CCI)to see if they would hang up,and they did, but not every time. The only ammo that would feed "reliably" through that rifle was Winchester! Because of the Jamming issue I traded it for another 61 in 22lr. that ate everything you could feed it.
Dan.
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Mine feeds everything fine but makes "patterns" with the non-lead 28 gr. "California legal" ammo. Shoots best with the original 40 gr. Winchester hollowpoints, tho. So does my 9422M.
My G2 ias more accurate than either of the Winchesters, or maybe it's just that it has a terrific trigger.
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I'm lucky that I live in a small farming community- very few of my farmer friends have the Internet- and don't keep copies of the Fijestad Blue Books around either. No ammo with this M61 Mag- what a deal that would have been at that price, which the seller established, not me. Have no idea what he paid for it years ago, doubt if it had a box of shells through it.
Reason he said he bought the Magnum version over the std .22LR model was as follows: "I wanted a .22 rifle what would drop a coon dead out of the tree, to spare my Redbone and Bluetick coon dogs a nasty fight when the coon bounced off the ground half-dead." Can't fault farmer logic, right?
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No, in this case you can't--coons really tear up dogs, and experienced hounds are expensive.
I used to know a federal contract "Predator Control Officer" who hunted mountain lions, bobcats, and coyotes for the solitude and the bounties that the State of California and the Cattlemans Association paid back then (1950s). He kept a trio of big Airedale terriers specifically because they were cheap (no training) and very aggressive and would attack predators that came out of the tree still alive before the hounds could get to them.
He especially hated bobcats because they would often would not "tree" and fight the dogs on the ground before he and his .25-20 could get there.
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Nineteen bucks at the local gun store. They have a bunch. Don't remember what brand.
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