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Headed out to the range today with two old timers that have been sitting in the safe for a long time. I decided it was time to do some rimfire shooting so I took out my High Standard 106 Supermatic Trophy and Remington 550-1. Both of these firearms are circa 1966. The Remington was my first rifle and I bought it from a college friend sometime in 1968. The High Standard I purchased from a club member in 1983 when I was doing bullseye shooting.


My first job was to zero in the Weaver 3-7 power scope that I just remounted at many many years. The target below was at 25 yds.


Once I was happy with the zero I moved the target back to 50 yds. and fired the group below. The one flyer in the 7 ring was all me.


Once I was happy with the 550-1 performance I switched to the High Standard. I had to relearn the trigger on that gun again. My first few shots went off so early because I haven't shot that pistol in so long. I did find out that neither gun liked either Remington 40 gr. ammo I had and bot produced very poor groups. The I switched to some Winchester 36 gr. and both shot very well.

Overall even though it was 90 F out and about 70% humidity, I still had a great day.

Paul

Great .22 hole making there ol' timer!

Sounds like you had a good time, and that's some pretty good shootim in my book.

RP

That Remington sure seems dialed in. The H&R will certainly come around. Fun day.

Nice shooting!

Isnt it funny how me can really make those groups grow. That me needs to get lost when Im shooting but I cant seem to get rid of him. Nice shooting Paul even if me tried to help.

Nicely done. Good shootin’.

Looks great to me! Looks like you could get some stew meat for sure !
Jake

Some good shooting, there. Nicely done.

My hubby inherited a Remington 550-1 from his father and we still have it. It's an older vintage than yours, circa late 40s and does not have a grooved receiver, so no scope. During some of the past ammo shortages, we used it to shoot some 22 Longs and 22 Shorts we had on hand, because the 550-1 is one of the few semi-autos that can cycle LR, L, and Shorts. Pretty decent accuracy, too.

Love that HS. I've had a few Trophy versions over the years and loved the triggers, but, yeah, definitely light match triggers so it usually took a few shots to get back in the groove with them.

Very nice. Saw a few of the high standards on the line when shooting bullseye matches back in the day during my time on active duty. Old Marines, Old Guns, ruling the firing line.

I was young once. I shot bullseye... Not well back then.