ColdWarGrunt wrote:My Grandfather had only one Remington that I know of and it was in a .222 caliber. They came out i think sometime around 1950. Search on your favorite search engine will bring up a wealth of info on it. Not same as the .223 and although it was a popular round at the time the .223 prevailed. I don't even know of any major manufactures offering a .222 firearm nowadays but I don't stay in the loop on the newer stuff either.

They are no longer chambered in trip-duece in North America; however, they can still be found in countries where it's illegal to own police or military caliber rounds......

The .222 round gave birth to a host of today's popular rounds including; 22-250, 5.56NATO, .223, .243, .270, 7.62NATO all came from the trip duece round (.222), which was designed in 1950 by a guy named Walker who also designed the Remington 700.

The .222 round still holds records for it's accuracy. It's one of the most accurate small caliber rounds ever produced in North American firearms industry/production.

The US Army adopted it by lengthing the case and producing the 5.56 NATO (.223) round as well as 7.62 (.308) NATO.

redryder wrote:Only beautiful. Looks NIB.

Thanks. I don't know whether I should hold on to it or sell it. I usually stick to Colt AR's and Glocks with a few Mossberg's mixed in.

I also inherited his SS S&W 44mag, his (2) Browning O/U shot guns (he liked to skeet shoot), another Winchester 30.06, couple old Colt pistols (non-1911) and another 12ga which I had to research. I did not know Japanese made 12ga shotguns. They did until late 70's; a "auto pointer". Well made too. He loved shooting that thing.

Since I like my AR's and Glocks, that's really all I know. I may sell this one. Have not decided yet.

Be careful as to what you sell. Seller remorse is no fun. Twenty-years post sale and I'm still self-kicking on 2 guns I sold.

Very beautiful! Nice to see a well preserved Winchester! They can keep all their black guns and AR platforms, I'll take steel and wood any day! Oh and levers, if not levers then bolts!

Sell it???!!! Hell no don't sell it! But if ya do I'm sure someone will snatch her up and you will regret it soon enough in a little while.

Ok......convinced me, I'm keeping it. Pop had (3) of his long guns in slip covers. This was one of them. The other two were the Browning's. One of his Browning's goes back to the late 50's. He bought it new before he married my mother. It STILL looks new (well, it has a tiny scratch "I" caused when I transferred it to my safe).

Pops safe is a old Wells Fargo bank safe and it does not seal well. So, all the guns of his that need preserved, I moved to my safe.

I do not know sqaut about bolt action rifles. My second gun I ever owned, (still have it) is a lever action 30.30. I have not shot that thing since the 1980's. I also have all my Grandfathers firearms. My safe is almost full now. I need to thin out some long guns. I had a new safe built last year. It's not little either. I cannot believe it near full now.

The best thing about pops and granddads guns....NONE are registered. All of them were made before this gun registering crap started.

And if that women rigs the election, she will try to get our guns. Over my cold dead hands......

When I was in the service, I fell for Glock and AR. I also like Colt 1911's too. I cut my teeth on those old .45's and M16's in the service.That's why I like them so well. I carried them for over a decade.

I know bolt action are well known for accuracy. But, I still like my carbines/rifles to go bang when I pull the trigger LOL.

I suppose I can thin out the ammo and get a ammo locker. (I keep reserve ammo in my safe). So, I can move that out and make a lot more room..

ColdWarGrunt wrote:Very beautiful! Nice to see a well preserved Winchester! They can keep all their black guns and AR platforms, I'll take steel and wood any day! .

BTW, their NOT all black......some are combo black/gray while my Daniel Defense is all gray and several of my Glocks are gray framed.

Well Tim, forget about safe size. You will probably never exceed the need for gun room in a safe. Mine is too small. Have some guns in a gun cabinet my wife gave me about twenty-five years past.

Thank you for your service. Glad you survived.

I recently had a new safe built. Where I spent the extra money was in size and steel (besides LED lighting).

6ft tallx 4ft 2in wide and 2ft 4in deep (so I can get it through a standard home doorway) is foot print. I'm definitely proud of it. I has capacity to store many guns/pistols. I have a AR mount inside door with pistol pegs for pistol door storage. When I had it done, I had them bust back shelving to utililize door storage. A lot of pistols/mag can hang on the door; surprising how much shelf space it can save.

They sell those ammo lockers. I'm gonna get one. My dad also reloaded and I have his equipment and will get some of my own as soon as I learn what I need.

Very nice rifle. I bet it shoots as good as it looks
Thank you for posting pics

I hope the rifle is still yours! .222Remington was a great rifle and I am sure Winchester Model 70 in that caliber is worth a lot! Sounds like your Dad was really into this! The post is old. Hopefully there is still,interest in this. I have a 1962 Remington 700 in .222 and it is an incredibly accurate rifle. ADL Model But with a beauty for Walnut stock. It also has a steel butt plate. Holds its zero for an incredibly long time. Always under MOA to say the very least!

Good to see some interaction coming forth. I was locked out for months. Don't know why. Came back to an almost dead forum.

To all those that came on site while I was away...WELCOME!