222's rimless, bottlenecked case has a relatively long neck of about 1.4 calibers, providing plenty of bearing surface for good bullet alignment, a critical component of accuracy. 222 Remington Magnum, not to mention many esoteric wildcats. 222 spawned an entire family of cartridges based on its case, such as the. 222 went on to set benchrest records for years (until the advent of the 6mm PPC). Long-time Remington employee and benchrest competitor Mike Walker, who headed up the M722 design team, is largely credited with the development of the. The combination of great accuracy, low cost, mild report and absence of recoil made the M722 in. 222 ammunition was loaded with a new 50-grain softpoint bullet that delivered 3,140 fps and demolished 'chucks and other critters out to 250 yards. And at only $74.95, the M722 was inexpensive. 222 Remington, which had a 26-inch barrel. But it was the third chambering that garnered the most attention: the new. In 1950 Remington introduced the Model 722 in three calibers. Interest in all sorts of hunting and shooting was picking up steam, and returning GIs who were buying a new house and an assembly-line car and had a couple of crumb-crunchers to feed needed a rifle that wouldn't break the bank. Right after World War II, American gun companies got busy updating old designs and developing new ones. 222 Remington are available for just about anything: (from left) Nosler 35-gr. The two-day preview prior to the sale is a must for any serious collector.Great.
Items of cultural significance that are not in the sale are designated for, or already transferred to, the Oklahoma State Museum.ĭavis was also a button, badge, medal and pinback collector, and there are more than a thousand items in this category, mostly in like-kind groups. In addition, there is a large section of Americana, featuring Native American stone and pottery items, primarily from Oklahoma and the Mississippi Valley. The sale hosts more than 2200, antique to modern (probably none more recent than 1965) firearms, swords, crossbows and knives. Larry Wilson, a prolific firearms writer and author of approximately 60 books on antique firearms, who as a young man and budding firearms scholar, worked for Colt about the time this part of the collection went into storage. As an example, none of these weapons were known to R. Nearly all of the items have been stored away, out of public view, since at least 1965 (54 years!), long before the modern era when most of the well-written and researched reference and table-top books on antique firearms were published. None of the items in this sale are out of the current museum exhibit displays. Proceeds of this sale directly benefit the long-term care and maintenance of the Collection. The museum is a must-see for any weapons collector, displaying an incredible amount and variety of weaponry and famous felon, outlaw, and law enforcement personality items from history. It is the largest firearms Museum in North America.
Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore, which is today managed by the State of Oklahoma. To preserve his collection in perpetuity, he created the 40,000-square-foot J.M. From the age of seven in 1901 until 1965, he was an inveterate collector of all firearms, as well as artifacts reflecting history in Oklahoma and the Mississippi Valley region. Davis ran the Mason Hotel in Claremore, Oklahoma, for his entire career, from 1917 onward. Davis Private Collection Firearm and Artifact Auction
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