The 69A was introduced in 1939 with a few upgrades, namely an external cocking mechanism that operated simply by opening and closing the bolt. The Model 69 was conceived as dual hunting and plinking gun. The guns also had a 22-inch barrel, which many shooters regarded as too short. 22s, but they couldn’t compete with price tags of their less expensive competitors. At the time, Winchester had the Model 56 and 57. In the 1930s, Marlin, Iver Johnson, and Mossberg debuted several moderately priced. Today’s price: $800-$1,000 Winchester Model 69A If you find a 69A buy a few extra 10-round magazines for it. You can mount an optic on this rifle as well. Ammunition can be loaded through the top of the magazine tube and is ejected through the side gate located on the receiver. The 39A is a 6½-pound gun with an overall length of 40 inches (24-inch barrel). It has maintained its zero for 25 years without adjustment. An ancient Weaver ¾-inch scope still sits atop this rimfire. It was his squirrel rifle for over a half-century. My father purchased a 34 in the early 1950s. Remington’s Model 34 tube-fed bolt gun was first introduced in 1932 but only produced until 1935 when it was replaced by the 341. Remington Model 34 The Model 34 was only in production for three years. These old rimfires are available used and new, typically affordable, and precise enough to make a well-placed head shot on a squirrel at 50 yards, so you can save the quarters and saddle for the skillet. I continue to tote several of them into the forest each fall and spring (behind a good cur or feist). Many of the now vintage guns we carried as kids are still formidable tools for squirrel hunting. They were turned loose into the squirrel woods by their mothers and fathers to pursue foxtails and grays amongst stands of hickory, oak, and pecan.
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