A little help, please?(Mystery .22 rifle)

[Harry Callahan]

All,

I was bored yesterday and started daydreaming about years past. I got to thinking about getting in to shooting when I was very young with my grandfather in St Paul, Arkansas back in the '60s. I learned on a number of guns, but mostly .22s. I'm trying to identify a rifle that I used then but all I can remember is that the rifle was in .22, bolt action, had a stock where you put the bullets in the side port, and had almost a Manlicher type fore-end. This gun seemed huge and heavy( I was 8), but for some reason I loved it. Cannot find anything like it. Anybody have any leads? TIA.

 

[Big Shrek]

Without knowing the MFR...pretty difficult without a pic

 

[Mike Irwin]

Best guess (and that is all that it is) would be some sort of Mossberg, possibly this one, the 151M:

 

[Harry Callahan]

Mike,
That looks real close. However, the band on the fore-end wasn't there, and no scope, but that's REAL close. Thanks.

 

[oneoldsap]

Sounds like maybe a Mossberg 152 . Shorter stock , no band , of course the scope is an accessory added to any gun .

 

[Bob Wright]

The Mossberg would be my guess, too.

Bob Wright