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I've been hit by more than one BB bouncing straight back at me off of rocks, etc. I still hear...."You'll shoot yer eye out, kid!" :lol:

The only markings I can find on it are RANGER 22 S-L-LR Model 103-8. From a bit of online digging, it appears it was made by Marlin for Sears, from 1936 until 1941.

The bulk packs of 550 that you used to buy at Walmart for $7.97 a few years ago are going for around $30 now, when you can find them.

Here's a pic of my grandfather's old .22, along with the Marlin I bought for my kids to learn with....

I think my grandfather bought his used, so he only had the .22 LR cylinder. I consider them to be the finest single-actions ever made, unless one wants to be a purist and go for the old Colt style.

I inherited that Single-Six when my grandfather died. Some lowlife dog broke into our trailer back in '97 and stole it and two other guns. I finally got it back, after three years I think it was. Serial number had been filed off, but a bit of touch-up bluing and it looks almost as good as it did...

My grandfather started teaching me at 6 or 7 how to shoot, starting me out with his old .22 that his father bought him when he was young, and a Ruger Single-Six. When my older two daughters were about 10 and 7, I bought a Marlin 15Y for them to learn to shoot with...