I recently checked a box on my bucket list. In the early 1960s my dad had a couple Winchester Model 61s in .22 Magnum. They were only made for 4 years, 1960-63. He took me out many times hunting ground squirrels with them. The outcome of hitting one of them with a .22WMR 40 grain hollowpoint was spectacular. Unfortunately he sold the rifles before I could end up with one. I found this one recently and it shoots just like I remember from close to 60 years ago.