Ted Williams Model 3T .22 Auto

by Sarge , Central Misery, Sunday, March 17, 2013, 11:47 (4272 days ago)

Hit a local gun show yesterday and picked up a Ted Williams Model 3T .22 automatic rifle. The guy had $175 on it but came down substantially, pretty quick. The 3T is actually a Winchester Model 190, rebranded for Sears. The rifles were produced between 1967-1980 and total production including the Model 290 (nicer wood/stamped checkering) is around 2,150,000.

I’d been looking for a .22 and with the current ammo stupidity, I wanted something that would shoot Shorts, Longs or Long Rifles interchangeably. The 3T/Model 190 is so marked and says it will handle them all. I’ve shot 190's few over the years and remembered them as good, accurate .22’s designed to fit a grown-up. I was glad to find one at a decent price, in very good condition.

It was about dark when we got home but I gathered about 60 rounds of assorted .22 LR; remnants of Federal 36 HP, Winchester Wildcat, Remington Thunderbolt and Winchester T22. It digested these as fast or slow as you cared to run it. It was shooting low and I replaced the bead with a .375 Marbles 1/16 white bead I had laying around. I eyeballed the sights into the centers of their dovetails and CB longs out the upstairs window were close enough to roll a coke can at 20 steps. If it don’t rain again, serious zeroing commences shortly.