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What would you recommend? I don't want no varmint barrel. Just standard sporter. Nothing 1000$. I have a Tbolt 22mag on order need a good 22. What say you?

Savage 23.
Make sure the magazine comes with it.

CZ 455 or a Ruger 10/22.




Travis

i'm a fan of the ruger 77/22. good used ones can be had for $4-500. another $50 for trigger and maybe a little barrel channel work and it will shoot dime sized groups at 50 yards with most ammo. i have 3. only had to mess with one to get it shooting squirrel head groups.

but if you are going the tbolt route, maybe just get a tbolt.

Tbolts any account?

77/22s are my favorite, but are pricey these days. A trigger spring from Ernie the Gunsmith is a simple way to get the trigger down to a usable level without grinding anything, and for $7. The Timney works great, but does require some fitting and costs $45.

CZs are your best shot at gettng a shooter more or less out of the box at a reasonable price and are "nicer" than anything in the same price range. The trigger may take a little work and the safety's bass-ackwards, which got to be a PITA to me in the woods. Others don't care.

10/22s are great and can be tinkered with no end. I like the takedown model, but haven't taken the plunge yet.

There was an extended love-fest here about the Ruger Americans a while ago and folks seem to really like them. Very affordable and are supposed to be good shooters. If they ever offer it in stainless, I'll have to get one, just because.

Just looked on GB, and the TBolt walnut/blued guns look pretty nice, but a bit spendy. I also found a couple of blued/synthetic 77/22s for under $500. That's a deal.

Yea I figured cz be named but the safety is bass akwards lol

I have a little over 30 of the 22 rifles.
I like the Winchester 61 pump the best.
But just about any cheap single shot bolt action will get the job done.

my first .22 was a model 572 pump, fieldmaster. it would do it all then, and still will. shoots shorts, longs & long rifle interchangeably and without a hiccup.

also enjoy my Erma - Iver Johnson .22 semi-auto made in Germany.

but overall i like the Browning semi-autos. i have a Norinco clone of the Browning. i think i would like the Browning even better. light, easy to load, point and shoot.

but for an adult sized gun, the CZ base case is hard to beat. that'd be any of them.

Yup, yup. The CZ was the most accurate .22 I've ever owned, the 10/22 is the most fun(and plenty, minute of squirrel, accurate).

Old school is good too.Just got this last night.

im partial to browning lol

When you say 'sporter', do you have action in mind? Like many others, I own several different 22s. Will you be hunting with it, or just plinking?

Marlin is the way to go if you want a cheap and accurate autoloader that doesn't need to be modded. A Model 60 is inexpensive and will outshoot a Ruger 10/22 out of the box 99 times out of 100. If you don't want a tubular mag, the Model 795 uses a mag.

I have owned and shot Rems, Ruger and Marlin autoloaders, I tried twice to love the 10-22, but the triggers were atrocious and the accuracy was so-so on both. I had no time or desire to spend money on aftermarkets things to make it shoot better.

The 597 shot better than the Ruger, but I had mag issues with mine. Granted, this was a few years ago. I believe they worked out the kinks with their feed problems. I didn't care for the Rem stock either, but that was just me.

The Marlin shot well out of the box. The trigger was better than the Ruger, but that's subjective too. The pull was lighter, but both were gritty, long pulls.

Bought a CZ 99 .22 this summer and getting .5 inch groups at 50yds, surprising accurate for me and paid $189.

cz....

I'll pass on Marlin want something lil more nice

I've probably had 50 .22's over the last 40 odd years. My favorite is still a little Marlin 989m2 semi auto carbine {M1 carbine look alike} I bought new in 1976. The little bugger is super light and handy, never jams and puts 5 shots on a quarter at 50 yards on demand. It's been a critter killing machine for me and has outperformed alot of rifles 2-3 times it's price.

I have a old Marlin and it jams up and such bust lives left bad taste in my mouth.

My 1971 Marlin '39D.

Best "cheap" .22 lr is a Marlin model 60, IMO. Mine is as accurate as any out of the box 10-22 I've ever owned. And I love the tube fed version.

And I must be the only person in the world who's never owned a reliable 10-22 magazine. I hate em !

Not cheap at all any more, but my favorite 22 lr is still a Nylon 66. Tube fed, of course!