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Ed, I have the exact same Weatherby 22 with an original period Weatherby scope.

My current favorite is a T1X with a can, it shoots bug holes with CCI suppressor ammo. I have an older 77/22 that shoots well with Winchester PowerPoint, I still have a brick or so of that from the original run, it doesn’t like the newer stuff so much. My FIL bought my kids each a .22 before their second birthdays, a pair of 513s. They are fun. I also have an M&P 15/22 for a plunger and understudy gun, but haven’t shot it much.

Old70

Yeah they do. Living in Montana can’t hurt but they both have a great eye for photography.

Rem 582 that I bought while in Jr High about the mid 60s. Still wears the Herters 4x scope I put on it after I got married in the mid 70s. The thing was really accurate with whatever round Hodgdon was putting their name on back then, don't know who made it. Later the original Dynapoint was a favorite. Still beats out my 10/22 Deluxe for a squirrel getter.

Good enough I reckon.


But when I get serious....

For general purpose uses, I like my Clark-built 10/22 with a simple 4x Nikon. It often wears a suppressor.




For rifle practice, I like this Anschutz with its threaded 18" medium-weight barrel.

I wish Kimber would make a SS Montana/Ascent rimfire 22LR/17HMR/17 WSM/22Mag with a tube feed through the recoil pad.

Tube fed bolt actions are the best.

Yep. Hard to beat the older Remington and Marlin tube fed versions.

How much does it weigh?

Fun pictures! Wish had some on phone….

Fav’s in the rack… gosh, rare to meet a “bad” 22lr….

Simple Rem model 12A is always a smile maker. The “C” prettier, steadier, and yet the “A” is what I grab. Winchester low wall is another. Just feel back in time. Marlin 1897 is so blasted neat but not as accurate - a hoot though. For shear utility, rain, the tikka t1x and a conquest 2-8x or 4x is it.

Have a original win 52A, 63’s, a rem model 4 that have to strip and get into service. 22’s in outbuildings, on and on. Try to be disciplined on centerfires, but an interesting 22 when found tends to come home.

My single shot Winchester that I got for Christmas when I was a kid is sentimental favorite.

Got a couple of those. I have the very well made Taurus replica of the Winchester Model 63, and a Winchester 94-22. Both excellent rifles.



Fifty yard group.

I have a Remington 541-T with a Burris 3-9x32 Mini scope. It's a very accurate 22lr. rifle.

10-22

Ther's a Cooey locked up in Wabigoon, BC30cal sold me.

So many excellent 22LRs. I have have had a few.
1 -- Browning Pump -- bought by Mom for Dad on his 19th birthday in 1948. I inherited that . Real tack driver.
2 -- Browning BL22. Real tack driver.
3 -- CZ 453 -- set trigger -- which I never used. Routinely cut the staples out of the target.
4 -- Ruger 1022 -- if you don't have one, you need one.

I’ve been giving my .22 rifles away to young shooters. Win 69A, Win 06, Rem 34 so far. Will keep my Nylon 66 (first .22) as last one to go about the time I do.

Old school Rem 121 Fieldmaster.

My dream rifle as a young kid. I spent crazy amounts of time gawking at a similar one at the K-Mart and Meijer sporting goods section while my mom shopped. I dreamed of hunting squirrels and rabbits, killing starlings and other pest with one. My first rifle was a Ruger 10/22 that didn’t look as cool to me at the time.