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I use the exact same rifle and scope combo.

Jim

The Winchester Model 61 is my all time favorite.

Lots of excellent 22 s on the market ,IMO you can't beat CZ USA 452 American in 22 LR ,beautifully built ,extremely accurate and reasonably priced

BRNO #1,or #2,or 456. CZ452 (511 is not bad either). Marlin 39, Rem 500 series of any variety. Win 52 Sporter, Model 61,63,69. All great rifles. Take your pick.

Cz 452 22 LR with Leupold 3x9x40 with parralax set to 50 yds. is my go to gun when the leaves fall.

im in need of a good 22 also. My dad is a winchester man and has a 61 a couple of 63's and a browning 52 sporter. I think I would look at the cz's

I have hunted squirrel for many years with a Mossberg Plinkster .22 and a cheap 3-9x40 scope. I prefer bolt action, but with how fast the squirrels can get away I'd perfer quick follow up shots. I say a 10/22 is the ideal squirrel rifle, it's cheap to shoot, and for the money the best semi-auto .22 on the market. If you want a bolt action go CZ 452. I have heard and seen way to many good things about those little rifles. They can hang with the custon .22's out of the box in terms of accuracy. Also as stated before they are very pretty. Hope it helped.
Good Hunting

having a CZ 452 and a Model 94/22, and a couple of 10/22s, all of them do a darn good job...

however my favorite is an old Savage 24, in 410...the 22 on top is shot out...belonged to my granddad, who passed away in 1968...

I love the 410 for squirrels, using number 7 or 8 shot...

will take out the squirrel, doesn't harm the eating part...
at 25 to 30 feet, it throws a pattern out about the size of a garbage can lid... so ya can hardly miss.. and ya don't have to be aiming all that specific...

almost like cheating...

one of those Winchester 94s in 410 would be a pretty nifty little squirrel rig

I had been using a Browning SA-22, but recently acquired a Western Auto R117 (Mossberg Palomino)

I'm thinking the Mossberg may stay and the Browning may be trade fodder.

Here is my M54 Sporter. Makes a great squirrel rifle. Is topped with a 3x9 Compact Leupold with 22 rimfire reticles.

Any RF rifle chambered in wither 17HM2 or 22S/L/LR that is sufficiently accurate.

I like stainless and 17HM2s, so a Marlin 917M2S or Savage Mark II BVSS would likely be my 1st choice. "Best", "Feel", and "Ascetics" are all objective criteria, to each his own, while "Accuracy" and "Weight" are subjective and easily measured by common standards. My go to squirrel rifle is a Marlin 917M2S that currently sports a 4-16x40 Weaver V16. It is very accurate and, while a little long and heavy, it feels and looks good to me.

I 've showed this before I think. Used on older Remington 521 T and a newer Remington bolt. Some big Virginia fox squirrels

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Winchester 52R zanders HB, 38gr subsonic HPs, old 70's redfield 3x9. slick as a blackfish in the floor of an alum boat.

very best

So you moved from Washington... No wonder this state is going downhill all the time; all the good people are leaving.

My old remington 581, the only 22 LR I have.

I was in corporate exile there for 5 years, 4 months, and 2 days....but who is counting?


I still regard leaving MT for that period of time as my biggest mistake...and trust me when I tell you Ive made some doozies!

Ever consider relining the 22, or is a Savage 24 22LR barrel to small of a diameter to do that?

Being as how it was Grampa's gun I would look into it.

Best bang for the buck in today's 22 bolt guns is CZ

Dat second one is a cool lookin skwerl!