Anyone have one of these rifles that can attest to the accuracy?

Yep!

I bought one about 4 years ago. Great little rifle.

At 30 yards It'll put 5 shots into the same hole,with ammo it likes. (Eley standard velocity HP)

I have a Leupold 6x42mm scope on mine, with parallax set for 50 yards.

Too bad they quit manufacturing them.

Virgil B.

They are nice rifles ... Never really thought of them as rare. Bought mine when they first came out.

They are nice, fairly accurate, and I don't believe rare.

I'm sure you already know this but Wby never did "manufacture" them.
They're Annie barreled actions that are stocked by a Wby vendor in CA.
No suprise that they shoot well concidering Annie's history eah?.

To bad they didn't catch on, but few rifles do these days that aren't cheap and/or plastic.

I have one and it is accurate. Like others said, not rare.
Its ann Anschutz with a Weatherby stock.

I had one and I'll echo the others here. She was one of the more accurate rimfires I've ever owned. Great bolt handle, good trigger as well. I just couldn't warm up to the stock.

I couldn't warm up to the stock either, which is why I never bought one. I'd rather just have a regular Anschutz, or a Kimber, or a Cooper.

or a ruger....

I love mine.

Accuracy? Yeah, it shoots.

After I bedded it I shot 15 5 shot groups for an aggregate accuracy right at .700" at 100 yards. I believe it is the ideal sage rat slayer.

HiredGun: That is a VERY good looking rig you have there - and it is notably accurate as you relay.
Good for you.
Which power range is that Leupold scope you have on it?
And which ammunition do you use in it for Sage Rat Hunting?
Again that rig is great looking.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

There are several variations through Weatherby's XXII;

Early 60's models were made by Barreta in Italy ("Made in Italy)
Early 70's models were Anschutz 54 actions ("made in W.Germany")
Early 90's were Anschutz 64 actions ("made in Germany")

I'd rate them;
#1 Annie54 head and shoulders above the rest
#2, Annie 64 and Barretas are comparable.
check out RimfireCentral, they have a forum just for Weatherby XXII

Huh.... The latest version was released in the mid-late 2000's and to the best of my knowledge was the only bolt action XXII made. The older versions were a semi-auto/manual. These older models were made in Japan & Italy and were fed by either detachable magazine or tube fed.

I'd love to see an early 70's version 54 bolt action ... If they exist.

Yeah, my bad, Weatherby never had the anschutz 54 action (I was confusing it with Savage-Anschutz colaboration), just the 64 action , and not until late 90's(..I think..). Weren't some of the Japanese XXII bolt action with a tube feed?

There were no late 90's XXII's. No tube fed bolt actions. The Annie guns came in late 2006 ... I got mine in late 2007 when they were finally orderable by my FFL.

That scope is the Leupold PN:66565 6.5-20x40EFR Target in Tally light weight rings. The ammo it likes best is the Hornady V-Max stuff. On sage rats out to 200 yards is a given. It shoots most any of the plastic tip ammo well. It hates the 20 grain solids. I didn't realize the supply for these was dried up. Makes me rethink using it so much. Just a little. I really like shooting it.

I stand corrected by Avagadro, and the RimfireCentral devotees
( http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=469542 )

sorry for my hasty and shot from the(lame)hip earlier answer..

But the Weatherby XXII based on the Anschutz 64 bolt action should be a good shooter. I assume you'd be paying a premium for the Weatherby name

I don't know. What does a standard Annnie 64 sporter price out at? I paid $775 for mine new ... I've heard of folks paying more and some less. ....

edited to add ....
http://www.championshooters.com/store/product.php?productid=1036&cat=354&page=1

1461 Classic (64 sporter) ... $940 ... the Annie does have open sights which could account for the extra coin ... an Annie stock which may add more $$$

I DO NOT know if Anschutz's best work is sold to Weatherby ...

IIRC, there three manufacturers of the semi-auto mark xxii; Beretta, Miroku, and Mossberg. Some were tube fed and some were clip fed. I don't recall the breakdown on who made what variation. The latest iteration (bolt action) by Anschutz are slick.

Chris were the Mossy's USA made? Never seen an older USA XXII ... that would be a rare bird.

I believe the Mossberg's were USA made. My recollection is that they were/are not highly prized as they were not as well made. However my recollection has proven suspect as goggle has shown that the semi's were manufactured by KTG, Nikko, Howa, Mossberg and Bereta, and NOT Miroku.

I'm assuming that yours is a 17HMR? I didn't know they were offered in the XXII. Learn something new everyday.

I wanted one in HMR too .... snooze and lose.

I want a XXII bolt BAD! Just don't have the funds for it right now....but I will own one!

Chris

For those interested there is a Savage/Anschutz 64 (not sure the exact model) in the store I purchased the Krico. It is:

Northeast Firearms
Honesdale, Pa.
570-253-4735

I didn't handle it but it looked mint and of the same style as the above pictured Weatherby....not the PlainJane variety 64 that I usually see. Think the asking price was $749.00

Bob

Nothing especially rare or unusual about the "Weatherby" bolt XXII. It's an Anschutz 64 action in a Weatherby style stock.

To my taste the huge cheekpiece, Monte Carlo, light angled tip and white spacers look is about as dated as tailfins and poodle skirts, but to each his own.

Since the mechanical parts are Anschutz, accuracy should be excellent. My 64 sporter certainly is.

How are the triggers on the Mark XII's? I have an Anschutz with about a 3/4 ounce 2-stage trigger. Since its acquisition I have become completely intolerant of poor triggers.

It's a fine trigger ... For a sporter trigger

Single stage, 2-4 pounds, creep free. Mine only goes to 2.4 pounds.

I tuned mine to 2 pounds even. With a spring change they will go lighter.

Is this the gun with the cheesy plastic bolt knob??? Never understood why they'd put something like that on an otherwise nice rifle.

No not rare, I had two and both shot pretty accurate but like every Anschutz 64 action I've ever owned neither would eject a spent case clear of the ejection port every time, about one out of three would just pop straight up hit the bottom of my scope and I would more times than not have to dig the spent case out before I fed the next round in, it was a real pain in the AZZ!...............Hb

There is a qwik fix ... Still isn't robust like a 77/22, but 10x better than factory with my rifle

I've never seen a Ruger that'll hang with an Anschutz. Even a 64 action.

They're out there

I currently own a Ruger 77/22 that is one of the top three most accurate rimfire rifle's I have ever owned and that has been many of the finest production rimfire's that money can buy, I will say that I have owned probly 5 of these 77/22's since their intoduction back in the 80's and none of the others would shoot with this particular rifle, I think I just got lucky here, but all of the past rifles functioned beautifully and were bullet proof work horse rifle's like all Ruger rifle's seem to be...................Hb

Avagadro , the Semi-auto XXII was marked made in USA or maybe it was Southgate California ....can't exactly remember . I know because I watched one in a Retail Store for over a year . I looked it over very carefully many times , and commented to the Salesman that I had never seen one marked USA . I did'nt know that they were made by Mossberg as indicated in previous Posts . Anyway , this one looked as well made as the Italians and Japanese variety . One of the Magazines had an Article on the USA made Weatherby XXIIs...only a few hundred were made per this Article . I ran down to the Store , and it was gone !

Learn new stuff everyday