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39a

Remington 541-T

Slightly upgraded CZ 452 American

Kimber Hunter 22

My "tri-fecta".
CZ 452
Marlin 39A
Ruger 10-22

For precision work it's my tricked out 10-22


And for goofing off, it's my Win 75

Stainless Ruger American with a laminated thumb hole stock.
Saw it on the shelf, and couldn’t resist.
Every .22 I ever had, has always had a preference for certain types of ammo, but this thing shoots great, no matter what I feed it!
7mm

Same for me.

I had always had a soft spot for the Remington 552 because it was my dads 22 growing up, but I bought a tube-fed Weatherby XXII last year and I’d have to give it the nod as well.

Winchesters, 69a, 74’s…pumps, levers.

I'm a bit of a .22 slut and has such have a bunch but I guess the two current favorites are a Martini MKII International




And a Model 52A Sporter from 1929.



But then that would be ignoring the new Anschutz 1712AV that will replace my other 1712 as my primary silhouette rifle.



Then there's the Cooper that they stocked with a piece of walnut my grandfather cut off the farm, and of course, the CZ455 FS that is so compact and accurate in the woods... So many fun little guns. I should enter a 12 step program to keep me from buying more. But a dozen more would be such a nice round number.

Browning BL22 with a Burris FF atop.

Ruger 10/22

Back in the Covid panic when everyone was buying black rifles like hot cakes, there was an ignored Marlin Mod 60 sitting at the end of the empty gun rack at Academy, $180. Sure is handy, accurate too.

Browning SA-22
Ruger 10-22

My first gun was an old Marlin 25, open sights and missing the magazine. My dad, not being the brightest bulb in the box, thought it only shot .22 shorts. I spent years single feeding .22 shorts into that chamber. Once I got older and started figuring things out for myself I realized it would in fact fire all .22 ammo.

It wore several different scopes over the years. I eventually bought a new 7 shot magazine and catch for it. It was always extremely accurate even with crap bulk ammo. I shot lots of turtles, frogs and grasshoppers with that thing. I cleaned it up a few years ago and refinished the stock, now it wears an old Bushnell scope chief 4X. It's still to this day my only serious. 22 rifle.

I like the older rifles.I have a Marlin 39a I bought back in 1975.I don't shoot it much anymore because the value has recently gone way up.Earlier this year I picked up a couple of Remington 552's.Those are awesome rifles.One is a 1975 model,the other is a 1980 model.Both were lightly used and shoot flawlessly.

I bought a 541S someone had shortened to a 20" bbl off the classifieds here, it's easily the most accurate rimfire I own. As such, it's the one I've grabbed the most over the last few years.

Hate to lead a man into temptation, but those are great rifles. I've owned a couple of the Brownings. On average, I think they are better finished than the Winchesters. Each of mine was incredibly accurate for a sporter 22.

Had an affair with a Model 52 for quite a while and traded it off in a fit of stupidity. I really like Remington M37's but don't currently own one. Pug's Martini looks great. Currently just a browning auto, Ruger RAR and shoot a Remington 513. Homely as it is it shoots good and is light. Love the Anschutz and probably will get a CZ or a Cooper.