Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Sell me on magnum rimfire

My favorite was the 5mm rimfire. Should be reintroduced.

I think it is that cheap stamped clip i just hate it not being a "real" gun, accurate but cheap as ____!

I handled a Mossberg 640 Chuckster today, excellent condition for its age.Missing the magazine though

Check with Vic Havlin for all things Mossberg.

www.havlinsales.com

The PITA factor on a lot of Mossbergs is that the forward bolt placement impacts the receiver grooves for scope mounting. Vic sells a set of 1" bases that mostly alleviates the problem, the rear base is a cantilever style, but it is something to take into account when you're looking a Mossberg rimfire 'cause it costs $38.

I have a 640M with this mount and while it works and makes the rifle more useful than it would be without a scope installed, I don't love it.

TY 260R I have heard of havlinsales

Always thought one of their SS laminate models with the tube magazine would be the schizzle for a utility gun. Don’t care at all for the ones with the dangly box mags.

Starting with the 982s Marlin started offering both a 4 round and a 7 round box magazine for the 17 HMR and 22 MRF/RFM. The 4 round magazine doesn't dangle below the stock, but it isn't quite flush either. I have both a 982 and a 983 with the tubular magazine. I prefer the 983, but the 982 with the 4 round magazine works well too.

I've had one of the ones with the dangly box mags since 1990. I also have four flush fit {very close anyway} 4 round magazines for it. It shoots very well for a .22 magnum, being a solid MOA peformer with ammo it likes and making it the most accurate of a dozen or so .22 mags I've owned. I glass bedded the action, free floated the barrel, recut the muzzle to a recessed target crown, reduced sear engagement, polished the mating surfaces, installed a lighter trigger spring and an ovetravel adjustment screw. The trigger breaks at 2.5 lbs with zero creep or overtravel. I don't know why anybody would think a tube magazine hanging off the barrel would be an accuracy enhancer or make it more convenient as a utility gun but it seems to be a common idea. I've owned dozens of rimfire rifles with both tube and detachable magzines and have always found the detechables more convenient.

Didn’t know they made Marlin mags like that; the ones I’ve seen (and the Savages) stuck out way too far for my taste, and to be convenient for carry, to my eye anyway.

I don’t think a tube would enhance accuracy, or necessarily hurt either. My very first rifle was a Marlin (81?) with a tube, and I always liked dropping all those rounds down that tube and having them available. Never a problem with it falling out either, unlike a some others. One in .22 mag, standing in the corner or where legal behind a vehicle seat, would have enough rounds to deal with most “utility” situations without stopping to load or grab extra mags, and the SS and plywood should tolerate a good bit of neglect.

Don’t see any of those SS Marlins very often in either form, so if I ever want another magnum I’ll just buy another CZ 457. The one I have has been totally satisfactory.

I have never owned a magnum rifle until a few weeks ago. I picked up a CZ 455 stainless in 22 mag. I am looking forward to trying it out.

Like the way you think Steve...

Did the same a long time ago, when I discovered that I could ( at the time ) load a 223, with Blue Dot and 55 grain FMJ's, for cheaper than the cost of a box of 22 Mag bullets ( 50 count)...After a ricochet hit a farmers irrigation pipe and put a hole in it. I fessed up at his house and wanted to know the price for the repair.. He asked me how many ground squirrels did I kill that day and told him around 500. Told me not to worry about it, then squirrels would have cost him a lot more in crop damage than a patch on that pipe. Said I'll send Jose out tomorrow morning and have him put a patch on it.

However after that, I switched over to regular varmint bullets.

But I do have a Ruger and a pair of Marlins in 22 Mag, which I love. The Marlin 25 MN, has been used for a truck gun for 4 decades. I've put down a dozen or so deer in my travels, with head shots after they have been hit by cars, out in the middle of nowhere.

Blue Dot in a bolt 223, does make barrels last. I've got a couple of barrels that have over 30,000 rounds down the barrel and are still minute of sage rat, off the hood of my 4 Runner.

RF shooters are fun, but if I felt the need for a little speed I’d most likely pick up a Hornet and be done with it.

I agree with you on the utility aspect of the 783/883/983 series of tubular magazine Marlin .22 MAG bolt guns. You can't lose or misplace the magazine like you could with the 782/882/982 series. I currently have 19 rifles chambered in .22 MAG and the 983S would be the one that I'd keep if I could only keep one. Because of the magazine it wouldn't work with a suppressor, but I'm not a suppressor guy, so for me that is a non-issue.

+1.

Even more interesting is that he continues blithely on as though he had never used this forum to wear his heart on his sleeve. Sad.

Nice. I have one marked 22 Mag, no second cylinder.

I can relate

Or get both!

Yes. You need one. It’s life altering.

Bingo.

Seafire & Steveredd1: Thank God you both still have all your fingers!
No squibb loadings for me.
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