Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires If you bought a .22 today, which one would it be and why?

I did purchase a .22 today so I can speak from experience on this thread. I picked up a Browning .22 auto Grade I. This will be a great addition to my other two .22's. I already have a Kimber Hunter with Leupold 3x9x40 readjusted parrallax and my Custom 10/22 with Green Mountain barrel, action job, etc etc etc and of course a Rimfire special scope.

I wanted this Browning for packin and plinking. Really great rifle and sure small when packed down. Beautiful too, one that I'll sure pass to my kids someday when I have them.

Kev

terryo,

When I bought the suppressed rifle the maker had already installed the Timney on the Ruger77/22. So, I do not have the prior trigger to compare the pull. However, the Timney breaks clean and lightly; it pleases me. And, I am a stickler for a decent trigger. Now it is not a benchrest Jewell trigger but it lets off with little effort. I measured it once but do not recall what it was. I am working out of town until Saturday. I can put a trigger pull gauge on it when I return if you like.

I have a super accurate Kimber of Oregon 22LR, but I rarely shoot it. It will group in a dime at 50 yards with most ammo. I just can't part with such a shooting iron even though it gets little time out of the safe.

Kimber of Oregon M82, but I wouldn't ignore the Rem 541-T, Sako Finnfire or CZ 453. The early Kimbers are so outstanding in every way that they have become my handsdown favorites, and I just can't resist them. And, who can ignore the Cooper or Anschutz 54s, if one has the moola. Lots of good choices out there, depending on what you want to shoot.

How many of you remember carring around a nylon 66 or a old marlin 60 semi? the good ole days. The T/C semi auto looks like it mite make a good squirrel gun. I have a 10/22 mag. converted to .17 hmr and tricked out sure would loved to had it when I was 14

Given the price of Hummer ammo ... could you have been able to afford to shoot it at 14?? I am very grateful for my old Marlin 25 and the bricks of ammo she digested at only pennies a shot! That's where most my lawn mowing money went!

Good point! at about four times the price of .22lr shells

Anschutz 1416d, They cost just a bit more than a Ruger 77/22 and have all the quality you'd expect from a $600 gun. Not to mention they will shoot well without any modifications (isn't that what a $600 gun should do anyway?)

Remington 541S (used) would be my hands down choice for a rifle that shoots well out of the box without modifications. The new Remington 504 should be a pretty good little rifle. My only problem with it is that the stock feels a little undersized a bit, sort of like a Ruger 10/22, but obviously much nicer. Have not shot one of the CZ's but have looked at them in the store. Action too stiff.

I have A Win.mod. 62, my first 22, and it holds a lot of fond memories. Also have Rem. mod 12c, Rem 241, Browning 22 auto, and the most accurate is a Browning mod.52 sporter, (Win. clone) But my favorite go to rifle that I have shot the most and has never let me down is the good old 10/22 Ruger I have had for around 30 yrears.

I have an Anshutz 1416 left hand that puts wolf MT into one hole. It ain't American, but it's a lefty and it shoots. My first was a Remington Targetmaster singleshot that killed a lot of rabbits in it's day.

Cooper. Extremely accurate and fantastic trigger. Trigger breaks like a thin glass rod. A bit pricey.

I'd buy a Winchester Model 9422. It's one of the greatest and best-made 22s of all time, in league with the quality standard Winchester set before 1964 with their fine model 61, 62, 63, and 52 rifles. The 9422 features all-steel construction, fine balance, superb accuracy, and superb function.

The Model 9422 is a great rifle from a functional and quality standpoint, but I'd also buy one because it's being discontinued, and the prices of exisitng specimens are just bound to go up and up inh the years to come.........

AD

Funny Allen, my last purchase was a 94/22 M. I think they are going to continue making the Mag variant, not sure. You are quite right about the attributes of the gun though, it is a classic...and I never met one that didn't shoot very well.

I am a bolt action man. The best I have found for the money is the CZ american they are a very acurate , nice finish and they shoulder well - just a good fit I own 2 a .17 hmr & .22 long

Henry lever gun youth model.

Bought one for my 10 year old boy a few months ago. Even though it's a dinky thing and I can just about put it in my back pocket it IS a great little shooter with sum nice wood. What a campin' rifle or canoein' rifle it would be!!

Jealous I am of a ten year old.

If money was no object, I'd get a Cooper. Otherwise, I'd look for a Remington 541T or 541S. Fine rifles.

Prob'ly a 10/22 target version. Just to get in with that particular clique for awhile and try out some of the aftermarket stuff made for that rifle. As far as I can tell, a worked-over 10/22 is the cheapest way to a super-accurate rifle

Really though, my Savage Mod 24C .2/20 gauge has my .22 needs (plinking mostly) about covered.

Birdwatcher

For me, either a CZ in .17HMII or a NULA in .17HMR

If you want a 22 with the nicest wood, checkering, finish, blueing, feel, and most accurate, I would go with the same gun I bought last year, a Cooper Custom Classic 57M. Otherwise, get a Kimber!

Marlin 39-A, all the way. Next choice would be a 94/22 and then a 10-22 in stainless. My last choice would be a Henry of some sort. I've heard nothing but good things about them.

kidd