The 10 Best .22LR Rifles of all time:

Marlin Model 60 / Model 795
Remington Nylon 66
Ruger 10/22
Marlin Model 39A
S&W M&P15-22
Winchester 1903 / 63
CZ Model 452
Browning SA-22
Winchester 1890
Henry AR-7 Survival Rifle

Oooooooooospie!............

Is that your list or something you found? What were the criteria used to establish 'the best'?

Ranting is a drunk idiot! That is a list of mediocre rifles!

Must not know anything about
Mausers
Anschutz
Kleinguenthers

Hasbeen

The Winchester 52 was a glaring omission.

That’s funny....

My list, in no particular order:

Winchester 52, in all its iterations
Anshutz, in all its iterations
Remington 37
Martini 12, 12/15,15 and International MkII and III
Springfield Armory, M1922, M1, M2
Hammerli
Remington 40X

Marlin 60’s are nice bolt actions.

The Great Gazoo ST> with 45 ZILLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO posts rifles that only 2% have > > As for us just mere humans have and shoot !

OP didn’t ask which rifle you can afford. He asked the best ever made.

This.

While "affordable" .22's definitely have their place in this man's world, at some point an inquisitive guy needs to explore the boundaries of accuracy with the .22 cartridge. You won't generally do that with cheap rifle (although a heckuva lot of them will astonish you) so at that point you start saving your nickels, like I did.

Ranting- the Ocasio Cortez of 24hourcampfire.com.....

Well said gnoahhh

What he said. Hasbeen

I would love to have a "good" 22 someday. For right now I can still miss with the cheap one I have.😉
Any 1 on your list would work for me.

He may be a halfwit but he does know how to bait a hook.

Apparently.

.....um ok. Never seen one

Calling him a halfwit is giving him about 49% unearned credit...

I might have seen a few of those over the years... very good choices.

OP and Ranting are same:same...

Glad you noticed that. Hasbeen

Actually he didn't ask a damn thing.

Equally happy you understand that now...

Annies are SA-WEET... but No love for the Walthers?

Remington 40-X and XB
Remington 541-S
Remington 547 C

The Henry AR-7 Survival Rifle - 22 LR

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You forgot the Cooper Model 57 Jackson Squirrel Rifle.

I have been fortunate to own a Winchester 52 preA Custom Sporter, a Springfield 1922M2 Custom Sporter which are my current favorites. Honorable mention to Anschutz 54 Stutzen Mannlicher w/DST, BRNO M/1 and Steyr Zephyr Mannlicher w/DST.

No love here for Volquartzen?

Not a single BSA Martini either.

I was thinking the same thing; can't possibly be serious!

My CZ model 452 will hand tough with almost anything previously mentioned. Doesn't mind what I feed it either. Did I mention affordable?

#1 Vudoo

A Master Baiter ?

..the original "straight-pull"....

A list without the Marlin model 39 is not a list!

I've owned a few nice.22 rifles, in order of purchase...10 to be exact dating back to 1969, so here is my list of what I think are some of the best made:

Browning1969 T-bolt T-2 Deluxe...very pretty but did not deliver the accuracy I wanted.
Winchester 52E, heavy target barrel
Winchester 52A, light target barrel
Browning .22 Auto
Winchester M75, target barrel
Remington 541S...extremely accurate sporter....wish I'd kept it.
Cooper 57-M Classic, still own it....a very accurate and beautiful sporter.
CZ 455 American...very pretty and accurate, the .17 HMR barrel isn't as accurate as the .22 LR barrel, still own it.
Ruger 10-22 Sporter with a Shilen barrel and Timney trigger...has extremely pretty wood, still own it.
Winchester 69A....shoots way better than it looks and still own it.

I don’t have any first hand experience with the target rifles but my Remington 580 (first rifle that was given to me for my 8th birthday) is plenty accurate. Just put a Leupold 4x on it and am loving it all over again. I also scored a Remington 24 for $50 back in 2008 that is hell on little rimfire steel pigs offhand at 100 yards.

I’d love to get my hands on an old lever Marlin and or Winny.

you can. if you have some cash in those hands.....

Uncle Dave Ramsey would not approve. Looks like I’m stuck here daydreaming about guns with you dingleberries for the next couple years until I can buy anymore guns. It’s a good thing I amassed my gun collection when I did.

How about Sako P94s

Big differences between "Best" and "Iconic".

Best has levels of it's own. Best selling? Best accuracy? Best for a given discipline/competition?

Rem 40X
Rem 541S/T and 580/581/582 (Essentially all the same bbl'd action)
Win 52
Win 75
Win 61/62/63 takedowns
Marlin 39
Ruger 10/22
Marlin 60
Rem Nylon 66
Anschutz

All of us have to at least admit that the best selling and popular rifles like the
Win 90-06-62
Marlin 39
Win 94-22
Ruger 77-22
and 10-22
Were, and still are, great 22's

They may not be Anchutz 54's
Win M52's
Rem 40 X's
Or Bleikers

But they have certainly earned a place in many serious collections