What's your favorite .22 rifle ??

[ehughes]

Originally Posted by UncleFudd

I now have one for each of my 9 grandkids when they are old enough and I have already given one to my wife and to my Daughter in Law.

so with all of thoose do you have one with the green stock, im having trouble finding that one (green/ss) i've got the black/ss and it is IMHO the best of all my guns

[showme 22]

I think I like my 1950 model 1 brno the best .I've got some pretty good 22s Golden 39A Rem 550-1 new Browning T-bolt V/target CZ 452 Lux Nylon 66 M69 trainer Win. Wildcat Mossberg 142A But the brno is really slick.

[luvtoshoot]

Well by gum I have six .22 rifles and I love them all. My new CZ-452 may have a very slight edge. With that said I will have to admit I am a rimfire junkie.

Luvtoshoot

[5_Shooter]

I have a new Cooper which I am enjoying a lot.....2nd would be my Belgian made Browning .22 Auto.

[UncleFudd]

EHUGHES

i have a green one but it is the M77 with the external mag.

I also picked up one of the Black, 66s made by CBC, exact same gun less money and in mint condition $100. I'll buy every one I can find as they are no different and only made under patent by another compny in Brazil I think.
Nearly all of mine are black or brown.

I also have the 513T that a guy brought to my range to "get rid of it". Sold it to me for $150 another of my seldom found but only heard of good deals of a lifetime. The sights that were on the gun are worth more than the gun I think.

I love to stop at pawn shops in small ranching towns when I travel around Utah, wy, Id and have not only met some wonderful people but have actually found some exceedingly good finds in forearms. It is always an experience and 22 rifles are among the guns I most look for and want.

UF

[nightfighter]

I like my Browning T-2 straight pull bolt action. Although I really like the look of the TC autoloader...I do not know why, but I think it is partly because of the refined lines of the pistol grip area. Albeit, I think they missed the boat on the magazine...they should have copied the Ruger Rotary mag. (the patent must be expired by now) so that they could have had a flush fit mag. instead of a "stick-out-of-the-bottom" magazine.

[5_Shooter]

I like my Browning 1964 .22 Auto ....Belgian made.....for hunting, and my Cooper bolt for target and other plinking duties.

[Dean]

Believe it or not, it is a J.C. Higgins model 42DL.(Malrin80). After forty years of plinking, crow-busting and some target practice it still puts them where I aim. I refinished the stock and reblued it last year and it is as good as new. Wish I could say the same for myself.

[Gorillaman]

Winchester 69a. Target I think

[johnlives4christ]

i aint seen many that will outshoot my remington model 41 targetmaster. for repeat fire i wouldnt mind a marlin, golden 39A mountie though...

~john

[UncleFudd]

I went back and read the post from the start.
I am curious about the Win 03 auto. I have had one for many years and it was always in the safe as I had no ammo for it. Well I sent to the Old Scrounger and bought 6 boxes of his 03 ammo and took the little gun out this weekend to shoot it for the first time ever.
This is an extremely accurate little gun. In fact I am still just blown away at how well it shot.
It has some kind of peep or ghost ring rear sight that seems a little difficult to get into but once I got used to it, I really had a surprise.
I only shot a portion of one box, but plan to shoot some more every chance i get.
Point is, if you have one of these beautiful little "first ever" winchester 22s, the ammo is expensive, but most certainly available. Don't hang it on the wall and forget it thinking ammo is not availble.
I wish I had known many years ago as it is a lot of fun to shoot a gun as old as this and to find it so accurate.
History and guns, ain't it the best.

UF

[stash247]

Originally Posted by UncleFudd

I went back and read the post from the start.
I am curious about the Win 03 auto. I have had one for many years and it was always in the safe as I had no ammo for it. Well I sent to the Old Scrounger and bought 6 boxes of his 03 ammo and took the little gun out this weekend to shoot it for the first time ever.
This is an extremely accurate little gun. In fact I am still just blown away at how well it shot.
It has some kind of peep or ghost ring rear sight that seems a little difficult to get into but once I got used to it, I really had a surprise.
I only shot a portion of one box, but plan to shoot some more every chance i get.
Point is, if you have one of these beautiful little "first ever" winchester 22s, the ammo is expensive, but most certainly available. Don't hang it on the wall and forget it thinking ammo is not availble.
I wish I had known many years ago as it is a lot of fun to shoot a gun as old as this and to find it so accurate.
History and guns, ain't it the best.

UF

Fudd, same applies to 'semi obsolete' centerfire cartridges; brass for my 40-70 and 40-50 Sharps 'bottleneck' rifles does not, to my knowledge, exist, in current production, so I make it, from 45-70, (cheap, for the 40-50) or 45 -100 Bertram, (not so cheap) for the 40-70 Bottleneck cartridges.
But now I can shoot these fine old rifles, and they shoot quite well.
You had that old 03 for a lot of years, and finally looked behind the problem, for the opportunity, and found it, at whatever price.
I load for a lot of obsolete calibers, and some that 'never were', as well, because it suits me; try to find a single box of .17 'Ackley Improved' Hornet Brass; it does not exist, yet I have several hundred rounds out in the shop, loaded and accurate.
Never give up on a rimfire; 22 auto, 5mm Rem, the ammo is out there, if one looks; price, optional.

[UncleFudd]

Stash;
Thanks for the kudos.
I am always amazed when one of the old timey cowboy shootists is around and during a conversation he suddenly pulls out of his pocket his favorite old time rifle cartridge.
A few weeks ago at the Az. state skeet shoot it happened again. This old timer, (older than me which ain't easy) pulls out his favorite loaded 45-110 I believe and proceeds to tell me about his gun(s) his loads and how well they shoot.
Your reply is much the same and I am always a little envious. I am not well versed on the older rifles and or calibers nor can I do any kind of machining, but I can certainly enjoy the experiences, gain from the knowledge and learn from those who do or can.
I own a few older models and am still able to shoot them all. Now with the addition of the 03, I am able to shoot all but one and I have NEVER been able to find info for it and it could not be fired at any rate.
I have a model 94 in 38-55 and have a few cases of factory ammo for it. It is a very early serial number and it is truly accurate at 100 yds. Same hole every shot, not kidding. I have even taken two nice muley bucks with it over the years. Believe it or not it was a throw away. A guy walked into the range one evening and asked me for $100 as it belonged to his late father-in-law and he no longer wanted it in the house.
It has the octagon barrel and never had a rear sight mounted in the groove. Instead it has the Lyman peep sight and it is now adjusted for 100 yards and right on the money. What a joy to shoot. One would look at the 255 gr bullets and think it would have a lot of recoil. Not so, it is a cream puff.
I also have a mod 92 in 25-20 saddle-ring carbine and again it was a gimmee for $68 (long story) but I have found plenty of ammo for it as well and really enjoy popping prairie dogs with it. I have taken deer with it also.
All this but none of the models such as you mention. Never had the inclination to study the early rifles and calibers, my own fault. But I enjoy very much reading your pubs considering the firearms you have experienced.
Take care and thanks for all you share my friend.
UncleFudd

[jpmccr]

Mine has to be my Marlin 25MN. Story goes like this: mom buys me one for my 14th (?) birthday many years ago. It gets destroyed in a trailer fire when I was roughly 24. Fast forward to 2006 when my father dies and I inherit all of his firearms. Once I get them home and able to spend some time to look at them closely, guess what? I have the same rifle with a different scope. How about them apples???? Karma anyone????? I was wondering if anyone would know where I could get a nice bi-pod for my rifles.

[Tony Mig]

Right now it's a toos up between this Thompson Center R-55 Sporter......


And my Weatherby Mk XXII.......


I've taken the scope back off the T/C R-55 and put the stock Williams Fire Sights back on since I'm now using this rifle in our club's 3-P iron sight only matches. Sometime in August or September Williams will be coming out with an FP sieres peep sight that will attach to the receiver using the factory tapped holes for the rear scope base mount, once I get that I firmly believe this semi-auto will give all the good old quality bolt guns I shoot against a run for their money.

The Weatherby is capable of shooting several 5 shot bughole groups @ 25 yards using Federal 714's and Remington Target, I'm planning to start shooting on-line USBR matches with it as soon as my target order gets delivered.....

Out of all the rifles I've owned in the last 30 years, and this includes both center fire and rimfire, these two rifles have given me the most enjoyment of any.......

[Johnny Blackhawk]

Henry Golden Boy 20" octagon barrel
Marlin model 60 with 4 power scope

[doug66]

Mine is a old Japanese made Browning lever action. Not much blueing left and that ugly shiny finish is in bad shape, but it's a shooter. My dad bought it for me, used when I was a kid. I've owned more expensive tighter grouping .22's, but it is my favorite.

[MemphisJim1]

At the moment, I'm a little shy on .22LRs but I'll review what I have:

Rem 597 stainless with heavy barrel and thumbhole stock, scoped. Has shot flawlessly since coming out of the box last year. Half dollar sized groups out to 100 yards (on a good day when the palsy is under control and winds are light). Added some 30-round mags and the thing just eats CCI Mini-Mags at a ferocious rate.

Henry H001T, heavy barrel and scoped. A real kick to shoot. Silver dollar sized groups at 50 yards.

Savage MkII Mako, heavy barrel and scoped; just bought two weeks ago and introduced to the range last week. Capable of shooting far tighter groups than I'm able to achieve. Put about 250 rounds through it in the session and held quarter sized groups at 75 yards. I'll stretch it to 100 yards next session.

Win 63 (1942 vintage by serial number); iron sights. Only break it out once a year to give it some exercise (wink, wink). Dad, age 87, still has the other one; 1948 production according to serial number and has the grooved receiver so it's scoped; he tells me I can have it when he goes to that Great Range In The Sky.

Win 47, Christmas present in 1949, my first rifle. Single shot plinker. Everytime I look at it I recall the days my brother and I tracked rabbits and rattlesnakes around the edges of Papago Park in Phoenix back when the desert was just a few blocks from our post-War subdivision on the east side.

Favorite? I love 'em all

[U-turnwilly]

Mine has to be the Remington 511x that my Dad gave me for Christmas when I was 12.

Longer ago than I'm willing to admit.
Bill

[prairieviper]

Mine is a thirty year old Ithaca Model 72 Saddlegun.

[tenbears]

The Ruger Mark II is my choice in .22 cal. Easy to pack and very reliable. The only problems I have had with mine is some jamming caused by a misfire or bad ammo. No complaints here.

[Big Al]

My all time favorite hunting .22 rimfire is the Marlin 39 with a 2x7 Leupold scope. It takes ptarmigans heads off at 50 yards without problem.

Next is the WINCHESTER model 63. No finer .22 auto ever made. I also like the models 62 and 61.

For bolt actions in the fun to shoot, I have two old model Springfields M-1922's. I like, then my Remington 40X also. I have a vary early WINCHESTER model 52 with the old ladder rear sight that is vary nice.

I've gone out of my way for over 40 years to please myself with nice .22 rifles.

I guess it would just be easier to say, I've always been a sucker for a nice .22 rifle.

[canonguy]

Marlin/Glenfield Model 60/65...the most popular .22 rifle ever made!! The Ruger 10/22 will need a few more years to catch up I think. Don't spend $1000.00 on your .22 rifle! Instead buy 15 marlin Model 60's and invite all your fiend and family to shoot with you!

[gijoeman]

I'll second the glenfield/ marlin... I had one that I must had put 10.000 rounds through! That gun will shoot as fast as you can pull the trigger, I dont remember it ever having a jam. the only problem was reloading that tube mag . mine was the glenfield with the squirrel engraved in the stock.

[dragonfly]

My Browning Mdl 241. And it's predecessor, a family hand-me-down Remington Mdl. 24 that I started shooting in 1948 or so. Retired the 24 and shot a Winchester 62A bought in 1954 until somebody stole it. Got the Belgium .22 ATD in the early 60's. And it will shoot the same hole at 25 yards, and cut tooth picks in half at the same distance. Truly one of Browning's best designs ever.