.22 lr rifle recommendations

Looking to pick one up. Anyone have thoughts - target shooting and potentially small game. I’m considering the following but open to others.

• Ruger 10/22 - any specific variant recommendations? Anyone have experience with the takedown model?
• I also have a soft spot for bolt action, so these are considerations
  • Ruger American
  • Marlin XT-22
    

Any others to consider? Pros/cons of each?

 

Well... It's a tough problem you have there. I say buy the two Rugers.

 

Tikka t1x

 

10/22 is a fun platform for plinking.
The takedown seems to be as accurate and consistent as the fixed model, but I'm not convinced it's worth the added cost, unless you need to save space.

 

You can't go wrong with the standard 10/22.

Ruger makes/made a 77/22 which is a bolt action that takes the same magazine as the 10/22

 

What kind of target shooting? If you mean plinking any .22 will be fine. If you want to shoot small groups with a out of the box rifle, it's a lot like playing the lottery. Ruger .22 rifles nearly always lose in that department, they tend to have the best magazines though. They are plenty accurate for hunting and plinking and are easy to upgrade. They even have a cheap drop in trigger upgrade available from Ruger.

Remington 597 is normally the most accurate out of the box semiauto you will find, unless you get a bad one. They have had other issues like bad extractors and magazines, but I think those problems have been fixed. Sometimes they come with the guide rod screws too tight from the factory, but that's a easy fix. They have less aftermarket parts available but the few parts that are available make it a really sweet shooter.

CZ bolt guns are really nice and are normally very accurate. My CZ 455 trainer is my newest .22 rifle. It's super quiet with subsonic and standard velocity ammo with it's 25" barrel.

Marlin was having QC issues for a while when Remington took them over. They call them Remlins. I don't know if the current production guns still have that problem. Sometimes they can be really accurate with the right ammo.

Savages can be pretty good, pretty similar to Marlins.

Mossbergs are basically all rebranded Rossi's.

The new Rossi's are pretty cool rifles for the price. I have a older CBC/Magtech carbine that my gf liked so I bought her one of the new Rossi RS 22s. It's a fun little plinker, I haven't taken the time to sit down and see what kind of groups I can get off the bench with it. They also have a pretty cool bolt action called the RB 22.

I'm not sure what to say about Henrys. Lever guns are fun and most people love Henrys. My dad has had a few and says he won't keep one for himself. He said the ones he traded for always had something plastic broken inside that he had to fix.

 

The CZ 457 is the other - any experiences with reliability? Never shot or even handled a CZ.

 

It's hard to beat the 10/22. Lots of aftermarket accessories.

 

I haven't really kept up with them, but in general CZ bolt action .22s are about the best you can buy for a new gun in it's price range. I hear that Tikka T1x is comparable, maybe even a little better if you don't mind the plastic stock.

 

You can go over to rimfirecentral.com and read up on just about any .22 you can imagine. They have sub forums for each brand.

 

I have the ruger takedown and the CZ they are both great!

 

Do you want to suppress it, now or in the future? If yes then the Bolt action is the way to go. I had a Savage and it was fine but a CZ is in my future.

 

Depends on the type of shooting you want to do? A 10-22 is hard to beat for general pinking/hunting, but a bolt gun is more versatile in that you can shoot anything from CB shorts to high velocity LR's.

 

My favorite 22lr for target shooting is a lever action. I would suggest considering one of these, they sure are fun .

If you want one with a scope I would go with a stainless ruger 10/22 that has the threads at the end for a flash suppressor or sound suppressor.

 

I have the CZ that allows bbl change. The trigger is sort of rough.
I have had a Remington 514 for 3o years. It is a great rifle. I used it for silhouettes and shot some great groups with it.
If one has an excess of coins the Anshtuz is a great choice. Mine is the 1722 on the 54 action and cannot be improved upon.

 

There are several great ones, but the Ruger 10/22 is my favorite. My dad bought me one in 1986. It’s still just as great as it was 34 years ago. Bergara has a new one and the Thompson Center version is supposed to be great too. Both it and the Bergara use 10/22 magazines.

 

My favorite rifle is my CZ 452 military trainer. Hands down my favorite gun of any kind.
It shoots as good as my Anschutz with a rear sight that is easier to play with in the field to make adjustments.

 

I forgot all about that T/CR22. I want one. They say it's like a 10\22 that's already been modded.