.22 rifle

[weaselnoze]

im looking to purchase one for plinking around.  i want to spend around $150.  i went to walmart and checked out their $99 special and it was like 30 inches long! i think it was intended for a 10 year old.  i want a bolt action with available clip.  so any suggestions on what to buy or where to buy it?  please, im responsible so dont give me the christmas story line.  i've owned countless air rifles and shot .22 rifles many times. time to buy my own..

[Jazzzzz]

You can get a Ruger 10/22 for just a bit less than $200 new from a dealer, or if you shop around you should be able to swing one used in good condition for half that or so.  They're the top .22 out there, and there a ton of accessories for them if you want to rice them out for target shooting.

[Phaedrus]

im responsible so dont give me the christmas story line. ..

You'll shoot yur eye out

<-- like this

[john]

I won an open site 100yd shooting contest with a cheap Marlin 22LR.  Their micro groove barrel seems to produce accurate results.

[weaselnoze]

do dealers sell used ones?  any thing to look for when buying used? other than it being clean?

[ktrim]

i've seen many .22 rifles at pawn shops,  usually get a good price,  I have a savage semi auto tube feed that is very acurate and fun/cheap to shoot,  can even get .22lr "CB" (sub sonic) ammo and shoot in the backyard ,  it sounds like a pellet gun with those shells.

[Blueknyt]

http://www.henryrepeating.com/survival.cfm



i think this will fit your bill perfectly, Bass pro shops had em for under 200$, used one growing up and it was a great little rifle, everything breaks down and fits into the butstock so it will fit into a backpack for camping.  now you can even mount a factory scope onto it.

[weaselnoze]

http://www.henryrepeating.com/survival.cfm



i think this will fit your bill perfectly, Bass pro shops had em for under 200$, used one growing up and it was a great little rifle, everything breaks down and fits into the butstock so it will fit into a backpack for camping.  now you can even mount a factory scope onto it.

nice! however thats pretty small. the one i handled at walmart was only 5 in shorter and it felt ridicuolusly small

[skoozi12]

never mind im a moron :lol:

[weaselnoze]

whaaat?

[skoozi12]

like i said never mind. i was trying to put something funny in but i'm a moron.  

on a brighter (obviously not me today) note...i'm pretty sure one of the only guns that i've shot is a .22 so I guess that makes me an expert. :lol: It was big and scary. That is all. Going back to my paper now that I have shown my true colors.

[weaselnoze]

lol

so is the ruger 10/22 a bolt action? i'd really like a bolt action if i can.

[Alphamazing]

The sound of a bolt action is divine.

[cobalt135]

like i said never mind. i was trying to put something funny in but i'm a moron.  

on a brighter (obviously not me today) note...i'm pretty sure one of the only guns that i've shot is a .22 so I guess that makes me an expert. :lol: It was big and scary. That is all. Going back to my paper now that I have shown my true colors.

Heh, big and scary.  Someone I know has a Desert Eagle 50 cal.  I have shot off a few clips and that was enough thankyou   I was like "Why?" :lol:

[VTNewb]

I have a Remmington Model 700 7mm magnum.

Quick, buy it.

The ammo for the thing is silly expensive  :x

[werase643]

you want silly.....check out tony's collection...........



http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php?s=7d1970409612fa64d66d6de0fbc947ee&threadid=94472

[Finprof]

Now that Mossberg is out of business, you only have two choices in new and recently made 22 rifles: Marlin and Savage. I would suggest a Marlin 81 TS, which weighs about 6 lbs and feels like a full-size rifle. They are basically good guns, listing for about $200 and selling for around $150.
Fred Kenna, who bought out Marlin about 25 years ago was a friend of mine. He even tried to bring back the LC Smith side by side, one of the best double shotguns made in the US, but people are no longer willing to pay for quality.

However, since I have a taste for old, well-made stuff, if you go to a gun show you could probably pick up a Winchester 67 or Remington 512 for not much more. They were made from the 20's through the 60's. I bought a 512 for $25 about 30 years ago.


My other bolt action 22s are a Cooey, which is a Canadian version of the Winchester, owned by that company an Anschutz 1518 Deluxe, which is over $1000 used and a Mossberg 144, which is a very heavy target rifle, often used in ROTC and boy scout training for competitive shooting, but not quite up to Oympic accuracy, which is where the Anschutz comes in.

Ruger 10/22 models were mentioned seveal times. They are a semi-automatic, very popular and sold at almost every discount store. Most bolt actions will be much more accurate. There is also something tactile about working the bolt on a pre-64 Winchester or a Mannlicher or an Anschutz that is like shifting gears on a good transmission. The automatic is easier, but the manual is a sensory experience.

[skoozi12]

sorry i couldn't help it!

[skoozi12]

sorry i couldn't help it!

apparetly I REALLY couldn't help it so I posted it twice!  Yup I'm the village idiot alright! Just don't shoot me, mmmkay?

[Jake D]

The Ruger 10/22 is not bolt action.  I have one, actually.  It is a semi-auto with a 10 shot rotary clip.

It is ultra nice!