Author Topic: What makes your favorite rimfire? (Read 5351 times)

Rex in OTZ · « **on:** April 29, 2009, 11:01:35 AM »

I have a favorite rimfire, its not the most accurate one and its not a sentimental gift.
What do you find that makes your favorite "carry" rimfire, Your go to first gun?

notnodak · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2009, 05:26:11 PM »

Modified Savage MKII FV .17HM2

stubshaft · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2009, 06:56:15 PM »

Marlin 39 w/lyman peep sight.

OLDHandgunner · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2009, 01:12:09 AM »

Old Ruger 10/22 (no prefix) mid 60's. It's light, it's compact & it's super accurate.

moxgrove · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2009, 02:24:28 AM »

80's vintage Marlin model 70. Goes bang every time with any ammo I shove in a mag.

dogwhisperer5 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2009, 06:24:10 AM »

The first rifle I ever bought (1962)...a Winchester Model 75 Sporter. Paid $45 for it(!!)....best .22 rifle I've ever owned...and there's been a bunch of them!

Rex in OTZ · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2009, 07:03:06 AM »

My personal go to first hunting rimfire is a baby pump carbine one the last of the Taurus 72's in stainlessteel in .22mag one the most accurate .22mag long guns I own.

One the family favorite's is actually "a type" and we have two, the kids latched on the them at the gun shop and Dad had to buy them one (bought a year appart) these are a manual single shot, Davey Crickett's one in Black & Blue the other is Pink & Stainless, these little rifles are more durable than I thought, the kids love them and they hit what they shoot at now! mabe the peep sights??
Bought the Black & Blue one first (2007) the girls saw it and went nuts, grabbed it and wanted it bad (not every day my girls get excited about a gun) so on impulse I bought it ($160) this was one firearms investment I dident regret, a year later the gunshop had one in a pink stock that the youngest girl wanted so I bought that lil pink .22 just for her, she loves that gun and another good impulse buy ($210) for Dad.

Wildbuc · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:16:48 AM »

Remington 550-1. Best performing, best made, and best looking 22 ever.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:46:49 AM »

I have a bunch of rimfire rifle.
My favorite is the CZ 452 Lux. Because it is a full size bolt action and feels like a rifle.
The sights are quick adjustable for yardage. Out to 200 yards. While I can not break a clay bird every shot off hand with it at that range I will break it by the 5th round.
It will shoot and feed the CB's for quiet back yard pest control as well as the crimped shot shells for times when I can not have a richochette.
and Most of all the rifle is accurate.
While I have a few rifles with scopes that are more accurate I get boared with knowing I will hit the target.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:47:51 AM »

Here is my CZ 452 LUX

Wyo. Coyote Hunter · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2009, 01:28:00 PM »

mc, I looked at the CZ's the other day in So. Dak. I would like one, but the wood and metal seemed to be rather poorly fitted. I looked at a couple one in 17 and one in 22 mag. both seemed the same. They had rather long barrels for rimfires, and open sights with elevation ladders. They were neat rifles, but it seemed when I looked at them before they were better finished. My favorite rifle in rimfire now would be a 521t with my Marlin 39a a close second. The 39 was my first good .22,(but not this rifle.)

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2009, 02:16:59 PM »

Wyo E. Coyote.
While I may get a 22 mag with open sights and have one a marlin 882 I do not like the way the CZ mag hangs down. If i am going to pay that kind of money for a rifle I would get a marlin and LOTS of ammo.
With the 17. I have a Marlin 917V. It is the top rifle in the line and it is great plinker. The 17HMR does nasty things to varmints and simu varmints (baking potatos, oranges, apples, and water filled soda bottles) And unfortunatly if you look at the marlin I bought two years ago and the marlin I bought in 91 there are worlds of difference in fit, materials, and finish between them. Doesn't make my 917V any less of a gun it just makes me appreachate the older marling more. if I were to do it over again I would have handed over the extra $150 for the stainless version. The laminated stock seems to e worth it. My buddy has one.
Cz does in fact make really long for calier barrels, at least of the modern suppliers. Cz makes the Bruno 28 a 28" 22 Long rifle that does not need CB's or the Aguilla super colibri rounds to be quiet, just subsonic ammo. But the longer barrel I think gives the full size rifles a feel of a real big game rifle. My old neighbor bought one of the American 16" models and they are a nice neat handy little package that would be great for bushy tails. Add a 2.5-7X32 scope and you are in business.
I had, gave it to my Nephew, a Romanian training rifle that the barrel was just a little shorter and it carried butt heavy as was akward in the woods. The wood also looked like they used the ammo crates to make them. Not so with the CZ's they hall seem to ballance right at the action.
Most of the Cz rifles I have seen, had nice wood. I did see one that the fore end cracked. but it split at the schnable fore end and the guy that bought it cut the whole end off and re shaped the wood and added a piece of ebony to give it that two tone old Winchester look.
Yes I am with you. A favorite rimfire has to be a 22LR. It has to repeat and have either iron sights or a low powered scope for small game and plinking.

Ladobe · « **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2009, 02:59:26 PM »

Likes others have said, I've owned a truck load of rimfires over the last 50+ years (still have about a dozen of them), and just about every brand at one time or another.

Rifles:
My "go to" rimfire since very early 2001 has been my Bullberry 17HMR carbine. It's by far the most accurate rimfire I've ever owned, ever shot or seen shot. It's been an excellent varmint and small predator rig, is custom stocked to fit me perfectly and is a one of a kind prototype that is just plain beautiful.
From the early 80's until the Bullberry probably my Ruger 77/22 that is now a switch barrel 22LR/17HM2. Has always been a very reliable truck gun and plenty accurate for what it was used for.
Prior to the Ruger, probably the Winchester 1890 pump just because it never missed a beat from when I got it in the early 50's.
Still have my JC Higgins (High Standard) Mod 31 from the late 50's too that is also an excellent rifle if you're into semi autos (I'm not).

Pistols:
For semi autos the early on favorite was the Colt Woodsman - later the High Standard HD Military, then a few Ruger semi auto's. For revolvers the S&W Kit Gun, Colt New Frontier and the old model Ruger Bearcat, Super Bearcat and Single Sixes. Still have the HD Military, an OM Ruger Super Bearcat and a Single Six.

L.

Maritime Storm · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2009, 03:25:34 AM »

H&R Sportster, my preference on any shotgun or rifle is to have a hammer, one shot or 2. The sportster is light, accurate, and meets safety comfort level and the price was right.

bckskin2 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 04, 2009, 08:06:51 AM »

My 10/22. I bought a 4X scope & still have not got it mounted. The only thing I would change in if I had to stick with iron signt I would go with an peep sight.
My single six is a better killer on vermin, but for shot placement that little 10/22 can't be beat.
Off topic my go to gun for thing that go bump in the night is my step son's 20 gauge Mossburg 500!
I would pike over even my 12 gauge.
Same reason as the 10/22. I keep a full mag in the 10/22, but the chambe empty.
Jerry

Wyo. Coyote Hunter · « **Reply #15 on:** May 04, 2009, 01:06:36 PM »

Have been looking at these CZ's. Haven't seen a varmiter model yet. I am anxious to see one and make a decision.

Are all the CZ's you guys have fool with been accurate.

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mcwoodduck · « **Reply #16 on:** May 05, 2009, 05:25:30 AM »

I only have 2 Cz rifles but my old land lord/ neighbor has about 1/2 dozen that he played with and all were great. he would frankinstien them and stick this action in that stock. the last one he picked up was a 16 inch model and it was a neat handy little rifle.
I too am looking at a Varmint in 22 and just found a used one for 375 here in N. Ca.

buffermop · « **Reply #17 on:** May 05, 2009, 06:28:18 AM »

I like my Henry.

Mry75 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 22, 2009, 08:13:44 PM »

I've been shooting a Charles Daley Chipmunk single shot with a 4x bushnell varminter scope. I LOVE it, there ai'nt much I can't hit under 200 yards. Even ring some old kitchen pots at about 250 with some carefull aim.

Badnews Bob · « **Reply #19 on:** May 23, 2009, 03:03:16 AM »

My CZ Ultra LUX, and my Ruger single six. The CZ is crazy accurate and the Ruger is just plain fun to shoot but plenty accurate and easy to carry. My old Mossburg is next on the list.

plateshooter · « **Reply #20 on:** May 23, 2009, 11:51:01 PM »

My Remington 541T is my all time favorite 22 rifle. Great trigger, really fast lock time, ragged hole accurate with several brands of ammo. I could never part with this rifle, and when I can no longer shoot it, it will go to my grandson.

Jack Gilbert · « **Reply #21 on:** May 24, 2009, 12:49:32 PM »

I have a Savage Mk.I FVT with a Nikon scope. Shoots great.

If I had to choose from several I have owned it would be the Savage model 24 I got when I was 15 for my birthday. It is a .22 WMR and .410 combo gun. Many a grouse has fallen to a head shot and many a varmit has met his match with this rifle. I once read an article that indicated that this was one of the most accurate .22 magnums made, probably due to the fact that the barrels are brazed together on these early 1960s models. Oh, yes, it is in excellent shape.

jenkst · « **Reply #22 on:** May 24, 2009, 03:06:47 PM »

I bought a rem.541s in the early 1980's. I then mounted an old weaver 3x9 with parallax adjustment with a fine crosshair. Talk about squirrell killin machine. At fifty measured yards and some target ammo and if I could see it, I could hit it. Bad to the bone. I also owened a H&R single shot, 28 inch heavy barrel that weight about 11 pounds. It was the old model 52 winchester, Just made by H&R. They made a sporter version also. I tried buying it but they told me they could not get it. This gun with a 4x16 tasco target scope( the scope with a spring mounted on the outside) would not shoot near as good as my 541s. I sold the H&R and wish today I had'nt. I wasn't so dumb with the Remington. She shoots as good today as it did back then.

Oldtimer · « **Reply #23 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:46:01 AM »

I grab my Browning BL-22 when I take a .22 out just for fun. It has a harder trigger than I generally like, but I can hit with it and it is the easiest carrying .22 I currently own. I have a 10-22 set up as a night rifle if I have to deal with varmints around the house at night. I mounted a laser sight on it and it works OK. If I want to pick off squirrels in the hickories, then I go to my 77-22. For groundhogs, I have a Savage 93. But, most of the time, it is the BL-22.

gofish · « **Reply #24 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:55:11 AM »

I agree with oldtimer. Love the bl-22 for fun and a walk around rifle. Ya the triger is stiff but FUN .

Can' spell very well but shoot OK.

kansas45 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 31, 2009, 08:53:59 AM »

For me it's my Remington 552 Speedmaster. Bought it new in 1972 or thereabouts & we just kinda' grew up together.

slim rem 7 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 31, 2009, 01:20:53 PM »

marlin 60 accurate enough to get game.. firefight possibilities in a defense situation... its my choice home defense after the 20 ga..
the velocitor rnd helps it in more ways than one..slim

wranglerdave · « **Reply #27 on:** June 12, 2009, 12:01:43 PM »

Well for me it's the older 22's that I have owned for many years. Model 67's, 67A and a model 68 Winchester single shots. Bought my first 67 used for $4.00 and it still hammers!
Then there is my collection of Mossbergs and Marlins.
These old bolt action repeater rifles were made very well by people who took pride in what they made! They all are accurate, function flawlessly, have excellent triggers (no creep or drag and light enough to shoot accurately and safely) Walnut stocks, good sights and were once very affordable.
All of the above can't be had today. Damn shame because in my opinion, these new rifles on the market today are hurting the shooting sports. Heavy triggers with lots of creep, cheap ugly stocks, function problems with some models and most don't have a very high degree of accuracy. Then they are priced too high for Mr. average to buy for his children and will wear out rather than become handed down to future generations.
My bottom lines to my post. A youngster loses interest quickly if he can't hit what he aims at! Check out the gun shows for the old rifles. After all, you and the manufacturer should both be happy with your purchase but in most cases today, the manufacturer ends up being the only one happy!

Dave Mc

Wyo. Coyote Hunter · « **Reply #28 on:** June 12, 2009, 12:42:26 PM »

Have several good .22's 39's, a Win. 72, but my favorite is my Remington 513T with a 6-24 Tasco. Got the Tasco in deal and had nothing to put it on so stuck it on the target .22. Great gopher gun.

Except for shooting gophers in the spring and summer, my .22's seldom get much use anymore. Most of my small game hunting is done with my .22 Hornet. When we go plinking, I usually use .22 pistols. My girl friend is just learning to shoot, so after a session or so with the K 22, I am planning to let her try the 39 Mountie. But for my shooting the Remington is my pick.

ice · « **Reply #29 on:** June 24, 2009, 07:38:14 AM »

At the present time, my favorite would be my CZ American in .22 caliber.
A close second will be my Savage BVSS 17 HMR.