Your Favorite .22

Oregontrail said:

22’s are like ice cream...
Which flavor today???
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Which of your lever .22s do you like best and why?

Nice group of levers there Oregontrail. Really like that 39a.

montanaoffroader said:

Dad's first gun. Still shoots very well.

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Can you tell me the make and model of your rifle? Single shot? It reminds me of my uncle's .22, which was the first rifle I ever shot many years ago.

Picher said:

Which of your lever .22s do you like best and why?

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Thanks for asking Picher,
The Winchester 9422, controlled feed, carries well, effortless action, solid build quality, accurate and vary reliable. Great trigger on the 1975 model on the left in the photo. Not one thing I dislike about these rifles. They are my favorite.
The Marlin Golden Mountie 39a, old school craftsmanship, vary solid build, vary vary accurate. Surprisingly so. Push feed that at times will jam if I am not deliberate or if the rifle is tipped to one side.
Action is not as graceful as the Winchesters.
The Browning Bl-22, solid build, controlled feed, reliable and vary handy although the length of pull is a bit short for me as I use recoil slip on just for this.
Not as accurate as the Marlin or Winchester. The short lever action a little tough to work when they are new. Takes a few thousand(s) rounds to smooth out. Triggers are crisp but vary heavy for a vary light riffle. You really need to pull the rifle vary snug to your shoulder and have a firm cheek weld with these triggers
They are all fun rifles to shoot,
Blessed to own them

4570Tom said:

Can you tell me the make and model of your rifle? Single shot? It reminds me of my uncle's .22, which was the first rifle I ever shot many years ago.

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It is a Winchester Model 67 single shot .22 rifle. My Dad bought used in 1942 so it was probably made in the mid to late 30's. There were a number of similar guns on the market around that time.

I really like my Ruger SR-22 rifle.

That looks like the Winchester Model 67 single shot. That was my first rifle when i was 10 years old.

4570Tom said:

Can you tell me the make and model of your rifle? Single shot? It reminds me of my uncle's .22, which was the first rifle I ever shot many years ago.

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My 39A modest collection are my favorites. The history and craftsmanship simply flow from those guns. That, and they will tear up most other 22s on the line.

This one has a superb Skinner peep sight on it. 39M from the mid-60's.

This M-37 Remington was a heavy barreled target rifle before I had it reborn as a classic sporter. With original barrel turned down to a trim profile and stock and metal styled after early 20th Century British big game rifles, it is still as accurate as a target rifle. Classic wood and metal styling by Roger Green. TTACH=full]1003023[/ATTACH]View attachment 1002981

johnmcl said:

My 39A modest collection are my favorites. The history and craftsmanship simply flow from those guns. That, and they will tear up most other 22s on the line.

This one has a superb Skinner peep sight on it. 39M from the mid-60's.

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I had one of about the same vintage and it was one of the most enjoyable rimfires I've ever had. It was extremely accurate, easy to carry and absolutely reliable. While in college, I loaned it to a friend for a while, then to my girlfriend, who used it to drive a drunk away from her home. He was banging on the door thinking it was his apartment, but eventually got the "POINT". I don't remember why I ever sold the rifle and a few years ago, bought a "Deluxe" model to replace it, but that one was apparently made during a pending labor strike, because it had numerous problems that I didn't even check before buying and walking out with it. They didn't affect the shooting, but were aggravating.

What a "wonderful trip" through five pages of .22 rimfire BLISS! Seems to me a specific .22 rimfire category would be warranted from what has been posted on these five pages.
But............asking which of my .22's are my favorite? That's like asking which one of our kids is your favorite. If I've ever met any .22 firearm that I didn't like, it was either traded off or just plain sold outright. Here's just a smidgeon of my "favorite" children:

montanaoffroader said:

It is a Winchester Model 67 single shot .22 rifle. My Dad bought used in 1942 so it was probably made in the mid to late 30's. There were a number of similar guns on the market around that time.

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Thank you. My uncle has passed on and my cousins are scattered. The rifle itself ended up who knows where.

SGW Gunsmith said:

That's like asking which one of our kids is your favorite.

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That really covers it quite well. I picked my first 22 but between hand guns and rifles I like them all.

Ron

Whenever I see a "favorite " 22 thread, I have to post a pic of my Stevens "favorite "

SGW Gunsmith said:

What a "wonderful trip" through five pages of .22 rimfire BLISS! Seems to me a specific .22 rimfire category would be warranted from what has been posted on these five pages.
But............asking which of my .22's are my favorite? That's like asking which one of our kids is your favorite. If I've ever met any .22 firearm that I didn't like, it was either traded off or just plain sold outright. Here's just a smidgeon of my "favorite" children:

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We won't ask which of those fine rimfires is your favorite....
But which one is the best shooter? {in order if you would!}

As I'm very sure you very well know, it seems .22 rifles have an individual appetite. So far, and I haven't even, as yet, begun to test the Savage and the CZ 457 MTR. It's been in the upper 80's and mid 90's around here lately and the mosquitos are on a feeding frenzy. I hope to do some more testing/shooting ASAP.
My CZ 455 FS seems to have an affinity for Norma-TAC 22:



I've recently received some "other" brands of .22 rimfire, from a 'secret' location, that I plan to test with, as soon as it cools down a bit. This is my .22 Winchester that I test advertised and box velocities with. as the manufacturers use either 27" or 600 mm length barrels in their test equipment:

I always collect and keep the groups shot at 50 yards, and with which brand of "projectiles" I used at that time, so I hope to post some of that, IF, that's allowed.

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My marlin 39AS I've converted to old style hammer and made a safety delete.

Post script, I can't figure out how to repost a picture I've already uploaded. Help?

Offfhand said:

This M-37 Remington was a heavy barreled target rifle before I had it reborn as a classic sporter. With original barrel turned down to a trim profile and stock and metal styled after early 20th Century British big game rifles, it is still as accurate as a target rifle. Classic wood and metal styling by Roger Green.View attachment 1002980 TTACH=full]1003023[/ATTACH]View attachment 1002981View attachment 1003023 View attachment 1002982 View attachment 1002984

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That is a magnificent looking rifle, and in .22 rimfire yet. Here's one excellent way to "inspect" a stockmakers checkering. Look along the rows of diamonds from top to bottom, like in pictures 3 & 4. If those are in almost perfect alignment, you then can bet the farm that the rows of diamonds were all cut to perfect depth. A test of very GOOD execution of hand-cut checkering.

CZ452

Offfhand said:

This M-37 Remington

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I require that rifle...

Seriously though, you have some of the most gorgeous guns. However this one takes the cake. I gots ta have me one!

Mac

I have several .22s but my favorite for different reasons would be the Marlin model 80DL that was my Pop’s first rife and was my first rifle. A Marlin model 25 that was my late brother’s first rifle and the one I shoot the most is my Anschutz 1712 silhouette rifle. I have a S&W model 41 and a K22 that I like too.

BobABQ said:

I have several .22s but my favorite for different reasons would be the Marlin model 80DL that was my Pop’s first rife and was my first rifle. A Marlin model 25 that was my late brother’s first rifle and the one I shoot the most is my Anschutz 1712 silhouette rifle. I have a S&W model 41 and a K22 that I like too.

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I have a JC Higgins 42 that was the Marlin 80.

Still can't pick a favorite, per my previous post, ( post 35) but this Savage Model 1922 has been calling to me lately for some range time. It's a transitional model they only produced for about a year, in between the Model of 1919 series and the introduction of the Model 23 series in 1923. Has features common to both and when I first saw it I thought it may have been a 23A or something. Nice, accurate rifle with the dual firing pins of the Model 1919 series and oddly enough chambered in 22 Long Rifle only, according to literature I have and the barrel marking. This one's a keeper, which means that someday it'll go to my son.
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My most used is a Sako quad with a Lija IR50 bbl and other accuracy/stock tweaks. Favorite would be a Rem 40X in a AI chassis but a bit much for off-hand work. CZ fan with the LS (Mannnlicher) + 17 and 22mag switch barrel kit, the 16" barrel Royal, and the newest addition below.

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I found these old pics of the Sako as someone had reposted it on Rimfire Central, the optic was upgraded/changed. It how has a mediocre Vortex Viper 6.5x20 on a rail.
Just a good all-around .22LR. It will definitely hold its own in prone and benched, The IR50 was threaded & is supporting a suppressor, and still is able to be handled off-hand and slung. That is the factory tupperware stock with some mods. The stock cavity was epoxy filled and weighted for balance, epoxy and some cutting to bond/stiffen the forearm. + bedding support pads. The stock finish is a automotive primer with a hybrid of Duracoat green base, texture and a Ducacoat matter clear over the top. It's held up superbly. I needed a project and at the time there was even less (zero) aftermarket support. My biggest gripe is the identity crisis I made it into. The minimum focus distance is long. It needs a new scope. What I would like to do with it often and what opportunity I ask it to do are two different things. It still is a dependable rig for most solutions, just no need to stalk.

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2004 serious cool guy pic. I have a knife and ammo. Wowie.
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Good Ol' Boy said:

Notice I didn't specify a specific .22.

I'll start it off. I can smack golf balls at 150yds pretty regularly if I do my part, all day.

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I’m a big fan of CZ’s rimfires. I have a 452 American in 17 HMR, and a 457 Scout in a .22. Both are shooters. I really like the new Leupold freedom rimfire scope too. Both have that scope sitting on them.