Help. I want an accurate 22 LR rifle.

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There's a thread that ended just a few weeks ago where some of our members submitted NRA targets with 10-rounds from their favorite 22 rifles. If you look it up you'll see what can be expected from nearly any 22 rifle at 25 & 50 yards. You will not see any one-ragged-hole groups from the offhand position.

Replies to you from those that comment on the significance of rifle accuracy when shooting from offhand are correct. Any decent rifle will shoot better than the average shooter from the offhand position & if hunting is your game you wont be shooting from a comfortable rest most of the time. For hunting purposes any good quality unmodified 22 rifle from Ruger, Marlin, etc. will be fine.


https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/march-2019-rimfire-10-shot-challenge.848356/

A member named Wisco had a custom 10/22 that scored almost perfect 100-8x I think, it was in the wrong catagory but in rested position it was common for members to have high 90's to 100 scores with various rifles.

Standing freehand is a different animal though.

My Remington 581 has scored great before, for the challenge I didn't do so well however.
 
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OP, I've skipped to the end of your thread and don't know if this has been mentioned yet or if it's even in your budget these days but let me suggest a Remington 541S or 541T. The S version is generally regarded as being more accurate but the 540T Heavy Barrel version is good too.
 
I entered the earlier contest that compared rifles directly using a rest. I didn't think some of the targets in the 10 shot challenge were legit and also since front and back rests weren't allowed it wouldn't be a fair comparison of the rifles themselves.
Factory rifles will vary. I shoot two CZ's, I prefer a 452 American for competitions. I was surprised when a older stock 10/22 came the closest to anyone beating me in one small match. I do have a modified 10/22 that shoots very well but not as well as my CZ's. I have also shot against many other brands. No doubt a good shooter with good ammo with a good Anschutz would beat me. The guy I bought my 452 American told me that because he also shot Annies. Also my 540XR will likely outshoot my 452. I never tested them head to head but it did have one of the best scores in the prove it thread.
I disagree that shooting a mediocre rifle will help skills. It is hard to tell if you are missing because your technique is bad or your rifle is. As threads about accuracy often prove, one mans idea of accuracy can be much different than another guys. If you call a Marlin 60 accurate we are not on the same page.
On rimfire central they tell me that there isn't much difference between 452, 455, and 457 CZ's. I don't know. I also would like to try the new Tikka, and Ruger Americans shoot well I am told.
 
Lets have a new challenge:
25 yds & 50 yds offhand at a 50 yd rifle NRA rifle target & settle this one for good.
The rifle the guy with the best score shoots wins the whole enchilada.
How about it?/
 
I sold mine around '98 or so.
Had two Anschutz 64's.
Have none of them now LOL.
A 3/4 scale Ruger #1 in .22 lr would be sweet.

Proly put the EFR back on the CZ tomorrow morning.
Am super tired.
Dunno if going to range before work.
Crunched a foot two days ago and it was too sore to walk today.
Anti inflam and see what happens.

Worst case shoot Sat or Sun
 
Lets have a new challenge:
25 yds & 50 yds offhand at a 50 yd rifle NRA rifle target & settle this one for good.
The rifle the guy with the best score shoots wins the whole enchilada.
How about it?/
Settle what? You can't figure out how accurate a rifle is that way. I did shoot Olympic target rifles offhand many years ago at NSSF training camp for instructors. That is whole different level of shooting. And nothing like shooting a $500 sporter.
 
Can due less than half a dime off bipods at 50.…..no sling or coat needed at the bench lol
 
I dont have an MS or 3 position rifle. Yrs ago did have a 64M/1403. Entry level rig that was OK. First shot one at a high school range back in the 80s ( was under the gym ).
 
I entered the earlier contest that compared rifles directly using a rest. I didn't think some of the targets in the 10 shot challenge were legit and also since front and back rests weren't allowed it wouldn't be a fair comparison of the rifles themselves.
Factory rifles will vary. I shoot two CZ's, I prefer a 452 American for competitions. I was surprised when a older stock 10/22 came the closest to anyone beating me in one small match. I do have a modified 10/22 that shoots very well but not as well as my CZ's. I have also shot against many other brands. No doubt a good shooter with good ammo with a good Anschutz would beat me. The guy I bought my 452 American told me that because he also shot Annies. Also my 540XR will likely outshoot my 452. I never tested them head to head but it did have one of the best scores in the prove it thread.
I disagree that shooting a mediocre rifle will help skills. It is hard to tell if you are missing because your technique is bad or your rifle is. As threads about accuracy often prove, one mans idea of accuracy can be much different than another guys. If you call a Marlin 60 accurate we are not on the same page.
On rimfire central they tell me that there isn't much difference between 452, 455, and 457 CZ's. I don't know. I also would like to try the new Tikka, and Ruger Americans shoot well I am told.

Front rests were allowed in certain catagories, as far as rear rest might as well have a robot shoot the gun for you if you are just gonna only have to pull the the trigger.
 
I'm not a dedicated rimfire shooter like some members but what I have seen based on members posts in various threads it is hard to go wrong with a CZ.
 
BR guys use pedestal fronts w adjustment and a bag at the back. There still is shooter input......hardly a robot. The game is more fine. The inputs and errors seen more fine.
 
Settle what? You can't figure out how accurate a rifle is that way. I did shoot Olympic target rifles offhand many years ago at NSSF training camp for instructors. That is whole different level of shooting. And nothing like shooting a $500 sporter.
Settle the fact that when shooting off hand whether the rifle is good, very good or fantastic is not so important. The shooter is more important than the rifle. That was my point. .
 
Much of that is perception. They probably think shooting a 1/2" group @25 yards with that setup is good.
ive only tried it once. After driving over an hr to a range. Hopped out of lifted Jeep and saw a guy at far bench w Stolle Panda. He offered my bud and I a go w his rig. Stuck cases on me twice ...so he pulled from rests. Apologized and said thatd mess up my group. Got the next three off w no issues and he checks the spotter......asks which group was mine. Told him and he got kinda POd. 225 yards. Slight breeze. Half inch group.
 
Eh....worked under microscopes for a living back then. Similar stuff....just let er rip when flags the same
 
Offhand game.......target stuff is fitted to shooter. Not fair to compare those to non adj stock stuff
 
ive only tried it once. After driving over an hr to a range. Hopped out of lifted Jeep and saw a guy at far bench w Stolle Panda. He offered my bud and I a go w his rig. Stuck cases on me twice ...so he pulled from rests. Apologized and said thatd mess up my group. Got the next three off w no issues and he checks the spotter......asks which group was mine. Told him and he got kinda POd. 225 yards. Slight breeze. Half inch group.

I am assuming you are now talking about a centerfire.
 
After shooting two consecutive 250s and a 249 on an IR 50/50 Unlimited match, I decided that it wouldn't get any better than that, so I finished the season, then quit the game. The 249 was perfect until the last shot, that I think was a bad round. (Two sighters were perfect>) That's Rimfire Benchrest!!! I started the venue at our club and ran matches for over 10 years, but it had become very much an expensive equipment game and some people were getting too "negative" for my liking, so I opted out!
 
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I did shoot a sub 2 inch group at 50 yds offhand w rimfire. 5 shots. Next 5 same thing. But that was w a 648 Smith and no optic. IHMSA boar target.... cardboard. Shots halfway up but left of center. I adjusted my sight and it was good after that. Of course at a match i topple eight rams at 100 and the guy comments that my rear sight is not perfectly centered....is slightly to the right. Lol. Told him my 629 was same way
 
Dunno if he was serious or trying to get in my head. I wasnt gung ho so never got good at that stuff. Was just AA w a leg up in Prod, FP and UAS. For a hunter guy w hunting stuff I thought it was OK. Solid AAA wouldnt have been much effort to achieve. Ran reg SuperX so that cost me a few. Time and money..... gotta pay your dues
 
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