Most Accurate .22lr

A stock Marlin Model 60 is highly accurate in my opinion. Open sights I can hit spent shotgun shells at 50 yards.

Cost aside, I suppose a super tricked out 10/22 with a good scope would be tough to beat. What setup do Olympic shooters use?

Anschutz seems to dominate every .22 rifle accuracy competition where the competitiors are serious about winning from the Olympics on down to club level.

Anschutz wins most of the matches around the world. Although a custom benchrest might be the one. In either case, it is a good thing that cost is not an issue.

Drue

Anshutz 1913 or 2013 then use lapua Midas 22lr.

I'm pretty sure the answer is going to be an Anschutz. One of their rifles + some Eley Black Box would seem like a good place to start if you don't know enough to be more specific, but have the money to spend and what the best.

The most accurate rimfire rifle I have ever owned or shot is a Remington 541T. It blows my CZ455 away and likes most ammo.

I use an Anschutz 1813 Supermatch with a custom Atkinson cut rifling barrel and Lapua
Midas or Center X ammunition for my smallbore completion.
It works well for me. The folks that I shoot with virtually all use some variant of the Anschutz rifles. Some with Annie barrels, others with custom barrels.

Roger

I like my Marlin Model 60 and my daughters 10/22. The 60 is very accurate. Their are plenty of rifles that are more accurate, but not for under $200.

If you go over to rimfire central you'll see some pretty amazing competition stuff

redneck2 said:

Uhhhhh.......LR what?? Rifle (or pistol) or manufacturer of ammo?

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Uh...he just said what. Rifle. That's why every single response has been discussing rifles.

FYI: The "lr" in .22lr stands for long rifle. He is asking about the most accurate .22 long rifle, rifle. Just like he said in the OP.

Anschutz rifles. They are not made for coming in second place.

Irrespective of price, Anschutz. With price in mind, probably Savage, maybe CZ.

I collect high quality 22 rifles and have found some surprisingly accurate rifles. I have an Anshcutz 54 Sporter that is my "gold standard" to compare all others against. My pre WWII Mauser 340b's will equal the Anschutz with some ammo as will the Russian CM-2. The CM-2's were available for less than $300 a couple of years ago.
Any 22 rifle is finicky on ammo preference. Buy several different brands and types (if you can find them) and do lots of shooting.

Anschutz

There are lots of accurate rifles....the ones that win the national championships around the world; the ones that win the Olympics.....are Anschutz.

Pete

I'll play.

At what distance?

At 25yds, my old Remington 510 Targetmaster will stack one shot on top of another. When my eyes were younger, I once put 10 shots in a dime size circle at 50yds just to prove to a skeptical friend what she'd do. Kind of comical really since the rear sight elevator was lost years ago and was replaced with a piece of cardboard. Taught both my daughter and son to shoot using that rifle.

I'll assume you are speaking of factory sporter rifles. I own what I consider to be a pretty accurate collection of .22 sporters - an Anschutz 1712 (54 action), 2 Sako Quads (one with a Lilja barrel) and 4 CZ 452s.

I'll put it to you this way - all of them are capable of accuracy somewhere in the .3s" at 50 yards. The Annie 54 and Sako-Lilja might shoot in the .2s" on average on very rare occasions - and that's if the wind, ammo, rest, shooter, etc. all come together. All said, these rifles are only fractions of a fraction of an inch more accurate than one another, and any can outshoot the other on any given day with ammo it likes.

The real difference becomes more noticeable at 100 yards. The Annie 54 and Sako-Lilja have an easier time at keeping the groups within MOA at 100 yards.

Anschutz
Cooper

My most accurate .22 is a Remington 541T with sporter barrel.

I would say out of the box an Anschutz more than likely, $1,000 to $4,000 range.

Also a Swiss Bleiker, Barreled action alone $8,000, add custom stock another $2,000, then add sights $1,000, shipping, import fees, and broker fees approx. $1,000.

But its accuracy shows in the price of the rifle.

Hurricane: Did such a Marlin 60 have a typical stock trigger with no modification?

Anschutz 54 Match, Remington 40x, Remington 37, Winchester 52?...Sure....Marlin Model 60?...Ain't no way.

I will echo the Anschutz 54 match

hard to beat the marlin model 60 for the money

It may sound redundant but I agree Anschutz rifles are amazingly accurate. Both their 54 and 164 actions are world class winners. The Winchester 52 is high on the list too IMO. Cooper makes an accurate .22 rifle, I think it's there Model 57 that is rated very high. Browning makes a very accurate .22 rifle too.

You know, there seem to be a lot over very accurate .22LR guns available, we are very lucky some are not even very expensive. Last year I bought a Savage Mark II BV w/heavy barrel and Accu-trigger. For just over $300 I got a very accurate rifle that is more accurate than I expected. Good rifles are still being made at fair prices.

One thing about the upper end Anschutz rifles that always bothered me was the weight. But I'm coming at it with the perspective of a squirrel hunter and not as a target shooter. I remember looking at 1800-series rifles 20 or 30 years ago. Let me see if I can find the weights.

"The 1813 Supermatch was Anschutz's flagship model from 1980-87. ... Overall weight would be 14lb (or over) against 10.5lb for the 1807."

Even the 1700-series guns are substantial compared to the typical sporter being sold.

By way of comparison, a Cooper Model 57M weighs about 6.5 pounds. A 1710 D KL Anschutz is 7.5 pounds. http://jga.anschuetz-sport.com/index.php5?produktID=96&menu=106&sprache=1&produktShow=detail


"My most accurate .22 is a Remington 541T with sporter barrel."

My 541-S is extremely accurate, along with a Cooper Custom Classic and a Finnfire.