brickboy240
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Greetings,
After checking around on avaialbility of 17M2 ammo, I htink I might decide on picking up a Marlin bolt gun in 22WMR.
I saw one at Wal Mart that has iron sights and a detatchable box style clip. It has blued metal and a walnut stock. They wanted about 160-170 bucks for it, new.
I have an extra 4x12x40 Bushnell cheapie scope I could throw on it. I am wanting this rifle for varmint (raccoon, skunk, armadillo) control and maybe shooting coyotes or stray dogs at short ranges.
Are these Marlins any good? Accurate? Reliable? Should I pass on these and go to the 17HMR caliber? I would think the 22WMR would be a decent round, but I have heard in the past that the 22mag is not a very accurate round...is this true?
Any opnions would be appreciated. This looks like a nice little rifle for the money and I wanted something that is cheaper to shoot than the 17HMR and easier to find ammo for than the 17M2.
Thanks!
-Brickboy240
After checking around on avaialbility of 17M2 ammo, I htink I might decide on picking up a Marlin bolt gun in 22WMR.
I saw one at Wal Mart that has iron sights and a detatchable box style clip. It has blued metal and a walnut stock. They wanted about 160-170 bucks for it, new.
I have an extra 4x12x40 Bushnell cheapie scope I could throw on it. I am wanting this rifle for varmint (raccoon, skunk, armadillo) control and maybe shooting coyotes or stray dogs at short ranges.
Are these Marlins any good? Accurate? Reliable? Should I pass on these and go to the 17HMR caliber? I would think the 22WMR would be a decent round, but I have heard in the past that the 22mag is not a very accurate round...is this true?
Any opnions would be appreciated. This looks like a nice little rifle for the money and I wanted something that is cheaper to shoot than the 17HMR and easier to find ammo for than the 17M2.
Thanks!
-Brickboy240