best rifle for relaxing and shooting

[chicharrones]

Ooof. I hate cleaning guns. Too much like my daily job when on a machine maintenance service call. I do clean my guns, but it's simply a necessary chore to me.

I gotta admit, I'm liking the folks here mentioning single shot rifles and carbines. Something like a Winchester 1885 Hunter in .22 WMR or an older Ruger #1 in .223 certainly would be interesting to me for a "relaxing" gun.

 

[doubleh]

The OP said no 22 LR. I find that a bit strange when it comes to relaxed shooting which to me means little or no recoil, little noise, and little cost to shoot but to each his own. Just stretch out the distance you shoot the 22 and it will seem like a larger caliber without the noise, recoil, and cost if you want some challenge with your relaxation. Moving into centerfire I am happy with the .223. Of course the low noise factor goes away but the recoil is low and if you add an effective muzzle break you can sit at the bench and see your shots hit the target just like with a 22 LR. Of course all of us have our own opinion of what we like and don't like and that keeps life interesting----and argumentative.

 

[kmw1954]

25 - 100yds 22LR. 100 - 300yds 223.

At the 25/100yd range I find it amazing the number of people shooting 22LR and some get very serious. Then if just shooting paper for fun at 100/300yds I can't understand the large caliber guns with a ton of powder and costly bullets. So the lowly 223 works for me.

 

[webrx]

Ruger precision rim fire in 22 mag or my Howa 223 varmint rifle. I can ring and hear steel at 500 with the howa and keep the ruger in a 3 inch or better group if I take my time on a shoot and see target at 200.

not an expensive outing, they are both bolt actions and it is good wind practice.

I like shooting 22 lr at 50 and 100 with my savage BTVS bolt action also.

Also I have under 1k in each of these including optics. The RPR rimfire is a great great practice platform and was around $400.
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