bolt action 22

[I6turbo]

Back to hog-back stocks and scopes and cheek weld.... here's how I try to mount my scopes on a CZ with the hog-back stock. This as a 3-9x40 AO (Weaver V9) on a 452 FS. In the interest of low mounting and sight clearance, I've removed the rear sight (not the mounting boss) from the gun. Removing the sight takes only a few seconds because it just slides into the boss along with an integrated leaf spring, and re-installing is equally quick. If you don't want to remove the sight you can use a shorter scope and mount it behind the sight.

 

[ECVMatt]

Here is a quick kids and shooting digression:



I love my CZ trainer, but like all guns it has it faults. I hate the backwards safety, it has some sharp edges that cut my hands, mags are really expensive compared to other .22's. and parts are hard to get as CZ seems to ship them in runs and then they are out for extended periods of time. Overall they are really nice, but not perfection. I also think the mounts for the Ruger are far superior and it was made for a scope. I realize that CZ has scope ready models now, but the iron sight models all seem to have a compromise in one way or another.

At least you are getting a diversified opinion......

 

[redneck2]

I have a CZ Varminter 453 with the single set trigger. Couple weeks ago I got real serious, and tried shooting groups with Wolf Match ammo. Shot two consecutive one hole groups in the low .4's (at 50 yards). The set trigger is outstanding. Mine has a VX-3 4x14x40 scope.

 

[javjacob]

does anyone still make a 22 that has wood or even laminate stock, blued steel, bolt action, and most important... tube fed? I just cant stand detachable magazines and refuse to buy a rifle with detachable magazines

 

[ECVMatt]

I believe that Marlin makes quite a few tube feed rifles.

 

[Steve C]

You should give the Browning T-bolt some consideration.

When I was 13 my dad bought me a Browning T-bolt for Christmas. It is still one of the most accurate .22 rifles I have shot. The action is fast, the trigger breaks like glass.

The current reintroduced T-bolt is a more adult size than my 47 year old rifle with a 10 round rotary type magazine vrs the original 5 round in line, but like all Browning made guns the ones I've looked at are top notch in finish and looks. Their accuracy should be just as good.

 

[tuj]

I would get the CZ. They are excellent rifles. I've had a chance to shoot a lot of fine .22lr bolt actions like my 40X, a custom Myers, a Win 52C, Kimber 82G, Savage MKII, various other Remingtons, and various other strange 22's like the Cooey and TOZ.

For the dollar, you can't beat CZ right now. I would have said Savage, but I have a MKII myself and I can't get it to shoot that accurately and I've done a lot of work to try. The CZ's are accurate out of the box and have a decent trigger.

 

[Bobson]

Does anyone still make a 22 that has wood or even laminate stock, blued steel, bolt action, and most important... tube fed? I just cant stand detachable magazines and refuse to buy a rifle with detachable magazines

I believe that Marlin makes quite a few tube feed rifles.

Yep. The Marlin 60 is available with a wood stock, blued, and is tube-fed. But its semi-auto, not bolt action. I don't know of any tube-fed rimfire that's bolt action, by any manufacturer.

The Marlin 60 is a pretty decent rifle, but you're not going to get the kind if quality you would from a CZ. That's coming from a fan of the Model 60.

 

[dak0ta]

Marlin 983T and its variants are tube fed

 

[Bobson]

Marlin 983T and its variants are tube fed

Yep. They're all 22 WM though. I assumed he was asking about 22LR.

I just checked Marlin's lineup. They don't offer a rifle that meets all four conditions. There's a blued, tube, bolt, but it has a synthetic stock (the 981T). That's as close as you're gonna get from Marlin, unless they offer something that's not listed online. They also make the 915Y, which is a blued, wood, bolt - but not tube fed; and he said that was the most important.

ETA:

Actually if the only reason you want a tube fed rifle is because you hate detachable mags, you may be in luck with the 915Y. It doesn't have a detachable mag - it's single-shot. (Oops, the Y stands for youth.)

 

[CB900F]

JavaJacob;

How important is the bolt action part of the requirements? Considering the current state of affairs with the .22 market, you may want to look for a good used Marlin 39A. That's going to be wood/blue/tube/lever. However, if you check the "The Marlin 39 Club" thread here in the Rifle forum, you'll find what there is to know (and a ton of and-then-some) about them including verifiable information on the accuracy, which is very good.

900F

 

[DM~]

You should give the Browning T-bolt some consideration.

When I was 13 my dad bought me a Browning T-bolt for Christmas. It is still one of the most accurate .22 rifles I have shot. The action is fast, the trigger breaks like glass.

The current reintroduced T-bolt is a more adult size than my 47 year old rifle with a 10 round rotary type magazine vrs the original 5 round in line, but like all Browning made guns the ones I've looked at are top notch in finish and looks. Their accuracy should be just as good.

I wouldn't consider it too hard, with the T-bolts crappy plastic non adjustable trigger...

DM

 

[Steve C]

I wouldn't consider it too hard, with the T-bolts crappy plastic non adjustable trigger...

The triggers on the current manufacture have an adjustment screw for trigger pull in front of the trigger guard. I believe just the trigger guard is plastic but the plastic bashing kind of went by the wayside with the durable usage of plastics from the old Remington 66 to the Glock. The current term "light weight polymer" makes "plastic" much more appealing.

 

[frankenstein406]

Hard to beat a old mossberg Target model. You can still buy the adjustable rear sight if yours is missing it.