I'm trying to find a specific kind of .22 rifle.

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So preferably I'd like a left handed bolt action rifle, with iron sights, and a tubular magazine. Does such a thing exist? I mean if worst comes to worst I can do without the tube mag, but at that point why don't I just get a lever action?

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As far as I can tell, only one left-handed .22 bolt gun with a tubular magazine was ever produced. That was the Mossberg L45. Only 201 were made in 1937-1938.
Lotsa luck finding one of those!
Like the rest of today's southpaws, I settled for a Savage Mark II with a box magazine.
I'd be happier with a tube, but hey, what can you do?
Left-handers are a forgotten "minority group". :banghead:
 
Dang fiddle that sucks :c

How well do these box mag 22s handle shorts?


Wood I just be better off with a lever rifle like a Henry golden boy over a bolt? Would there be a noticeable difference in accuracy between them?
 
Unfortunately, the box magazine in a Savage Mark II doesn't handle shorts at all. Same goes for CCI CB Longs. Just won't cycle them.
It's either long rifle cartridges, or nothing. :(
Thank God CCI recently came up with the Quiet lr round. Without that round, I wouldn't be able to use the Mark II for backyard pest control at all.
Lever actions are fine. The Marlin 39A and the Henry are good rifles. I've owned the Marlin for 35 years. But the Savage Mark II boltgun is more accurate.
Fun being a lefty, eh?
 
Could you hand feed shorts single-shot style? Also do the savages have any wood options for furniture and how does it look?
 
How about a Remington or Winchester pump action? Both made tube fed versions, the Winchester copied by several other makers. I cannot recall a single rifle that meets all of your wish list criteria but the Fieldmaster and the 61 are both great choices, especially for shooting mixed ammo.
 
Grunt: When I bought my Mark II, for some weird reason the dealer didn't have a magazine for it. I had to wait several weeks while he ordered a couple. In the meantime, I shot it by hand-feeding each round into the chamber. What a pain! You gotta have skinny little girl fingers to reach down the tunnel into the chamber. :rolleyes:
I've heard that there's a single-shot adapter that fits the Mark II, but I've never personally seen one, so I don't know if it will handle shorts or not. Somebody will probably come along who will know.
My Mark II is a "G" model with a wooden stock. Looks like birch or some mystery wood, but it's still rather attractive. I sanded the inside of the forearm so the barrel free-floats and that improved the accuracy.
The Savage/Stevens forum at RimfireCentral has tons of info about this model.
 
+1 on looking for a pump gun. I am left handed too and have several lever action and pump .22s. You can usually find a Rem 572 Fieldmaster for a reasonable price, plus they are full sized guns.

Lever guns are nice too - Marlin makes a great gun, the Winchester 9422 is a good choice too.
 
Might be a dumb question, but what are the advantages of pump vs lever in .22?

I mean I guess pump would be good for shotgun muscle memory vs lever. Is one more accurate?

I'm really looking for a nice rifle that I can use to practice my marksmanship for cheap, that looks nice and is versatile.
 
fiddleharp said:
As far as I can tell, only one left-handed .22 bolt gun with a tubular magazine was ever produced. That was the Mossberg L45. Only 201 were made in 1937-1938.
Lotsa luck finding one of those!
Like the rest of today's southpaws, I settled for a Savage Mark II with a box magazine.
I'd be happier with a tube, but hey, what can you do?
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I guess you could do what "I" did, make your own!

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DM
 
My 77/22 will run 22 long CB caps out of the mag but it's right handed. I have a Browning lever that is tube fed and will run LR, L and shorts; however, my go to critter getter around the house is the Remington pump .22, it will hold almost half a box of .22 short and is faster than any lever or cam style bolt action.
 
Yeah, I'm also kinda curious how DM "made" his rifle.
I wouldn't mind reading an entire blog on how he did it, from beginning to end.
If I were going to attempt such a project, my magazine tube would be in the buttstock, like the Browning SA and the Remington Nylon 66.
I wonder if that concept would work in a bolt-action rifle?
 
if you can live with a magazined rifle the remington 581 left hand may be for you. i am left handed and own two that i love and they will feed .22 shorts,longs and long rifle shells thru the magazine. eastbank.
 
One of the advantages of a pump is you can stay on target while working the action. Another is speed, I used to be able to fire my 1906 almost as fast as a semi auto. When I was in HS a friend of mine and I used to have speed shooting contests. I used to get 12 rounds off on my 1906 to his 13. He was using a semi auto rifle.
 
That's pretty cool that you pump and auto guys can send that many rounds downrange in so short a time.
I suppose I'm just a cheap old fart who can't justify anything other than one shot/one kill. Especially with today's ammo shortages and prices.
Last week it took me two shots to kill a squirrel. Just as I was squeezing the trigger on what I thought was a sure head shot, he lurched forward and my bullet smacked the tree, inches from his head.
Fortunately (for me), he froze, with a "what was that?" look on his face, allowing me to work the bolt and line up a second shot.
That one did the trick.
Must be nice to be rich enough to spray ammo all over the place.
 
For .22s I've got 3 auto loaders, 4 bolt actions (2 are single-shot), 1 break action and a revolver. I have another bolt action on the way. None of my .22s are spraying ammo.

What makes a rifle accurate are the barrel and its chamber. So long as the feeding mechanism loads the ammo without damaging it and the given ammo shoots well through the specific rifle, no action style is really more accurate than any other. There's more to it than that of course but in discussing rifles accurate enough for anything short of competition, there is no reason to be overly concerned over practical accuracy. Fitting the shooter is IMO the important part.
 
fiddleharp,

In the 1870's or 80's Remington made a butt tube feed .45-70 bolt action for army testing and a few civilian hunting guns.

So I would say yes to your question.

I am very interested in seeing a reply from DM tilde about how he made his rifle.

-kBob
 
I am not DM so my take on this may not be the answer. A 22 bolt action is usually pretty simple. The reciever is a tube and the bolt handle is usually the only "lock" used. If it were me, I would using an appropriate piece of seamless tubing to make the reciever and simply remove the bolt handle from the right side and mount it on the left. Evrything else would still be factory, ie trigger.

Heck, make the reciever from stainless to pretty it up and add some contrast.
 
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