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The threads about tack-driving .22 rifles has me wanting a better rifle. .22 is my favorite gun to grab for some fun shooting, small game, barnlot and garden pests.
Here are some of my criteria:
*Ultra accurate capability.
*threaded barrel
*optic-ready...(no claw style .22 scope mounts)

I prefer a semi auto target style rifle, but I am leaving my action options open. A semi auto suits me better for informal plinking, and follow up shots.

I am leaning towards a ruger 10/22 target lite, however my lgs has a t/c target performance center rifle on the rack that seems to be a 10/22 clone. Does any know about the t/c performance center target model?

Can I expect uber-accuracy from a semi auto, or do I need to be looking at a bolt gun?
I'm a ruger guy, but I want to hear from savage owners, cz owners, and classic target gun owners.
Any thoughts on a sub $1k tack driver?
 
The preference to semi-autos, especially with threaded barrel definitely narrows down options. Would having a barrel threaded after purchase be a choice?
 
Pick up a cheap pawnshop 10-22 and replace the barrel with something better if you want semi auto. Either have someone work over the factory trigger or replace it. That's what I did with the top rifle. I bought the barrel from Cabelas, the stock is Hogue and a gunsmith worked over the trigger.

Bottom rifle is my Tikka T1. Both will shoot MOA out to 200 yards in calm wind with CCI Mini-Mags. But the Tikka is less picky about ammo. It even shoots cheap bulk ammo into 1" groups at 50 yards.


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Two more contenders. I don't think the top rifle is available anymore. It is a 10/22 LVT, (Light Varmint Tactical) rifle and my CZ 452 American. These 2 are close, but won't quite match the other 2 for accuracy. But if you like wood they do look better. Especially the CZ.

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My three faves, all well below $1k are an old Savage-Anschutz 141 with a 6-18X BSA Sweet. 22, a CZ 455 Varmint with a 6-24X and a 10-22 that started as a carbine and has morphed into my best with a Kidd trigger, a hand me down 10-22 laminated target stock and a Shaw barrel with Bentz chamber. 6-24X on it also. I had a 10-22 Target but could not get past the "first shot out" problem. Added a fiber buffer and anti droop barrel block to the good one. As an aside, my old TC Contender carbine with TC 4X scope has produced many 1/2" 50 yard groups with CCI Minimag hollow points.
 
I've contemplated a high magnification scope on my .22 but never felt like messing with it. 4x nikon prostaff on top of my Thompson Center .22 classic has been adequate for head shot gray and fox squirrels at 75+ yards more times than I can count. I've shot a handful in the 100 yard range, rested off a limb or against a tree. The one I have put back for the kid has an old 4x redfield with fine crosshairs. They both spit out 1/2" groups at 50 yards regularly and on good days don't look much different than the holes my .45 makes.
 
I just returned from a rifle range trip shooting my new Bergara BXR semi-auto 22LR. See link below: It meets all of your criteria and then some. Often called a 10/22 clone, it surpasses the 10/22 right out of the box. Superb barrel, great trigger and the best composite stock I've ever handled. No need for upgrades. I bought the carbon fiber barrel model which is $100 more than the fluted steel model. Both are very accurate, but the carbon fiber model is lighter. I've owned 10/22 and believe me, the BXR is better. I put a Tract 22Fire 4-12X scope on it, which is a fantastic scope and a bargain for the quality. Today is the second day I tried different ammo to see what it likes. Was delighted to learn that it likes Federal AutoMatch better than Eley Contact.....weird, eh? To be fair, the Eley was accurate, but wouldn't cycle. The Federal AutoMatch was equally accurate, cycles every time and is cheap to boot! Next will be some 100yd shooting. Can't say enough good things about this rifle and the Tract scope too.

https://www.bergara.online/us/rifles/bxr/
 
Buy a 10\22, replace the barrel with a Green Mountain factory contoured one, put a BX trigger from Ruger in it and you will have a pretty accurate hunting\ plinking rig. Go whole hog with a .920 barrel, Kidd trigger, an after market stock and epoxy bedding and you will have a very accurate rifle, as good or better than any CZ.

I hate this tablet that changes half of what I type to what it thinks it should be. :cool:
 
doubleh said:
Buy a 10\22, replace the barrel with a Green Mountain factory contoured one, put a BX trigger from Ruger in it and you will have a pretty accurate hunting\ plinking rig. Go whole hog with a .920 barrel, Kidd trigger, an after market stock and epoxy bedding and you will have a very accurate rifle, as good or better than any CZ.

I hate this tablet that changes half of what I type to what it thinks it should be. :cool:
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Sniper66 said:
I just returned from a rifle range trip shooting my new Bergara BXR semi-auto 22LR. See link below: It meets all of your criteria and then some. Often called a 10/22 clone, it surpasses the 10/22 right out of the box. Superb barrel, great trigger and the best composite stock I've ever handled. No need for upgrades. I bought the carbon fiber barrel model which is $100 more than the fluted steel model. Both are very accurate, but the carbon fiber model is lighter. I've owned 10/22 and believe me, the BXR is better. I put a Tract 22Fire 4-12X scope on it, which is a fantastic scope and a bargain for the quality. Today is the second day I tried different ammo to see what it likes. Was delighted to learn that it likes Federal AutoMatch better than Eley Contact.....weird, eh? To be fair, the Eley was accurate, but wouldn't cycle. The Federal AutoMatch was equally accurate, cycles every time and is cheap to boot! Next will be some 100yd shooting. Can't say enough good things about this rifle and the Tract scope too.

https://www.bergara.online/us/rifles/bxr/
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This or one of the other "custom" 10/22s would be where id go for a semi.
I wouldnt start with a regular 10/22 tho since basically all youll keep is the receiver, which isnt grest anyway.
 
Sniper66 said:
I just returned from a rifle range trip shooting my new Bergara BXR semi-auto 22LR. See link below: It meets all of your criteria and then some. Often called a 10/22 clone, it surpasses the 10/22 right out of the box. Superb barrel, great trigger and the best composite stock I've ever handled. No need for upgrades. I bought the carbon fiber barrel model which is $100 more than the fluted steel model. Both are very accurate, but the carbon fiber model is lighter. I've owned 10/22 and believe me, the BXR is better. I put a Tract 22Fire 4-12X scope on it, which is a fantastic scope and a bargain for the quality. Today is the second day I tried different ammo to see what it likes. Was delighted to learn that it likes Federal AutoMatch better than Eley Contact.....weird, eh? To be fair, the Eley was accurate, but wouldn't cycle. The Federal AutoMatch was equally accurate, cycles every time and is cheap to boot! Next will be some 100yd shooting. Can't say enough good things about this rifle and the Tract scope too.

https://www.bergara.online/us/rifles/bxr/
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For 3X the price it should be better.
 
I have a CZ 452 that's excellent. My Bergara BXR (the ultimate squirrel gun) can keep up with it and is less ammo picky. My Tikka T1x outshoots both of them. I'm picking up a Bergara B14R in about a week and expect it will outshoot the Tikka.

Did the whole upgrade a 10/22 a few years ago. It was fun and expensive and I wouldn't do it again.
 
Have a large collection of "tack driving 22's", everything from custom built semi autos to Olympic grade competition models.....they all have one thing in common, good barrels and triggers. But....the rifle is only a partial component to obtaining a tack driver....the remaining element that many overlook is the ammo. Whether you're buying premium target ammo or grading it out with a rim thickness gauge, you'll never know what precision rim fire shooting can be until both rifle and ammo have been matched up.

The 10/22 is capable of incredible precision. Tom Volquartsen built one for me that will shoot flies at 100 yards, that kind of accuracy is possible.

Given the criteria you've specified a Volquartsen Ultra light carbon fiber barrel (comes already threaded for suppressor) and either a Kidd or Volquartsen trigger group would give you a lightweight package with the performance of a bull barrel. Receivers and parts can be obtained from Brownells if you desire to build from the ground up, or start with a stock Ruger 10/22.....only you'll end up tossing most of the OEM parts.

Thousand dollars should get you a nice semi-auto tack driver.
 
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