recommendation for bolt action 22

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If you don't mind looking for used and don't need the polish of the Annies or CZ, I'd look for a Romanian M69. A great shooter and it comes equipped with fold down express sights.

I paid $79 for mine, but I think they are still around $150
 
Cabelas has a sale starts thurs
Savage 22 nxt generation, fluted barrel, bolt action, 5 rds mag., 3-9 scope(bor sited)
accu-trigger.--------------$300
 
I like sporters mostly. I very much like the Savage Mark II Classic (walnut stock version), CZ 452 (current version is the 455), Weatherby Mark XXII (bolt), and the Remington 547. Don't really have any signifcant experience with Sako's, Ruger 10/77, Anschutz, or the Browning T-bolt (yet). The Savage is the best rifle for the money overall. Next comes the CZ's overall, followed by the Weatherby if you like the stock.

I really like the Remington 547. But sometimes have a hard time justifying the cost relative to the old 541-S or 541-T. For general shooting, these Remington's are hard to beat if you like the classic look.
 
I really like the Weatherby stock...it would make a nice companion for my Mark XXII (Japanese semi-auto)...but I wish they had done it with the M54 action. At the same time, I understand their desire to keep the price point down
 
Take a look at the Remington Model 504. Tough, accurate, good-looking and reasonably priced, though disccontinued, they can still be found new on some dealers' shelves for $400.00 or so.
 
Just bought another Sako Quad today. I will leave it NIB for quite a while. The one-barrel Hunters are dwindling fast. When a rifle is that good you need a backup.
 
What you see in that package was the Savage Mark II at dicks... $240
- Bull fluted barrel.
- Accutrigger
- Scope
- 1x5rd magazine
- Stock not the best but not so bad and all floating.

Consistent submoa hits at 100yards with CCI value packs, not even ellie or other match loads.

I bought it w/o expecting a lot but, just some good fun, but I got a lot more than many other 22's that I have. This is the most accurate of all, even other expensive ones. Zero issues with it.

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I will see if I can find some targets...
 
Recently, I've seen some cheap bolt-action .22s and some good .22s, but don't think there are any good, cheap .22LR bolt actions anymore.

Cheap new guns are meant to go out the door, not be accurate and last a long time. Find yourself an older used one that shoots decently. It will probably outlast most of the junk that's being passed off as rifles these days. Mossbergs were excellent rifles and shoot pretty well, even when banged up a bit.
 
I hear that the Savages have problems with the magazines not feed properly after a while.
 
Remington 541S

Bought one used in the late 70's. Would not group less than an inch. Talked to Jim Stekl at Ilion and sent it back. He called and said they could fix it for $25. Sent it back collect. New rifle less stock that I kept when I sent to him. Quarter inch groups every time now. Don,t know if Jim or Mike Walker are still around, but they were a great pair in the custom shop when I visited them. These are 50yd groups.
 
Remington 541S

Bought one used in the late 70's. Would not group less than an inch. Talked to Jim Stekl at Ilion and sent it back. He called and said they could fix it for $25. Sent it back collect. New rifle less stock that I kept when I sent to him. Quarter inch groups every time now. Don,t know if Jim or Mike Walker are still around, but they were a great pair in the custom shop when I visited them. These are 50yd groups.
 
Marlin's sporter barrels are very thick and long (22'') and the microgroove rifling enables them to shoot just as well or if not better than savages. Just fix the trigger, but that's solved with the new pro-fire trigger. For the 900 series, just replace the sear spring with a ballpoint pen spring and it's 3 lbs and extremely crisp. The Marlin receiver is also thicker than the Savage's.
 
All that I can say is that if I want to buy a bull barrel fluted alone most likely might be spending more than the whole Dicks package.
Of course there are many other good ones at good value.
zero issues with the magazines so far.
Cheers.
 
I began target shooting, 50' indoor and outdoor matches in 1950. Shot target rifles and in those days, aside from very expensive European rifles, the gold standards were the Winchester 52 and Remington 37. Winchester, back then, made a sporter, the Model 52 Sporter, .22 long rifle. It was beautiful, looked like a miniaturized Model 70. It was probably the best .22 long rifle made for non-target purposes. If I could find one today I'd buy it. Cost probably too high, though. My first gun was a Remington 511, bolt action, clip. Excellent for rabbits and squirrels, deadly on tin cans.
 
Winchester, back then, made a sporter, the Model 52 Sporter, .22 long rifle. It was beautiful, looked like a miniaturized Model 70. It was probably the best .22 long rifle made for non-target purposes. If I could find one today I'd buy it. Cost probably too high, though.
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Browning made a short run (5,000) of Model 52 Sporter reproductions in Japan (likely Miroku) back in the very early nineties. I would have to assume that the repos will be priced a lot cheaper than the real article and, unless you're a devout collector of Winchesters and only want a .22 sporter for squirrels and such, the Browning would suit your needs/wants just fine.
 
My Sako is also more accurate than my CZ 452, but both shoot sub-moa. The difference is more pronounced at longer distances.
 
CZ 452 or 453 (set trigger option) Varmint barrel.

I just purchased one used for $365 plus tax. Mounted a 4x32 Nikon rimfire scope and shot a 5/16" (center-to-center) 5-shot group at 50 yards using CCI standard velocity 40-gr. target ammo, which runs about $26 for 500 rounds. Incredible.

After that experience I bought a new CZ 452 Scout for myself, my son and daughter to enjoy.
 
The interesting thing about my CZ 452 is that it will shoot Winchester 333s almost as accurate as Wolf Target ammo.
 
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