What do people do with nice .22 LR Rifles?

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Good 22 Rifles

I have no problem spending money on a quality 22. Quality does not mean price as noted by the Mossberg included in this sample below. You forget about the money because of how well it feels and works, but get something you compromised on, you are reminded everytime you use it. :) Here are just a few of the 22s that followed me home.

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ID this 22 Rifle

Oh, if you can identify this rifle, you REALLY know your stuff! :D (Moved to another thread to keep this on topic.)
 
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^^At first glance I thought it was a 54 SuperMatch but the bolt handle is too far forward.
I figured out what it is, but I ain't tellin.:D
Nice rifle.

2/22/12 edit: (Just for the record, I thought it was a 37 too).
 
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I've been hunting and plinking with my first Anschutz 22lr since the 70's when i bought it new, i can't tell you how many ptmarigan, rabbits or other meat it's put on my table.

Since that time i've bought many other 22's includeing Anschutz, Kimber, Win 52 and many others. All of them were used for plinking, hunting and target shooting. Some i didn't like and are long gone, but of the more expensive ones, i still have two Anschutz rifles and i did just order a custom made 22 from NULA. That one will be used for a plinker, hunter and just plain fun too!

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One of these with a custom stock.
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I can't see the rifle that well but I don't think so. Your rifle appears to have the serial number on top of the front receiver ring and what appears to be a safety to the left rear of the receiver. I never seen one like mine laid out like that. I can't see it very well but yours looks sort of like a 37 Remington.

I did not want to high jack the thread so I started one here to guess what the rifle is and put a few clues there. When I seen where you were from, I thought you had it figured out.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=644769
 
I use my 10/22 for everything. Ammo is cheap, and the report is minimal (compared to a centerfire). Shooting cans, pest control, anything that needs to be shot. It's a great way to unwind after a long day.
 
I tend to favor singleshots. I inherited from my dad a Remington 714. Many a critter went to critter heaven with it.
I have winchester single shots and a German military trainer single shot.
Those 22s are the best thing since sliced bread for teaching someone how to shoot.
I have a small round 6" steel target suspended from a cable that my son and I shoot from the standing position at 60 yards. It sees a lot of action.
 
I like to shoot the nicer ones as far as I have access to. Competitions are fun too.
 
I shoot a Remingtom 541S with a Leupold VX III 2.5-8.00X. When I found a rare new one at the Tulsa Gun Show, the guy was asking $1,000 and not budging on the price. The scope is a good one, but don't know current price..I think around $400. I hunt squirrels with it. I also have a Winchester 67A single shot that I paid $10 for in a pawn shop in about 1967. I can kill squirrels with it just as easily as my expensive gun. But...nothing beats picking up a fine firearm and I really love my 541S. During the off-season, I take it to the range and punch paper. It is one of those guns I will own for life. I do not believe in leaving fine guns sitting in the gun cabinet. I'm a shooter, not a collector.
 
For the longest time, I had 1 10/22 that I got in trade when a roommate couldn't pay rent. I went on about acquiring centerfire pieces and could never understand why people would pay so much for 22LR pieces. A brick of ammo back then was 500 rounds and less than $7.99! 20 years later, a "brick" is anywhere from 333 to 525 rounds and is over $20! But still cheaper than my centerfire cousins.

I've started a rimfire branch of my hoard over the last couple years. Lots of different models. I love semi-auto rimfire cause I can't stand chasing my brass. I've grown to prefer revolvers because of this. Shooting a little 2" snubbie 22LR has helped me shoot my 2" 44Mag better. Shooting 22LR rifles has helped me shoot all my other rifles better. Practice, practice, practice...

Both a shooter and collector here. When your acquisition rate exceeds your allotted range time, you end up with pieces that you've never shot cause you're too busy shooting all the others!
 
I have a nice savage m2 with a varmint scope and I use it to dispatch stinkers from footholds a nice safe distance away. I also use it to lose quarters to the old men with tikkas at the club :)
 
Thank you all for the wonderful photos. The low wall 22 put a big smile on my face. A friend of mine has a high wall single shot that I've admired. WHen I mention a low wall 22 single shot I suspect he will look into getting a nice one.
 
I have a fellow offering a Ruger 77/22 for around $450, I think he will go down some. The rifle looks new though I know he has had it for several years, It has a Williams receiver sight on it. Any body have any info on these?
 
I have a few 22's that I like to shoot. The old standard 10/22 is always ready to go out, as well as my Marlin 880 SQ with a 4x scope and bipod. One 22 that is not as cheap to shoot is my Winchester 1890, which is a 22 WRF. Finally, I am looking for a few parts to get my Winchester 52 working. That may be my favorite, once it is working. I like to target shoot with them.
 
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Smith, hard to see the rear sight mount but it looks like a Winchester 52 variant. My guess would be an A or Pre-A by the safety lever.

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I've had a number of .22's over the last many years and I enjoy shooting all of them. Most of us probably learned to shoot on some type of .22 rifle, mine was a Remington pump and rabbits never had a chance.

My Dad gave me a Mossberg semi-auto when I turned 13 (a long time ago) and I still have it. I bought a Browning BL-22 and a 10/22 years ago and enjoy them all.

The most expensive .22 I've ever bought (at least at the time) is the Ruger 77/22 purchased when Ruger first offered it. Early 80's I think. Mine has open sights which they don't offer today. I remember paying $325 for it and everyone thought I was crazy to spend that kind of money on a .22. I've never regretted it. The rifle is one of the most accurate I've ever shot including the Remington target rifle I used when on the rifle team in the late 60's. Considering the MSRP for the gun today is $800-900 I wonder if I would still buy it.

I shoot more .22 than anything else, partly because of the low cost but mostly because they are a lot of fun.
 
I've only owned one .22 in the 46 years I've been shooting...a Stevens model 56 Buckhorn that my Grandpa gave me. All this talk about plinking has made me want to dig it out of the safe and go shoot!
 
I have to take some updated pictures...
I have several, but my favorite is at about $800. It started life as a Target 10 22. It now has a Promag Archangel stock, a Majestic 17 inch aluminum barrel, some internal mods including a 2 3/4 lb trigger with no overtravel and a BSA 6x24 scope.

One of my favorite things to do with it is target shoot from the porch. I can get out to 117 yards safely below the top of the ridge. There is a fallen tree up there we'be put golf tees in. We shoot ping pong balls off of them. Or we'll stick 410 shells in the end of rotten logs and shoot the primers. No doubt when you've hit one..

This is the same rifle that I shot a perfect Appleseed with (I scored it a 249 but the line boss scored it 250) using a 3x9 scope. I loaned it to possibly the best natural shooter I've met, a 13 year old girl who is now an instructor at Appleseed. She got her patch with it, shooting a 238.
 
It's not about price of the gun to me it's the price of the ammo and the variety of ammo you can get with a .22

Went 300 yards 2 weeks ago. Friggin love this gun!
 
There is that too. I bought a Walther P22 for a practice pistol rather than shoot 9mm. After about the first 1000 rounds the pistol is "free".

For me it's not so much about buying a nice rifle as it is building it and watching the progress from good to better to great. It's a comparatively cheap platform to build, and any variables are amplified. So if you do your learning on 22LR, you will be very good with centerfire without having to pay for the education.
 
Nostalgia time: My Dad gave me a Winchester Model 69A for my thirteenth birthday, and taught me how to use it. He was, among other things, a small arms instructor for the Navy during WWII. Chief Warrant Officer in Ordnance, if you must know. Back in the day, when my eyes and reflexes were still pretty good, that little Winchester routinely put five shot groups inside a dime on the fifty foot range... with open sights.... I finally sold it a few years ago. I was not using it, and I just hope that the new owner is using it to teach his children and grandchildren the responsible and proper use of good firearms.
 
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