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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 04:14 |
Why is it we don't spend more bucks on 22 rifles. Seems like 99 percent of 22 rilfes are low cost Marlin, Savage, Mossberg. if a guy doesn't reload, he probably spends more shots from his 22 than his '06.
True the hunter spends lots of bucks on his HP rifle becasue he was confidence. But if you asked someone to spend $500 on a 22 the average guy would slowly move away from you, like you had a tinfoil hat on.
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 04:18 |
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I fall into that group got the Malins and the Ithca,but I went out and did the Ruger model 96 thing and havn't picked up the other ones since,I guess most us older guys like hangin' on to the rifles we started out with.
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 04:24 |
Tika,
I'm in there too. I've got two Marlin bolts, and one single shot Remington bolt I bought new for $35 in 1960. Whatever the thinking (or non-thinking) I also suffer from it. i jsut wanted to know why? And should I buy a new 40x?
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 05:14 |
Bear;
I cover the spectrum I guess. I've got the inexpensive Savage MKII LHB on the low end, under $150.00. Then is the Ruger stainless 77/22, which is the middle ground, but purchased in the late 80's. Seem's to me I paid less than $300.00 for it. On the top end is the Volquartsen. This was done at the shop in Carroll Iowa, not my own drop-in parts conversion as so many do now. Scope & all, I must have around $800.00 in it.
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 05:29 |
 BEAR wrote:
Why is it we don't spend more bucks on 22 rifles.
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i don't spend much on 22's because i just don't like them. i have 2 (i think...maybe more, not sure <-- goes to show how much attention i give them). 22's just bore me to tears.
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But if you asked someone to spend $500 on a 22 the average guy would slowly move away from you, like you had a tinfoil hat on.
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that's funny. and true too... maybe some day i'll break down and buy that new remington bolt... then maybe i'd appreciate 22's a little more. but for the forseeable future, i have little use and no interest in 22's.
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 05:34 |
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True the hunter spends lots of bucks on his HP rifle becasue he was confidence. But if you asked someone to spend $500 on a 22 the average guy would slowly move away from you, like you had a tinfoil hat on.
You think they give you the look over .22s, try showing them a $400 Beeman or RWS air rifle!
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 06:12 |
TG,
Shit who would spend that much money on a BB gun?????
the foil looks good on you.
BEAR
Actually if you are a hunter a good air rifle is a great investment as you can shoot in your home or backyard all year round. and keep the squirrels away from the feeders.
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 11:35 |
I guess I fit in the class that does spend that kind of money on .22's and adult air rifles(they are NOT BB guns). All 4 of out 10/22’s and both of my 77/22’s(one is a .22 WMR) wear Green Mountain barrels. The 10/22’s have Volquartsen 10/22 HP Action Kits(triggers) in them while the 77/22’s have Timney 7722 sear & spring kits in them. All have after market stocks on them as the standard Ruger stocks were made for midgets. I have also paid over $800.00 for a Rapid 12/250 and a Beeman air rifle. But seeing that I spent as much on the wife’s rifles/air rifles she has no complaints. Side benefits of having a wife that is as big a hunter/shooter as I am. Lawdog
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 15:52 |
Always been a Marlin man. Back in the late 70's I damn near bought a Ruger bolt action. Was the prettiest rifle I'd seen in a .22, the price scared me off. Wish I'd a bought it now. These days I shoot a Marlin model 60 with a 3x9 Simmons on it. Also have a Stevens "Little Scout", July 2-1907 was the patent date. It' a single shot rolling block. Was my grandpa's rifle, he passed away in 1975. It's been in the family a day or two! Shoots as good today as when it did when I was a young lad. As these pellet guns these days, they've come a ways since my ole pump-up Benjamin days. 
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 17:44 |
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(they are NOT BB guns).
Lawdog, Bear knows that. His jokes are worse than mine!
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Posted: 26 June 2004 at 23:46 |
I even put a smiley face there.
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 02:13 |
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Bear, good subject here.My 22lr is a ss 10/22.I think I paid like $220 for it 3 years ago.Of all my guns it gets the most workout.It is just plain fun to shoot.Whether it is shooting cans, paper, pond wrecking turtles or rabbits in the garden, it stays busy.I have a few different 22`s including a Henry I got for Christmas last year but all fail in comparison to the 10/22.I dont get to shoot it much anymore in the burn a brick of ammo fest`s.My boy is old enough to shoot and more often than not his mdoel 60 Glenfield is layed aside while he terrorizes targets with the 10/22..lol ...Gene
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 02:47 |
Gene,
Unfortunately, I live in a state where semi-autos ie autoloading rifles arre illegal to hunt with. So I'll probably never own one. Looks to me like Ruger really lucked into a big volume seller with the 10/22. I've shot some at the range and they are nice guns, and have a better feel than the Marlin 90 (?) semiauto.
I started the thread, because I'm thinking of a 40x or a Kimber. Something with nice wood and a tack driver. A single shot or a 4 shot clip bolt. If Ruger made the No.1 in a rimfire, I'd have one. super in a 22mrf.
The cheap Malin and Savage RF shoot ok for hunting and plinking. But if you shoot a target model from a prone postion with a sling, they are amazing. i'd like that accuracy, with some class. I once shot a pre ww-2 Mauser 22 SS bolt rifle. WOW. That was a rifle.
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 02:53 |
Bear ever shot one of these?
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 02:58 |
Bear;
If it were me, I'd go with the Kimber over the 40X I think. Probably because I shot the 40X so much, there's no lure of 'new gun' there for me.
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 03:08 |
Great topic... Every serious rifle shooter should have at least one good quality .22 rifle in the battery...
Right now, for me, I have a pair of Ruger 10/22's set up in Butler Creek synthetic stocks... seem to cover the niche right now for when my son & I want to do some .22 rifle plinking...
A few years back I had a real nice Brno [CZ] Model 5 bolt rifle. Man are the CZ's tack drivers! The older CZ's have evolved into the 452 series. Still great .22 rifles...
Lately, I've been thinking about getting back into a good bolt .22 rifle. I think a Ruger 77/22 would fit the bill nicely. But then again those CZ 452's also call out...
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 03:16 |
Anschutz makes great rifles. A friend was an importer in the 1960-70s. I shot a lot of them...stupid me never bought a lot of them. They had a model 54 i think that was in 22, 22 Hornet and maybe 22rf mag. The one I used had a Schnubel foeend and double set triggers. I like the nostalgia of the double set, but Anshutz makes a perfect single trigger that is adjustable. And Anshutz still make wood stocks, I think. Yea, yea i know plastic stocks are better....but the beauty is in the wood.
The Anschutz actions for 22 rf are scaled to be 22s. I hate the current thinking of making a longer action for a 22rf cartridge. look at the length of the Ruger 22 bolt guns....long.
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 10:03 |
It's not the guns that I mind spending the money on it's the ammo. Run .89 cent ammo through a $900 gun and it shoots like a $200 gun. I always have trouble forking out $6 for 50 .22 Ely's but that's what it takes to get it to shoot up to it's potential. I can load about 40 .233's for the same price. Bang for the buck just rattles in the back of my mind. This new .17 Mach2 will be the same. Sell them for $1.99 a box and maybe I'll bite.
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 11:28 |
Deaddog,
I was surprised how cheap Gander Mountain was selling the 17 Hornady RF. I don't own one, figuring it will be loke the 5mm Remington rf. But the ammo was reasonable.
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Posted: 27 June 2004 at 12:01 |
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Bear: I was talking about the .17 Mach2 not the .17 HRM. The Mach2 is based on the LR not the WRM. I don't think it will be available until Sept. What are you calling cheap? My distributor price is $6.89 for Hornady .17 HMR's but that's still too much for me.
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