.22 rifles

[Idlefellow]

Love 'em. Actually I love .22's in general and have at last count four rifles and four hand guns. I've always wanted a Stevens Favorite - the so-called Boy's Rifle.; I really like those little falling block guns - and I always kept my eyes peeled for one in decent condition that I could afford - many of them have been shot out, or at least shot loose - and it's not something I wanted to put a lot of money in. A few years back I came across a Crackshot at a gun show; not a Favorite, but the same basic design. The lever's a bit loose but I can live with that in an inexpensively-made gun that's probably a hundred years old or better; bluing and wood finish are really good. I asked the price, the owner said "How would you feel about $?" I said, "I'd feel better about $" and now I own it. It's a fun little shooter in .22LR and it shoots pretty much where you point it. Here it is, photographed in a sort of "Boy's rifle" setting with a few other treasures. I may have posted this before, but hey: it's hotter than blue blazes out, and I'm bored...

 

[Ranger107]

Nice looking rifle.

 

[Blackhorse]

My current rifle is one of a type I haven’t been without for about 50 years. The current item is of the stainless variety with the composite stock. I don’t go out in the field or forest much anymore but the stainless Rugers are about as Oregon proof as you can get.

 

[Aussiemike]

I just got a taurus circuit judge .22lr with interchangeable cylinder in .22wmr. Love it!!! I was in the market for one over here for over a year and it came up 2nd hand they don't import to AU anymore. Pictures are just generic ones not mine. Double action 9 round cylinder came with speed loaders as well.

 

[gbann57]

My current rifle is one of a type I haven’t been without for about 50 years. The current item is of the stainless variety with the composite stock. I don’t go out in the field or forest much anymore but the stainless Rugers are about as Oregon proof as you can get.

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I've got a blue I've had for years. Its always been a favorite of mine.

 

[gbann57]

I have my dads old model 62a that i am cleaning up. I remember him showing me how to shoot that thing.

 

[mosin1932]

My current rifle is one of a type I haven’t been without for about 50 years. The current item is of the stainless variety with the composite stock. I don’t go out in the field or forest much anymore but the stainless Rugers are about as Oregon proof as you can get.

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My first gun was a ruger 10/22, blued with a wood stock. Ruger really nailed it with that design for something well-built, accurate, tough, and somehow still affordable even today.

 

[Blackhorse]

My first gun was a ruger 10/22, blued with a wood stock. Ruger really nailed it with that design for something well-built, accurate, tough, and somehow still affordable even today.

We’re in proud company. Over 7 MILLION Ruger 10/22 rifles have been sold since it was introduced in 1964. Pretty confident no other arm can match that figure.

 

[Rasher-Roll]

My first gun was a ruger 10/22, blued with a wood stock. Ruger really nailed it with that design for something well-built, accurate, tough, and somehow still affordable even today.

My first was also a 10/22. Bought it used with the composite stock and stainless barrel. It’s in my safe right now.

Granted, my favorite 22 is my Henry lever action. I’m a sucker for the old fashioned, so my lever guns and single action revolvers are some of my favorites.

I’ve got a ruger wrangler, which is a lot of fun to shoot, but isn’t the most accurate. I’m wanting one of the super wranglers for the 22 mag cylinder and adjustable sights.

 

[Aussiemike]

This just came through on a site I subscribe to,

Ruger 10/22 Vote 2024 Collector’s Series Edition Unveiled​

 

[Gaius Marius]

.22 is by far my favorite thing to shoot.
I've got a marlin 975 which has a cheap plastic stock but the thing has proven to be reliable and real fun to plink with. The weapon I want more than any other is a Ruger Mk IV. A .22 pistol as pretty to look at as that seems like such fun to plink cans with.
I plan to get a new, wooden stock for the marlin, clean it well and give it to my future kid.

 

[Idlefellow]

I started this thread about my Stevens Crackshot, but my actual favorite .22 to shoot is my Colt Woodsman Sport Model, c. 1936. It's all 100% original and I have the original walnut grips but I like it with the stag grips I found. Accurate as all get out, at least as well as my old eyes can shoot it...

 

[Aussiemike]

I started this thread about my Stevens Crackshot, but my actual favorite .22 to shoot is my Colt Woodsman Sport Model, c. 1936. It's all 100% original and I have the original walnut grips but I like it with the stag grips I found. Accurate as all get out, at least as well as my old eyes can shoot it...

I love the grips too mate. To my untrained eye at first glance it looked like a luger or walther shape....sorrrry Mr.Colt I will hang my head in shame

 

[Blackhorse]

Not building a 10/22 tactical mini…but I’ve had the Ruger factory magazines before and they are awesome. So I dove into the aftermarket sites and found this: Ruger Bx-22 X 2 magazine…total of 50 rounds.

It looks something like the take-down version pictured below…

 

[Aussiemike]

I have seen the M1 carbine stock for 10/22 very cool I reckon

 

[Carlos]

My .22 rifles are centerfires. I am amazed, and appalled, that I do not own a .22 rimfire rifle.

 

[Ranger107]

One of my favorite guns, which unfortunately I sold, like an *****, was a Stevens/Savage 410/22LR. It was a break open over under with 410 barrel and a 22LR barrel on top. Great for hunting rabbits in the Midwest. Very accurate. If a rabbit popped out beyond the range of the 410 and stopped running, just switch barrels and nail the little sucker in the head. Lol.

 

[Aussiemike]

Has anyone had anything to do with the 21 sharp rimfire? They are kinda spruiking it as the new .22lr.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/winchester-s-new-21-sharp-cartridge/

It can feel like new centerfire cartridges are a dime a dozen, with one or two seemingly coming along each and every year. But new rimfire chamberings? Not so much, which makes it a noteworthy occasion any time an ammunition manufacturer brings a new rimfire cartridge to market. Well, Winchester Ammunition did just that this week with the introduction of the .21 Sharp, an evolution of the .22 Long Rifle that promises higher velocities and far superior bullet selection.

The .22 Long Rifle occupies a sweet spot in regards to cost, power, recoil, availability and utility, but it’s far from perfect from an engineering standpoint, and the .21 Sharp was designed around rectifying the .22 LR’s main inherent design flaw. The glaring issue with the .22 is that the bearing surface of its projectile and the exterior diameter of its case are identical, meaning that the rear of the bullets must be necked-down (or heeled) to a smaller diameter in order to seat properly in their case—hugely limiting their exterior ballistics while reducing case capacity.

Winchester has designed .21 Sharp to utilize the exact same 0.613”-long, 0.226”-diameter case as the .22 Long Rifle—while operating at an identical 24,000-p.s.i. Maximum Average Pressure—but firing smaller .21-cal. bullets. This allowed the company to develop a variety of non-heeled .21 Sharp projectiles made using modern bullet-designing techniques like jacketed hollow points, spitzer points, lead-free monolithic construction and more aerodynamic boattails. The use of standard .22 LR cases is also a manufacturing expedient, which will allow Winchester to keep its .21 Sharp production costs down—and should hopefully help keep consumers’ prices down as well.

 

[Idlefellow]

One of my favorite guns, which unfortunately I sold, like an *****, was a Stevens/Savage 410/22LR. It was a break open over under with 410 barrel and a 22LR barrel on top. Great for hunting rabbits in the Midwest. Very accurate. If a rabbit popped out beyond the range of the 410 and stopped running, just switch barrels and nail the little sucker in the head. Lol.

Years ago I came across a takedown model of that gun, called the "Camper" model with original case. I didn't buy it and have been kicking myself ever since.

 

[Tom McIntyre]

Hi folks, I am new here so almost no one knows me yet but I wanted to interject. My dad bought that very model when I was a child in the early mid 1950s. He is in heaven now, but that gun and several others are mine. My 42 year old son will inherit it along with quite a few others and of course others that I picked up along the way.

The model we are discussing is a Savage Model 24. Shoots like a dream. Dad taught me when I was 10 or 12 years old to shoot the .22 through the squirrel nest, drop the button down quice. If Mr. Squirrel was home he was coming out the top and fast! Hit him with the .410 you had squirrel for dinner.