Thinking of picking up one of these but leaning towards the Sport first and circling back and getting the 10/22 at a later date. Already own the Mark III Hunter...

Thoughts?
Thanks!

It all depends on your needs and wants. It is probably easier to find ammo for the Sport than it is for the 10/22 right now, lol. The simple answerwould be to get both!

Just get yourself an AR chambered in .22lr... best of both worlds.

Like previously said, depends on your use and what you want to do with a rifle.

I have a sport with a CMMG .22 conversion. Best of both worlds in one package.

.22 LR is coming back. Buy what you currently need. Just remember that you can buy two 10-22's for the price of one Sport and have enough left over for ammo and a good scope.

I think you are confused in what you really want and/or need. You're question is similar to "should I buy a truck or tractor?" What was your thought process and or purpose with each firearm? Are these just pure range and target guns? I've had friends jump into an AR and they only end up shooting >800 rounds a year due to ammo costs. You could meet half way for both and get the m&p 15-22.

There are a few guns that every gun owner should have. They are:

• Remington 870 12ga
• Smith & Wesson Revolver (you pick the model)
• 1911
• Either a Remington 700 or Savage 11 center-fire rifle
• Ruger 10/22 rifle

These are classics. They are all reliable and have been around since Sequoias were seedlings. Thus, I vote for the 10/22. AR prices have come down considerably this year, but everyone needs a 10/22.

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Lets see how I stack up to the list...

Don't got one of those. I do have a Benelli Supernova Tactical.

Don't got one of those. I do have a Taurus M66B6. The design comes from the time when S&W and Taurus were corporate 3rd cousins.

Had one. Never liked shooting it. Replaced it with a Sig P220.

Don't have one of those. I do have a Ruger American .308 compact for the rare occasions I get to shoot past 100 yards.

I got one of those!

I agree that everyone needs a 10/22. I'll add that if you don't want to get sucked into another modification black hole, consider the Marlin 795. The 795's micro-groove barrel is tops. I'd have to swap out my 10/22 barrel to get the accuracy & precision potential that the 795's barrel has out of the box.

But during this seriously odd long lasting .22lr shortage, buying a .22lr wouldn't be high on my list. Where's the fun in shooting a .22lr that is supposed to be affordable to shoot when the ammo costs more than 9mm? A firearm chambered for .22lr was a no-brainer when you could shoot all day on a 550 rd brick that cost $17.

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This is a little over the top don't you think? Around here an expensive box of .22LR is $10/box of 50. On my best find 9mm are $13/box of 50.

Yes, the gap has closed a little, but not that much. A normal box of .22s is still around $4/50.

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Nope. Not over the top at all. In my neck of the woods, .22lr is scarce. When the gun shop has it, they only sell it to people shooting on the range. One box only. $15/50. That's not even counting the guys selling bricks from their stash. 550rd bricks are going for $120 face to face.

22¢ to 30¢ per round just for plain old 36gr., HP, copper plated plinking ammo. I haven't seen any of the premium match .22lr in a year and a half. I don't even want to know what that goes for.

I can buy 1000 rounds of Freedom Munitions 115gr remanufactured during free shipping promotions for 19.5¢ per round. I use that for plinking and practice.

For me, the fun of shooting .22lr was being able to spend $18 for a Wally World brick of 550 (3.3¢) per round. It wasn't that long ago, maybe a year and a half to two years ago. I could shoot about 6 rounds of .22lr for the cost of 1 round of 9mm. I could shoot 12 rounds of .22lr for the cost of 1 round of .45 ACP.

If the cost of .22lr starts to match and/or eclipse the price of center-fire, then .22lr isn't as fun anymore. Why buy a 10/22, Marlin 795, S&W M&P15-22 when I could build an AR-15 9mm carbine? If .22lr remains scarce, then 9mm makes more sense. No point in buying a firearm you can't shoot because you can't find ammo.

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Make it a Savage Model 10 HB and we are good to go. Be Safe

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10/22 are good firearms, but so is a sport. What do you want to do with either one. One is a .22 the other a centerfire .223/5.56. You could get a sport then a dedicated .22 upper and have two rifles in one. As I already have AR's I would get a 10/22 TD. Like others said if you got the money get both you can never have too many firearms.

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You really need to decide what you are going to use the rifle for. The 10/22 is a great rifle for target shooting, plinking, and small game. The .223/5.56 is good for all of the above as well as larger game, and of course, home defense. Both are a hoot to shoot. it just kind of depends on what you are going to use it for.

And, as a side note, You can invest in just about as many accessories in a 10/22 as you can in an AR. Don't ask how I know these things.

I'm not hurting for .22lr ammo. I've had no issues satisfying my .22lr jollies over the past two years. Back when .22lr was $17.97 per brick of 550, I'd by two boxes. One to shoot, one to set aside. I did this almost every two weeks. Because I can't readily replace what I shoot, I shoot at a slower rate.

The .22lr shortage had the side effect of decreasing the attachment I had for .22lr firearms. I sold off a M&P 15-22, M&P 22, Ruger 22/45RP, Sig 1911-22. All I have is my MKIII standard and a 10/22.

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Ruger 10-22. No contest.