.22 Bolt Action Rifle

[Rocketmedic40]

I have a Ruger American in 22 long rifle, and I honestly think it's becoming my go to general purpose rifle. It uses 10/22 mags, but since it a bolt action, it's far easier to clear stuck magazines, and it seems to be even more useful. I took it with me to the range today to burn some rounds and it was a lot of fun, but I had the opportunity of a wide open tactical bay to shoot in, and I realized something: that bolt action 22 is quite possibly the perfect general purpose rifle. With the stock iron sites, I was getting easy hits, very accurate hits, and the bolt honestly didn't slow me at all. If anything, it was a little bit refreshing having to work the boat and have surety that casing was ejected, and that the next one was feeding perfectly. Even left-handed, felt like the rifle was perfectly capable of keeping up with everything that I was asking for.

I'm not competing in 3 gun, but to be completely honest, I feel like that rifle can do 100% of what I need. I also think that the ability to single load rounds easily should not be dismissed- it was really convenient being able to thumb in a few loose rounds without having to go through a magazine first.

 

[huntsman22]

I use a suppressed Compact model to shoot steel to 300 yards....

 

[hardluk1]

Last 22lr I bought is a savage mkii bv when they could be bought for 273 dollars and Imadded a scope that was being deleted - 6-24 x44 tmd with parralax down to 10 yard side mount Been good enough to grab one more befor they were gone . That one is one a 10/22 custom . . Very accurate and the stock trigger can be tuned to a lower setting than specs state . Mine has settled in at 13oz to 16oz brake weight . Ole style straight mags but easy to remove ! sub moa grip[s are possible with sk rifle match but mid priced match ammo is subject to some fliers depending on lot numbers and a some federal old 711b and 911A . 711B can shoot very well at a lower cost . The 911a is no longer loaded and was from RWS ammo . .

 

[H Richard]

Just about any "good brand" of bolt action rifle is a good companion and makes a likeable shooter. My preference is a Anschutz sporter from about the late 60's. With a compact 4-12 Burris scope it handles about anything I have needed done. I have a 10-22 and it is fun, but burning up ammo is not one of my things.

 

[ridewv]

My favorite firearms are my .22 bolt rifles.

This spring my grandsons from the city were visiting and I took them out back and let them shoot .22 for the first time. Here's the 11 year old shooting my CZ452 FS.

 

[BabaBlueJay]

No arguments here, bolt action is amazing for 22. I will never part with my 1937 Winchester Model 69. Thousands of rounds through it and only two FTF one today with garbage Winchester Silvertip ammo and it was absolutely ammo failure.

 

[Fullmetaljacket]

RideWV, love that pic of your grandson. My first shooting was done in WV, a single shot .22 with grandpa supervising. More focus on the front sight and less on the smartphone screen and the world would be a better place. I'll bet they had great stories to tell when they got back to the city.

 

[Mister Heavyhand]

RideWV, love that pic of your grandson. My first shooting was done in WV, a single shot .22 with grandpa supervising. More focus on the front sight and less on the smartphone screen and the world would be a better place. I'll bet they had great stories to tell when they got back to the city.

FMJ right on target. What was it Ted Nugent said? ......Knee deep in a gut pile?? LUV my 22s!

 

[got2hav1]

My opinion .... nothing beats the CZ 452 American bolt action .22. The new 457 is also a good choice but the 452 has all the right proportions and great fit and finish. Also very accurate with a tight chamber, and adjustable trigger. I've owned several and just bought this 2008 452 American.

 

[Grayfox]

I have a 1985 Ruger 77/22 that's the most accurate .22LR I own. With ammo it likes and if I do my part, it'll cut cloverleafs all day long at 50 yards. Under 1" at 100. Its my favorite bolt action rifle.

 

[BabaBlueJay]

I see we are all men of culture and a taste for the finer things in life. Namely, Smith & Wesson revolvers and bolt action 22 rifles. Cheers!

 

[smithman 10]

Here's my Remington Scoremaster I bought a couple years ago for $50 from an elderly gentleman. Near as I can tell the rifle is older than I am!

 

[ISCS Yoda]

So, a little something different, yet the same. My first firearm, which was my dad's, so the first time I ever shot it was probably over 60 years ago.

F. W. Heym bolt action, single shot, .22. It's old enough to have been made in "Germany" before there was a West or East Germany.



It's not a tack driver by any means but it is a treasure and definitely fun to shoot................one round at a time............

 

[Shotguncoach]

I have several…Winchester 69A and 75, Remington 513 and 521, but it's the single shot 510P that goes along on almost every range trip. My 50 yard target for those guns is a 2"x2" piece of steel that hangs from my target frame.

A box of CCI standard velocity ammo and a single shot .22 is a fine way to spend an afternoon.

 

[growr]

No mention of the Remington 581???
Randy

 

[sandog]

When I lived in Montana a Ruger 77/17 or a CZ American in .17 HMR accounted for a lot of ground squirrels and a few other varmints.
Years later when I worked in the Bakken oil field, the CZ was still slaying Prairie dogs, as in this pic.
All of the white dots out there are dog mounds.

I added a butt pad extension to use the little CZ Scout. It was very accurate for being a 16 inch barrel "Youth' model. If you see a CZ 452 Scout for sale at a show, buy it, if you don't want to keep it, a son or nephew would love it.
You can just use a single shot magazine at first until you want to give the kid some regular magazines.

I had this Winchester 75 for a while, made in the early 50's.

My current bolt .22 is one no one has probably ever heard of. I had been looking for another CZ and saw a Norinco bolt .22 for sale in nearby Prescott. As a youngster ranch hand working in Cody, Wyoming I used a Norinco JW-15, a copy of the CZ/Brno. It had a plain stock, but was accurate and got a lot of prairie rodents.
No, this Norinco had an unusual stock in that there was a metal clip type holder that held two spare magazines.

The Norinco EM-332 and NS-522 were made back in the 70's after Norinco bought tooling from Steyr.
The actions have aspects of both the Suhl 150 and the Anschutz 64, match chambers, smooth bolts, and barrels were hammer forged. The NS-522 has a heavy barrel and generally nicer stocks, and the spiral fluting is visible on the barrel exterior. A lot of these were sold in Canada and Australia where they are still popular.
The EM-322 has a Sporter weight barrel that has has the hammer forged spirals removed when the barrel was turned down. The stock with the mag holders was cool, but looked like the orange stained 2x4 look of an SKS, so I found that Kengs in Atlanta had imported a whole bunch (hundreds) of nice Italian made Circassian Walnut stocks for the NS-522. The boatload of Norinco rifles never arrived, as Norinco was banned from doing business with the U.S., and still is, as far as I know. Now the wood matches the quality of the barreled action :


Sorry about the sideways pics, all the file attached ones do that.
10 shot group at 50 yards with Eley Club fired from my "Chinese CZ".
I like the sliding safety on the left side better than any CZ safety I've used.

 

[Riposte1]

I love .22s, both handguns and rifles. I bought a Ruger American a year or two back so I would have one with a threaded barrel and use a suppressor.

It shoots OK, at least well enough for squirrels, but it isn't as accurate as my Winchester Model 75 or even my Winchester 67, or my H&R target rifle (forgot the model), or my MAS-45 or my Mauser trainer...well I could go on but safe to say it is still useful.

Riposte

 

[got2hav1]

Here's a couple more that I own. Remington 510A Targetmaster single shot. My Dad bought this gun for $8 in the 40s. All my brothers and I grew up shooting this gun. I might be the only one to ever clean it.
The second one is a Remington 541X US Government trainer. I refinished the stock, put new Williams peep sights, and found an adjustable trigger for it. I have shot several one hole targets with it.

 

[ridewv]

RideWV, love that pic of your grandson. My first shooting was done in WV, a single shot .22 with grandpa supervising. More focus on the front sight and less on the smartphone screen and the world would be a better place. I'll bet they had great stories to tell when they got back to the city.

Thank you Fullmetaljacket! I think it's one of those things grandpas are for!

 

[huntsman22]