Favorite 22LR of all time?

[RiverRider]

Stick with the most perfected cartridge in the world, Joel, the .22 Long Rifle! If you need more power than that then you need a centerfire. JMO!

 

[Guy Miner]

Joeelkdouglas - my youngest son has a .17 HMR - and it's a hoot. No recoil, and the pointy little 17 grain V-Max bullet scoots out at about 2600 fps... Sure puts a .22 long rifle to shame on varmints. Very accurate too.

50 yard group from the bipod:

His rifle was built by CZ, a real nice little magazine fed bolt action with a stout barrel and a little 3-9x Leupold. I'd highly recommend one, particularly for shooting smaller varmints. Dang it's an accurate little rascal - most .17 HMR's are!

Guy

 

[usmc 89]

Marlin 39A - Dad taught me to shoot with one back about 1961 or so, and in his mid 80's now, he's still shooting it. His is actually the 39 Mountie - with the shorter barrel & straight grip stock. Mine is a 39A - love it. My all-time favorite rifle, not just my favorite .22 rifle!

I do however have a soft spot in my heart for this wonderful old Win 52B that three generations of my family have used:

And my oldest son's favorite is this variation on a Ruger 10/22:

Good .22's are terrific! I shoot far more .22 ammo every year than centerfire, far more!

nice winchester guy you have to love the 52b old school rifles that are still competitive today.

 

[IdahoCTD]

My favorite is a Anchutz I bought as a kid. It's probably the most accurate 22lr I've ever shot. One day when I was at the range I put a 1" sticky orange dot on a box at 50yds and proceeded to cut it out (on purpose).

 

[FOTIS]

I've never shot (or, for that matter, even handled) either, but I sure would like either a Winchester repro, or a Remington 541T. I have handled a Kimber of Oregon Super America .22 (M82, maybe?) and it was sweet! If I could find one with a stock I liked, I would like to play with an Anchutz, too.

I had a 541-T and it was a pretty nice rifle, but I gave it up to make room (and funds) for the 52. The 52 seems to outshoot it handily.

This is it!

 

[Guy Miner]

Agree - that's a Very Nice Rifle!

 

[STW]

My favorite was a Remington Mohawk 10C with a 4x Bushnell Scopechief. Countless bricks of ammo were shot. You could not stop that gun from functioning.

 

[FOTIS]

Marlin 39A - Dad taught me to shoot with one back about 1961 or so, and in his mid 80's now, he's still shooting it. His is actually the 39 Mountie - with the shorter barrel & straight grip stock. Mine is a 39A - love it. My all-time favorite rifle, not just my favorite .22 rifle!

Get it off the rocks! What is the matter with you? :evil: :wink:

 

[BK]

Actually, now that I think about it a bit, my very favorite .22 is a Nylon 66 that belonged to my maternal grandfather, but it sure isn't the most drool-worthy!

 

[onesonek]

Has to be the one I grew up with, and has me kinda hooked on single shots,,,,,,,,,
the Winchester 67.......................

 

[ScreaminEagle]

Wow you guys are listing some great rifles!

 

[wildgene]

...the old Winchester Mod. 67 has probably "kilt more stuff" than all my other firearms combined, & I'm convinced that for teaching safety & marksmanship a single shot .22 can't be beat...

...my Remington 541-T looks & feels almost like a Mod. 700 CDL, & it "shoots", tho it's a mite finicky about what it likes...

...but for "Classy .22's", the Brownings are hard to beat. The T-22, BL-22, & (especially) the Semi-Auto .22 tend to be closer to "works of art" than "plinkers", but they sure do "plink"...

 

[noslerfan]

I have heard it been said "a man can not have to many 22 rifles". I believe it.

 

[ridgewalker]

My CZ 452 with 4x12 Bushnell 3200...no no my Marlin 39 with Williams Fool Proof peep...no no my Remington 521T with peep...no no my Ruger Mark I ...no no it's the Ruger Mark II with Nikon 2x oh, oh no its of course the S&W Mdl 63... oh, oh yes it is my Savage 24 Camper .22 over 20 ga oh, no no it's my Kimber 1911 with .22 conversion...oops my mistake I forgot it's my Beretta Bobcat. I give up! What is my favorite .22? :?:

OH, I've got it...the one I am shooting. I love .22s of all kinds!

Darn I forgot the Browning Auto! What a sweet little gun! Or maybe it was the Winchester 63 I had to sell in college to pay tuition?

 

[Wincheringen]

I don't think I could honestly be expected to choose.

It could be the 10/22 I grew up with, now its got a nice custom walnut stock and heavy barrel on it. It could be the 77/22 VBZ that was the first .22 rifle I bought with my own money, or heck it could be any of the dozen or so Remington target rifles that I bought as part of a collection. Maybe its not even a rifle, it could be any one of my MKIIIs - probably the one I set up for competition use. This just isn't fair, can they all be my favorite?

 

[bbearhntr]

Browning SA22 and a Browning Buckmark....ya I like Brownings

 

[ScreaminEagle]

All great guns guys

 

[BeeTee]

There are many nice 22s out there. Here's a Browning T-Bolt I bought in the 1990s. I tuned the trigger to a crisp 2-1/2 lbs, and it'll shoot <1/2" groups at 50 yards.

 

[Coyote Hunter]

I can't believe no one has posted a pic of one of the best .22's ever made, JMB's semi-auto .22.

Can't find a photo of mine so I'll steal a pic from Browning:

Grew up shooting one like this as a kid, a Remington model that granddad paid about $20 for during the Great Depression. Grandma used to head-shoot the chickens with it.

After getting out of the service in '74 I decided I wouldn't live long enough to inherit Granddad's so I bought the Browning for $125. Since then I've put untold thousands of rounds through it and it still shoots fine. Glad I bought mine because Granddad passed at 100 years just after last Christmas. Now Dad has Granddad's rifle.

 

[ScreaminEagle]

Wow, i cannot believe that no one has listed remington's 121 fieldmaster or 12A pump 22's!
i grew up shooting grandpa's 121. Pic i stole from google has my cousin has it now.