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Nick_Adams
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.22 rifles I have known - Show us yours!
      #248326 - 02/06/14 11:05 AM

Whether for hunting or just plinking at targets ...

For me, .22 l.r. rifles return me to my roots of shooting, as it probably does for a lot of folks here.

I started out learning about firearms safety and marksmanship on a single shot .22, specifically my Dad's old Remington 510 TargetMaster. He got it for his 12th birthday in 1941.

Using the factory buckhorn sights he shot it for 20+ years, killing a huge number of squirrels, rabbits, possums, racoons, et al, but sometime after I came along he scoped it. Today it wears a different scope, but it's still super accurate with ammo it likes and it likes a fairly wide range at that.

I later acquired a Rem. 514 (also a single-shot) to which I had my 'smith fix a receiver-mounted aperture. This thing has a great trigger, and with the aperture, it's about as accurate as Dad's scoped 510, at least out to as far as I can see a target and hold. It's presently serving as a "trainer" for a 12yr old great-nephew.

My .22 l.r. family:

L-to-R:
Rem. 510; Rem. 514; Ruger All-Weather 77/22; CZ Scout; CZ 453 (foreground).





Edited by Nick_Adams (02/06/14 11:18 AM)

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Nick_Adams]
      #248337 - 02/06/14 03:27 PM

That 453 in the foreground - which variant is it?
Is the barrel profile and bolt handle as-shipped from CZ?

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: tinker]
      #248341 - 02/06/14 06:02 PM

Good thread! I'll bust out my 4 soon (Well, i bought one for dad for fathers day, so i've 3..)

Am planning to have a safe with just .22lr rifles. At the moment i've got a Slazenger model 12, a Norinco JW15, Krico something or another, and a Winchester 320


To go on the list of wants: Stevens Favourite, Winchester 1906 pump, a lever of some make, small frame martini (with a slim foreend, not a target rifle), a flobert, and a rolling block (not the favourite though) Oh! And a mini sharps would be nice.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Ash]
      #248343 - 02/06/14 06:33 PM

I might wait until my lithgow arrives.....

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Well_Well_Well]
      #248349 - 02/06/14 09:25 PM

Just the one, a little Browning take down

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #248352 - 03/06/14 12:11 AM

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Just the one, a little Browning take down





My grandfather had one of those--great little gun..did a fair amount of shooting with one as a kid..this model was actually listed as one of the all time greats for a classic .22 rimfire..

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: tinker]
      #248361 - 03/06/14 02:32 AM

Quote:

That 453 in the foreground - which variant is it?
Is the barrel profile and bolt handle as-shipped from CZ?





Tinker: the addition of the "tactical" bolt knob was a custom job by a local smith. If I recall correctly, the knob itself is a Badger Ordinance item that I got thru Brownells way back when, and just had it laying around for this project. Yes, it gets noticed A LOT at the range.

This 453 has what I'd call a medium heavy barrel. It's significantly thinner than what I'm seeing on the 455s coming into the LGSs lately.

When I purchased this 453, it was my intention to make it into a cheap-shooting .22 analog to my precision .308 Remington PPS. Along with the bolt knob, the local 'smith also channeled out the foreend of the stock so as to keep the barrel free-floated. Then I set it up with a 3-12x scope, bipod, stock pack, sling, etc. The 1" Osprey scope actually has a dual illumination feature that let's you choose either red or green for lighting-up the mil-dot reticle.

Though discontinued now, the 453 was essentially a 452 with a set trigger and much nicer wood. The wood on this one is really well-grained, so maybe I lucked out (the pics don't do it justice).

A screw inside the trigger guard controls the pull of the set trigger, and I've got mine set pretty light - again to mimick the sweet let-off of the Jewel trigger on my .308 precision rig.

Don't have a pic of the target to show you, but from 50yds using the set-trigger I put 6-shots into something like .400" - basically a small ragged hole. Admittedly, this was done off a bench, using the bipod with a bag under the rear of the stock, but the amazing thing was, the ammo was ordinary Winchester fodder (36gn HPs, I think), not the super-grade Match stuff, like from Eley.

The 453s just flat out shoot, but so do most CZ .22s.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #248362 - 03/06/14 02:34 AM

Quote:

Just the one, a little Browning take down





Nice! I've seen a few of those Brownings over the years at the local range.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Nick_Adams]
      #248368 - 03/06/14 03:21 AM

Mine.
FN-Browning .22 auto, 1946 BRNO mod.1 and 1937 "Presentation" Mauser 410.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: DORLEAC]
      #248385 - 03/06/14 07:24 AM

All of those rim fires are awesome, Dorleac, but I really like that Brno #1. Thanks for sharing those pics!

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Nick_Adams]
      #248423 - 04/06/14 01:13 AM

BSA Martini No.6 take down, Parker-Hale tang sight, Lyman front sight, “Sornet” (Schmidt & Bender) 2 3/4x scope.

Early, still “tgf” marked Brno mod.1. Scope 2 3/4x Geco , copy of Zeiss Zielklein once made by Schmidt & Bender for the trade. Not as nice as the one reworked by DORLEAC

A mix up of parts: long time ago bought the crudely restocked barreled action of a Mauser Es 340 for DM 60.-, about US$ 40.-. Some years later found the stock only of a rare Es 350 “Meisterschaftsbüchse” at a gunshow, Euro 40.- = $ 55.-. The action fits the inletting perfectly, the slightly too wide barrel channel took a bit of glass bedding. Scoped with an early Gerard “G” 4x, 7/8” tube scope.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: kuduae]
      #248432 - 04/06/14 05:14 AM

I`m not showing my old Krico among such exalted company.
Its scratched and dented,wears a nondescript scope without a brand on it (yes) has a trigger that creeps what seems like an inch but puts them all into a fingernail @ 50.
I love the old girl and you wouldnt fit the rabbits she has rolled into the bed of a big Chevy truck.
In just two winters alone she took around 4000 rabbits in drive and spotlight shooting around the farms.Ah the good days before the Calici virus was released in Australia, or before it was effective.Iits actually good for the environment but the up and coming young fellas will never see the rabbit numbers again.
They gave just about every kid in Australia an incredible amount of learning to shoot/hunt/stalk and every kid and adult had an ordinary .22.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: gryphon]
      #248434 - 04/06/14 05:28 AM

4000 !! Jezz, those were the days, you never see rabbit numbers like that in the UK or Spain now, every 5 or 6 years they come back for a year or two then a new variant of myxxy kills them all off, shame really, best

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #248444 - 04/06/14 09:56 AM

My favorite 22LR hunting rifle. CZ 452FS.
1/2" 10 shot groups all day long with bulk pack Winchester 36HP's. .400" groups with subsonic match ammo.
Squirrels hate this rifle!


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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Iowa_303s]
      #248446 - 04/06/14 10:13 AM

Quote:

My favorite 22LR hunting rifle. CZ 452FS.
1/2" 10 shot groups all day long with bulk pack Winchester 36HP's. .400" groups with subsonic match ammo.
Squirrels hate this rifle!




I love rifles with the mannlicher stocks...had a Ruger years ago in .270..didn't shoot very well , but loved how it handled and looked...that is a really nice looking rifle--congrats

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Ripp]
      #248448 - 04/06/14 10:33 AM

Thanks Ripp!
I too like the looks and feel of mannlicher stocked rifles.
This one was made in 2003.
The wood is evenly figured on both sides.
The scope is a Weaver 4x28 rimfire scope with the parrallex set at 50 yards.
I have never had a problem with any zero shift or accuracy problems with rifle.
I'm still on the hunt for a CZ 550FS in 6.5x55.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Iowa_303s]
      #248457 - 04/06/14 03:03 PM

Here is a Browning with an unusual maple stock. Still hasn't been fired yet. It looked so sweet that I decided not to explore my feminine side but to give it to my daughter instead. The figure goes all the way around, is visible on both sides, and shows in the forend as well. My photos are too poor to see the action engraving.


Miniature .22LR falling block rifle with express sights, case colors, and tang safety.


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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Nick_Adams]
      #248470 - 04/06/14 10:47 PM

Can't believe how nicely-grained the wood is on some of these rifles, guys. Wow!

Grenadier - that is a beautiful .22 Falling Block!

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Nick_Adams]
      #248474 - 05/06/14 12:06 AM

ironically this article come in my email yesterday from PETERSON'S HUNTING..thought I would post it here..

Ripp

http://www.petersenshunting.com/2014/06/...ily+Newsletters

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Ripp]
      #248480 - 05/06/14 02:11 AM

Nothing fancy, it just works.




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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Ripp]
      #248481 - 05/06/14 02:13 AM

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article come in my email yesterday from PETERSON'S HUNTING


Writer of this article has probably never seen any Anschutz or SAKO rimfires...Even Winchester m/52 and Steyr Zephyr are missing.....

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Igorrock]
      #248485 - 05/06/14 04:17 AM

Anschutz certainly should be there, lovely .22s. Ref the quote on a hot used cartridge from the browning down your sleeve, try down your shorts !! Happened to me here in Spain one summer, the shell went down the front of my shirt and hit the top of the waistband of my shorts. Immediate reaction, pull waistband out yo get rid of said shell, shell then dropped down into the crown jewels but luckily was by then cool enough not to brand me. The policeman practicing with his 9mm was laughing a lot though !

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #248490 - 05/06/14 09:08 AM

Igorrock, indeed a Zephyr deserves to be shown.

I'd be glad to post pictures of a Zephyr, but Photobucket and hunter101 are too frustrating, force advertising on a user (it eats up my limited monthly GBs), have to join yet another place, for a basic laptop user. So I'll just be an observer sitting up in the cheap seats, merely a reader, or maybe now and then making a written reply.

Yes, I'm involved with a couple of other Forums, but with different themes than found here (the one here is great), but they've a less complicated way to post pictures. NOT trying to be negative here. I do like the information and folks in the Forum here, k.

Edited by awanderingbear (05/06/14 10:39 AM)

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: awanderingbear]
      #248492 - 05/06/14 09:44 AM

The Belgian side lever single shot I bought for my son but can't get around to giving him.

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Re: .22 rifles I have known - Show us yours! [Re: Claydog]
      #248501 - 05/06/14 12:35 PM

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but Photobucket and hunter101 are too frustrating, force advertising on a user

awanderingbear, test Tinypic, it works without any membership: http://tinypic.com/


Here is two versions of SAKO P94. It´s stock dimensions has designed to fit for adult person.

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