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Need some advice
Sam06
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I want a 22lr semi-auto rifle but I don't want a 10/22.
In your opinion what is the best. When I say best I mean accurate, reliable and sturdy.
RLTW
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I forgot to say I would like one for under 300 bucks and I like a tube fed gun.
Right now I am leaning toward a Winchester M77.
You eliminated the best for the money!
Up the money some and get a Remington 552 Speedmaster.
I like the speedmaster.
Another vote for the 552 Speedmaster or 550-1.
Winchester 74
You can find a nice Browning Grade I 22 semi for about twice 300.
Early Remington 241 (IIRC made under Browning license) are in the same ball park
REMINGTON MODEL 241 SPEEDMASTER .22 LR - Semi Auto Rifles at GunBroker.com : 888277071
Nylon 66s are neat but just a tad on the light/whippy side.
This should fit your bill for a few bucks more
Remington 552 Speedmaster .22LR - Semi Auto Rifles at GunBroker.com : 888834281
Tube fed semi auto for my choice is a Marlin 60.
If you want a semi-auto the Remingtons are hard to beat. I currently have a 552 and a 550-1. Both will run shorts as well. The 550-1 will also run CB's and that is a lot of fun for anyone. Accuracy is good for both rifles.
I wish I could remember what model a rifle was that I had many years ago. IIRC it was a Mossberg, it may have been a Marlin but I'm fairly sure it was a Mossberg. It had a large size(for a 22) stock, long barrel, finger groves on the grip and a brass bead on the front sight. I can't remember if it loaded through the butt stock or not. It was the most accurate semi-auto .22 rifle I have ever shot. It had a long sight radius. A great range gun and back yard plinker but i found myself not carrying it hunting because it was larger and weighed more than my other rifles, I really wish I had kept it.
550-1 has an inertia system in it. The earlier models do not have a scope mounting groove and the later ones do. Mine has a groove but I haven't put a scope on it. The 552 had a scope on it when I bought it so it's my scoped rifle and the 550-1 I left with open sights as it runs CB's and is great for teaching kids with.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/887608038
Model 63 Winch. are as accurate and dependable as they come if you are lucky enough to find one. Probably not for that price anyhow.
I would like to have a 63 but they get into your pocket.
They get into your pocket and maybe it is just me but they seem heavy.
May very well be the best 22 semi-auto ever made.
Ive got one, and dont shoot it very often anymore, its harder to clean and wont shoot for a year or so without touching it like the 10/22. LOL
I want a 22lr semi-auto rifle but I don't want a 10/22.
What in the devil would possess a man to say such a thing?
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I heard you, but the 10/22 International is a good looking rifle.
It's still a 10/22.
He said he didn't want a 10/22.
Another vote for the Marlin 60.
High Standard made or maybe Mossberg
Another vote for the Marlin 60
If you want to throw the under 300.00 limit out of the equation a Older Browning 22 BAR
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/888489455
have my grampa's will still split holes at 50 yards if you do your part, which I can't anymore, but I can keep golfballs dancing, and I think it holds 16??? if memory serves......and the feed through the side of the stock is one of the handiest for fat fingers
Looks cool...but my international shoots like crap!!! (just like most out of the box 10/22's) ...JMO...
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I have a Marlin 60, and 2 model 70's, (magazine fed).
Love them.
Well I must have a good one cause my target 10/22 will shoot 5 rounds well under an inch at 100 yards with Ely.
Another Model 60 vote here. There was a reason they made millions of em. For a cheap tube fed semi they are hard to beat.
Well, everyone else is afraid to say it so I'll throw it out there...
Buckmark!
Gotta be one of the most redickeless designs ever, but they work!
For the price, Marlin 60 gets my vote.
I am going to start looking at the 552 remingtons.
I don't want a 10/22 because I don't like them. I don't like the magazines, the triggers are garbage unless you change them out and they are not all that accurate unless you have a target model. I had a stainless international and sold it because I never shot it. I have another one I built with a heavy barrel and a trigger kit but never shoot it.
If I was going to get a 10/22 I would get the backpacker model that is a takedown with the magpul stock.
looks like they're going for more than your 300 limit
I may have to raise my 300 dollar limit up 50 bucks or so😔