Accurate .22 rifle?

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Shot a friends new/old Win .22 today, and it was a blast. Unlike him, I don't want to cruise sites looking for 62s, 64s and such.

What .22 repeaters are real accurate, and fast for target games?

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Marlin model 60 is the best bang for the buck. Not an expensive rifle but a well made one and will shoot with some of the best and better than a lot of them without doing a lot of mods to make it shoot well.
 
If you want a vintage .22 rifle that meets your wants/needs, I would suggest a Remington 241. It's a Browning design, so it has to be good. It's extremely well made and well-balanced, and it can still be purchased from the online auctions at halfway reasonable prices. Most are quite accurate as well. You are quite correct about most of the classic Winchesters. Collectors have driven prices up to often unreasonable levels for us shooters. You might want to check out my book, "Walnut and Steel: Vintage .22 Rifles" (www.walnutandsteel.com) for more information on classic .22 rifles. Thanks.
 
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Like the Remington 241, is the browning SA-.22. Bought one a few months ago, love it. Light trigger pull and accurate. It spits out 11 shots pretty quick. But they are pricey, especially the Belgium ones like I bought.
 
In a semi-auto, Volquartsen is my choice:

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+1 for Volquartsen actions. You could buy a factory 10/22 and build it, but in the end you could have more invested and less to show for it.

If you wanna stay under $150 a Marlin 60 or Savage 64 are good choices. For a little more than double that you can get a CZ 512 which is also a nice rifle for the money.
 
First & foremost please define "accurate"?
Some shooters think accurate means hitting a beer can at 25 yards.
Some think accurate is under 1/2 inch at 50 from a bench rest.
( I belong to the later )
How much to you want to spend?
Want a new or used rifle?
I have a 10-22 action with Jard trigger & inexpensive Adams & Bennet barrel
that will shoot Federal Champion & Blazer ammo just under 1/2 inch at 50 yds. from a rest & I'm not a great marksman.
(that ammo is budget cheap ammo)
 
I've got a Marlin 60, it's lots of fun to shoot. Probably the most fun plinking gun I own.

But, it doesn't even begin to approach the accuracy of my old (really old, pre-A) Winchester 52.

Cheaper can be tons of fun but, generally, there is an accuracy trade off.
 
It depends on your definition of fast and accurate. To me, fast would be a semi. If I wanted fast and accurate it would be a tricked out 10/22. Accurate would be consistently hitting 7mm bullet holes at 100 yards which my CZ 452 will do. If you have deeper pockets, Anschutz rifles are very accurate.
 
I'm guessing, the "60"

What .22 repeaters are real accurate, and fast for target games?
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I'm trying to read your experience and right now, I might suggest the "60" which is very serviceable and reasonably priced. I am a fan of the 10/22's and if you like to tinker and upgrade, this is the way to go. If you just want to shoot, go with the 60 .... :confused:

Be Safe !!!
 
Volquartsen is a fine firearm. Won't go wrong with it. I have less then $500 invested in a 10/22 and it shoots 1/4 10 shot groups with eley rifle at 50. Green mountain barrel and Boyd's stock. Hard to beat.
 
The Marlin M60 will give you good reasonable accuracy at an inexpensive price and they are very reliable.

When you say "fast", I pretty much think semi-auto 22 rifle. It also depends on what you mean by "accurate".

If you want to buy something that should give you 1/2" groups at 50 yds with the right ammunition, then I think a Volquartsen will do that. They are essentially a tricked out Ruger 10/22 done by a manufacturer versus doing it yourself.

The Marlin M60 will do something close to that at a pretty reasonable price. The Marlin 695 is the detachable magazine version of the M60.

Whatever you choose, buy a selection of 22 ammunition and shoot groups at the range at a controlled distance and a rest. Shoot and you should see what tends to perform best in your rifle. Generally speaking, the more you pay for ammunition, the better the consistancy is between rounds.

I am generally pretty satisfied with Federal Champions #510 (Walmart Lightnings 510B) or CCI for high velocity and Federal standard velocity for a bit more precision. You can usually do better with the higher end ammunition. So it depends on what you want and your willingness to spend the money to get the most accuracy out of your rifle. In my case, I tend to find what shoots pretty good in both a high velocity and standard velocity and stick with those (assuming I can find the ammo). For plinking, I pretty much shoot what ever promotional ammo (less expensive stuff) I have.
 
You said repeaters, so here your obligatory CZ 455 / 452 / 453 recommendation. And yep, Anschutz if you can afford it.

However, you said "fast" repeater. That leaves semis, then pumps, then levers, in that order of speed.

Semis are covered well above (+10 for Volquartsen and Marlin 60). Add Remington Speedmaster if you want to shoot shorts and longs. I believe it may be the ONLY semi which *reliably* shoots shorts.

Pumps - there aren't many new ones made if any and not sure how accuracy stacks up, but quite a few used ones in many models out there... the Taurus/Rossi 62s I've had (Win 62 clones) are reasonably accurate - certainly not crappy. But they're not easy to scope; great if you like irons. There's another thread on here right now about Henry pumps - check it out. Unfortunately all they offer now in a pump is the long-barreled octagon.

The Remington Fieldmaster (572?) is great - feeds shorts and longs, but it's a long-barreled rifle which is not my preference.

Levers aren't quite as fast, but pretty fast. Marlin 39s are very accurate and high quality, and I think still being made. Win 9422s are discontinued and thus expensive, but nice. Not sure of the accuracy of Henry leverguns. Reasonable I believe.
 
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