I'm going to be buying a .22 semi-auto rifle in the near future and have narrowed the choices down to the Marlin Model 60 or the Remington Model 552.
The Marlin is cheaper and I would most likely choose it IF I had not once owned a Remington Model 572 when I was a kid. A friend of mine had the model 552. We spent a lot of time shooting together, and I remember that both of our rifles functioned flawlessly and were pretty darned accurate.
Those rifles were also manufactured over 35 years ago and I don't know if Remington still has that level of quality in their .22's.
Thoughts?
I really loved that 572 of mine. Sadly, it was stolen from my parents house when I was away at college in the early 70's.
Cliff
The Marlin is cheaper and I would most likely choose it IF I had not once owned a Remington Model 572 when I was a kid. A friend of mine had the model 552. We spent a lot of time shooting together, and I remember that both of our rifles functioned flawlessly and were pretty darned accurate.
Those rifles were also manufactured over 35 years ago and I don't know if Remington still has that level of quality in their .22's.
Thoughts?
I really loved that 572 of mine. Sadly, it was stolen from my parents house when I was away at college in the early 70's.
Cliff