.22 Rifle for beginner!
- Thread starter hdave
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I also agree a new shooter should start out with a bolt action and iron sights once you can shoot well with them move up to a scope and semi auto if you so choose. This is how I was taught and this is how my 11 year old son and my wife are staring out. If you are just new to the rimfire and not shooting I would suggest a 10/22 or a 597.
Threemorewishes
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- Ottawa Ontario Canada
Beginners are probably best served by a single shot, bolt action with open sights. You should be able to find one without spending much money. If you decide it is not your cup of tea you have not put out too much cash to learn the lesson.
+2 on the CZ, or brno, that was my beginner choice a couple of weeks ago.
lineofsight
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- Lower Mainland, BC
Respectfully disagree on this. Have a Browning SA and Cooey M60. On Browning pull breach block back and can see feed path and chamber, on Cooey open bolt can see if mag empty and if chamber empty. Think I can pull tube out and drop rounds in tube quicker than pull mag out and recharge mags on my Thompson Center R55, Cooey M64, CZ 452.
Advantages of tube mags - never a seating issue, nice flush magazine (and then the debated - cant forget/loose the mag).
Just goes to show, different strokes for different folks.
I have a scoped Cooey M60 thats a never sell - as accurate as CZ, controlled feed, and proven durable/reliable.
If I could only own one though, it be the T/C R55 - nice laminate stock, semi auto, 1" groups at 100m with cheap ammo - or the CZ 453 varmint for bolt - okay, cant just have one cause the Browning SA is so nice handling and take down... you sure you want to start this
Really a personal choice, find one that feels right, and will do what you want it to... go from there
My first gun was a marlin 7000, bull barrel .22 semi auto, super accurate, and a ton of fun. I was determined to get one even though they stopped making them the year before I got my PAL, fortunately I found one here on the EE
Be prepared this is an addictive sport you're getting into!! I was just going to get a .22 for plinking, and stop at that.... that was 2 years ago, and now many guns (rifle and pistol) later, I've just built a dedicated gun room in my house, and will be reloading very very soon
My first gun was a marlin 7000, bull barrel .22 semi auto, super accurate, and a ton of fun. I was determined to get one even though they stopped making them the year before I got my PAL, fortunately I found one here on the EE
Be prepared this is an addictive sport you're getting into!! I was just going to get a .22 for plinking, and stop at that.... that was 2 years ago, and now many guns (rifle and pistol) later, I've just built a dedicated gun room in my house, and will be reloading very very soon
It depends.
If you're interested in pure accuracy and doing well in benchrest matches or want to shoot to that level of accuracy then a bolt action and a nice scope is the pathway to Nirvana.
If you check around and find out that your local clubs host matches where it's a contest of speed with accuracy then you won't go wrong with a 10/22 just because there's SOOOOOO many aftermarket items and mods to do on them. However they are fine right out of the box.
The real answer is to get one of each....
If you're interested in pure accuracy and doing well in benchrest matches or want to shoot to that level of accuracy then a bolt action and a nice scope is the pathway to Nirvana.
If you check around and find out that your local clubs host matches where it's a contest of speed with accuracy then you won't go wrong with a 10/22 just because there's SOOOOOO many aftermarket items and mods to do on them. However they are fine right out of the box.
The real answer is to get one of each....
lineofsight
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland, BC
The real answer is to get one of each....
And there in lies the problem - but its a good problem
Agree bolt gun with open sights a good traditional starter but may tire of open sights fairly quickly thus recommend something good that can keep it as your first .22 and still enjoy shooting it in a few years as a dedicated open sights rifle (Walther, Annie, Cooey) or have a closer look at the stock and receiver to ensure it will work for you if you decide to scope it.
I.E. CZ 452 Lux is great with open sights but the permanent rear site base and the curved European stock are poorly suited to a good cheek weld with a scope thus conscious decision to keep as open sights gun and then - CZ 453 Varmint, a T/C R55 Benchmark, a...
Sucks being a lefty, harder to find guns and more expensive when you do find them. Semi's and pumps in right hand are ok for a lefty. Bolts are alot more troublesome because the bolt jams your thumb. Something to think about.
Warranties DMS these days I know a guy who bought a new 10/22 that wouldn't fire in Alberta and they told him he had to send it to Winnipeg.No straight exchange have a nice day.............Harold********* Not a fan of Marlin micro-groove rifling either**get a cz or cooey 60
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