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Hi. I am in the market for a .22 semi auto.

Please don't tell me to get a CZ 452, as I already have 3 (22lr, 22 mag and 17 HMR). I am looking for an accurate semi auto 22 w/o spending big bucks.

I am considering the following: a Ruger 10/22 Deluxe, Remington 597 or Marlin 7000. Kinda leaning towards a bull barrel.

Have read that 10/22 will require lots of $$ in upgrades, 597 has jamming problems (accuracey to me unknown), Marlin very accurate (but I don't like the stock).

Would appreciate any comments. Thanks.
 
Me, i would buy a Ruger 10/22 standard and then buy a GM bull barrel for about $125 or so. Not to much money and man, can those GM barrels shoot!

If not, go for the 7000

JMHO
 
Everyone is going to tell you to buy a 10/22.
It is the standard answer for this question. I don't even usually post on these threads because they always end up with a 10/22.

But anyways - Winchester 74's are great semi's - don't jam, easy to clean - push a button and the entire action slides out. Usually a very nice walnut stock. They usually go cheap - I think I paid $75 for mine.

Remington 550's are reliable and very cool - they have a floating chamber so will cycle with anything down to CB shorts. A piece of history - the floating chamber is a Williams patent, designer of the M1 carbine. Again, nice walnut stock. Cleaning involves unscrewing the back of the action with your fingers, the bolt slides out. Both mine were from gun stores for $125. I saw that Accuracy Plus had one for under $100.

The Marlin 60 is another reliable semi - at least by reports on Rimfire Central. Again they go very cheap. Don't have any experience with this one yet. I just bought a Marlin 99M1, a 60 action in a M1 style stock, but have not had a chance to shoot it yet.

And of course, a Remington Nylon 66 - a legend that you too can own.

With all the CZ's you have, you could look for the CZ semi - not sure of the model number, supposed to be a good gun.

Before you buy another model of older semi, do a search on Rimfire Central on the gun. There were quite a few poor designs out there. I almost bought a nice looking Winchester semi, don't remember the model, and checked it out first. Found out it was a crappy design and barely worked.
 
Got to add my .02. I always hear 10/22.....traded three of them and bought the Buckmark. I could NOT be happier Excellent fit and finish, Good accuracy, works with CB's, reliable as anything, and very cool looking . I opted for the sporter, but there is a heavy barrel/laminate version that is really sweet. Had to throw it into the mix! It was either that or the T/C.......:D

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Slash5 said:
Before you buy another model of older semi, do a search on Rimfire Central on the gun. There were quite a few poor designs out there. I almost bought a nice looking Winchester semi, don't remember the model, and checked it out first. Found out it was a crappy design and barely worked.
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I still have a Cooey model 64A (made by Winchester) I bought it as a kid and the bloody thing never did work or cycle properly. Piece of %@#& Junk. Usually used it as a single shot when it even fired. I bought my brother's CIL Anschutz Model 470 and liked it so much I bought my father in laws CIL Anschutz Model 470 off him too. If you can find one of these used I recommend getting it.
 
One of the first guns I ever hunted with was a Cooey 64A (plastic mag, not metal). It was close to 20yrs old then and the mag had worn out so it had feeding issues, pretty much used it as a single shot. No accuracy issues at all though. The 64B's have a metal mag, so wearing them out really isn't much of an issue ( and the metal mags are still in production). There is also a conversion kit available to make the new mags fit the old 64A's.
 
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I still have a Cooey model 64A (made by Winchester) I bought it as a kid and the bloody thing never did work or cycle properly. Piece of %@#& Junk. Usually used it as a single shot when it even fired. I bought my brother's CIL Anschutz Model 470 and liked it so much I bought my father in laws CIL Anschutz Model 470 off him too. If you can find one of these used I recommend getting it.
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I've got two Cooey 64's, although mine are the 64B made after Winchester bought Cooey, both of mine feed, shoot, and cycle without problems. Both of mine group respectively aswell.

I wonder if I got lucky, or is mine are upgraded by Winchester?
 
If 10/22's are so good then how come almost everyone here replaces everything on them but the recivers? :confused: :D

Think about this for a minute. :D

To stay within the budget you mentioned I vote for the Savage, or an old Mossberg . :)

BTW those Buckmarks look pretty nice! :)
 
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This is just my findings, I have used 2 10/22's one was a pretty old beat up one that belongs to the old-timer I use to farm for and it was crap accurate but jammed after every 5 shots, I bought one myself and cannot be happier with it haven't done anything to tweak her and she's accurate as hell plus after 2000 shells have had mybe 5 or six jams and those were spent cases that got stuck horizontally in the slide.
I think that if you clean the 10/22 after 500-1000 shells you shouldn't have too much ####. just my 2cents
 
10/22 are fun gun :D , reliable (Best magazine design by far!) and have 1000's of after market accessories... But in their factory form, I would not call them "accurate". Yes, you can shoot a rat at 20y... but if you want to do a head shot at 50y, you'll most likely need a few bullets.

If you don't want to thinker... I would have a look at a used Browning Auto or, if you can fin one, the BRNO semi-auto...

Safe shooting,

Mike.
 
Slash5 said:
Everyone is going to tell you to buy a 10/22.
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Not me...

The 10/22 has been done to death... Everybody and their dog has or has had one. Get something interesting so I won't be bored to tears listening to you ryme off all the mods and crap you've added to your 10/22:p
 
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