yes it got a few chuckles....110 grain ffg and 625 grain P&H cast (cast at home) Mini-ball. Just need to get close and they launched through the air...all great fun!
Armi Jager AP-74
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yes it got a few chuckles....110 grain ffg and 625 grain P&H cast (cast at home) Mini-ball. Just need to get close and they launched through the air...all great fun!
Blastattack
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$200-$300, depending on buyer motivation. I certainly wouldn't pay more.
He was asking $225..seems fair.
I paid double that back 15yrs ago........................
Gophers prefer to be shot with bolt-action rifles. At least...they seem very receptive to it.
x 100Seriously though, if an AR-ish 22 is the best fit for you in the gopher patch, you could look at the Ruger SR-22, Remington 597 VTR, Kel-Tec SU-22, etc. I doubt any of them are more accurate than a Marlin 795, and you could probably buy 2 or 3 x 795s for the price of an SR-22. lol Marlin made a model 7000 for a very short while, a heavy-barrel 795. Good luck finding one, I gave up. If high capacity mags are your thing (they aren't mine, even IN a gopher patch) there are some interesting options available for the 795 as well.
I only own one semi now, a 795. While I don't plan on buying another semi, I will be looking closely at these when I see them here in Canada; https://www.tcarms.com/firearms/semi-automatic
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They weren’t restricted 15 years ago. There’s precious little demand for restricted rimfire long-guns, and the market reflects that. They also have no accessories or spare parts readily available, further hitting value. At $200 to $300, they’re an interesting toy to have, any more and they’re not worthwhile.
Gophers prefer to be shot with bolt-action rifles. At least...they seem very receptive to it.
Seriously though, if an AR-ish 22 is the best fit for you in the gopher patch, you could look at the Ruger SR-22, Remington 597 VTR, Kel-Tec SU-22, etc. I doubt any of them are more accurate than a Marlin 795, and you could probably buy 2 or 3 x 795s for the price of an SR-22. lol Marlin made a model 7000 for a very short while, a heavy-barrel 795. Good luck finding one, I gave up. If high capacity mags are your thing (they aren't mine, even IN a gopher patch) there are some interesting options available for the 795 as well.
I only own one semi now, a 795. While I don't plan on buying another semi, I will be looking closely at these when I see them here in Canada; https://www.tcarms.com/firearms/semi-automatic
Thanks for the info!
if i want a serious bolt besides the Cooey ...Anschultz has a couple, which seem ok
As far a Jager replacement Kel-Tec (k-tel) pass, S&W 15-22: another paper punch (RPAL, go figure?? yet the Mossberg 715T is not???) i will keep looking. I guess it was the Jager handled and could put ANY commercially made ammo into it and get great results with trying to lessen the hole diggers. What a shame to put a unit like a Jager into punching paper
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i had picked mine up way before then Mister..way before 2000...i remember when cci came out with the stinger around 75 or 76....had the jager few years after. alot has changed since then!
Blastattack
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Fair enough. They were also new 15 years ago. However, the rest of my statement stands: There’s precious little demand for restricted rimfire long-guns, and the market reflects that. They also have no accessories or spare parts readily available, further hitting value.
Mine was manufactured in 1975.
i still think they best 22LR made...and pack a nasty smack when a gopher/squirrel (no limit in alberta) is hit
I agree! And it's a goddamn shame we aren't allowed to shoot gophers with them! Such a great rimfire classic!
and trying to find a replacement...most of the units out there are pure crap or paper punchers...if i want to punch paper i dont need a range for that! i have one in my office that does three holes at a time!! And some of the suggestions for comparisons are these rifles that are like a half and half deal (half conventional stock and a forward stock/plastic deal pulled from an auto unit somewhere....like sawing a regular rifle in half and a tactical/ militia unit in half and gluing some where in the middle)...pass on that! S&W 15-22 restricted....Mossberg 715 T not. Just when i think i may see one i like it can only punch paper....and No more 10-22 based ruger crap either had my fill of a 22 that is brand/ballistic specific. If it can't shoot any round commercially produced..its crap!
