Finally somebody who agrees with me.
Best, most reliable, repeating .22 LR Rifle ever made?
- Thread starter philthygeezer
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Finally somebody who agrees with me.
You don't gotta be good.
If the CZ adopts ya, just point in the general direction and the gal will do the rest.
My M65 Tikka proved that to me too...........
- Location
- West Quebec
You don't gotta be good.
If the CZ adopts ya, just point in the general direction and the gal will do the rest.
My M65 Tikka proved that to me too...........
It's pure love my CZ and me..
In my 35+ years of shooting, the best thing is always on the horizon. As they say, "The best is yet to come".
As far as the current most reliable repeater rimfire is, its each persons own experience with a individual firearm and only that. It does not represent the whole production of that firearm.
Is a Remington 597 good? My experience with it has been positive to the extreme. 15,000+ rounds of no failures before I did any mods to it. Is the 10/22 any good? Mine was a POS! My friends 10/22 outshoots my 597, he swears by it and I do too!!!
As far as the current most reliable repeater rimfire is, its each persons own experience with a individual firearm and only that. It does not represent the whole production of that firearm.
Is a Remington 597 good? My experience with it has been positive to the extreme. 15,000+ rounds of no failures before I did any mods to it. Is the 10/22 any good? Mine was a POS! My friends 10/22 outshoots my 597, he swears by it and I do too!!!
I'm halfway there...10/22's and I have a poor history. No use for them, and no longer tolerated on the premises. I don't deny they have a market, I just am not part of it.
I've come full circle on the 66's though. My first experiences were not very good, but I've owned a couple, and had m'hands on a 10C. Quite sassy semi's, and very accurate with open sights. Mine functioned like a machine. I haven't seen any Chinese copies, but have seen a Brazilian, and one of mine were made in Canada.
Down to about a dozen .22's, and most are since my previous post(10-19-2012) in this thread...I do want to try them all!
I find semi auto .22's are hit or miss. Both my brother and I bought mossberg 715's. Mind jammed like crazy for the first 2-300 rounds, but after that it worked flawlessly. My brothers started off flawless but now is a jam-o-matic.
Several of my friends have 10/22's. They all seem to jam a lot and have ejection problems..
I bought a marlin 795 for my wife to learn how to shoot with. I have to say that the gun has had zero issues in the 2000 plus rounds we've put through it. It's hard to believe that a $149 rifle can be so accurate and trouble free. It's surprising actually.
Several of my friends have 10/22's. They all seem to jam a lot and have ejection problems..
I bought a marlin 795 for my wife to learn how to shoot with. I have to say that the gun has had zero issues in the 2000 plus rounds we've put through it. It's hard to believe that a $149 rifle can be so accurate and trouble free. It's surprising actually.
That's the result of a good engineering design and cost effective production. I'll never understand why they are so often overlooked.
I must speak up for the nylon 66. Sure, the trigger is very creepy. Accuracy with a scope is not always good, since the stock flexes with how you hold it, and the scope mount area is not attached to the barrel, but instead is the top of the dust cover.
However with open sights I seen some very good shooting with a nylon, like gopher head shots at 50 yards. This is improvement is due to the use of the fixed front sight along with a simply mounted rear sight on the dust cover, rather than the error introduced by the scope being aligned with the dust cover only.
Regarding jamming, a nylon in original condition is capable of exceptional reliability. It is an excellent design. If you argue otherwise, you don't know the history of this gun.
However, there are a few things that can interfere with it:
1. damaged side ejector sheet metal thingie. the edge that contacts the spent casing must be smooth.
2. someone cleaned it with an incompatible solvent that damaged the nylon wear surfaces, I think this would include brake cleaning fluid.
3. the gun was re-assembled incorrectly. One nylon I bought was missing that ejector mentioned in 1. above.
These guns are incredibly tough and light, reliable and accurate without scopes. Before stainless guns, IMHO, the nylon66 was among the best .22 of any configuration for harsh environments.
That said, for day to day shooting, I prefer other .22's, mainly because of the scope thing and that lousy trigger. But for a SHTF .22, the nylon would be an excellent choice.
However with open sights I seen some very good shooting with a nylon, like gopher head shots at 50 yards. This is improvement is due to the use of the fixed front sight along with a simply mounted rear sight on the dust cover, rather than the error introduced by the scope being aligned with the dust cover only.
Regarding jamming, a nylon in original condition is capable of exceptional reliability. It is an excellent design. If you argue otherwise, you don't know the history of this gun.
However, there are a few things that can interfere with it:
1. damaged side ejector sheet metal thingie. the edge that contacts the spent casing must be smooth.
2. someone cleaned it with an incompatible solvent that damaged the nylon wear surfaces, I think this would include brake cleaning fluid.
3. the gun was re-assembled incorrectly. One nylon I bought was missing that ejector mentioned in 1. above.
These guns are incredibly tough and light, reliable and accurate without scopes. Before stainless guns, IMHO, the nylon66 was among the best .22 of any configuration for harsh environments.
That said, for day to day shooting, I prefer other .22's, mainly because of the scope thing and that lousy trigger. But for a SHTF .22, the nylon would be an excellent choice.
I bought a brand new "old stock" Gevarm from trade ex a while back when they had them and it was a total P.O.S.
Sights were unusable and it couldn't get through a whole mag without jamming up with every ammo I tried and it didn't matter which way the spring guide was positioned. Trade EX didn't want anything to do with it so I sold it cheap under the title of P.O.S needs beaucoup work!
Sights were unusable and it couldn't get through a whole mag without jamming up with every ammo I tried and it didn't matter which way the spring guide was positioned. Trade EX didn't want anything to do with it so I sold it cheap under the title of P.O.S needs beaucoup work!
Well, if it's longevity you are taking into account, then my Walther Model 1 Sport HB might be the one to go for. My dad bought it in Cork, Ireland, in 1930, fitted a scope to it a few years later, and used it for stuff for the pot until he died in 1971. By that time, I'd been shooting it for around fifteen years or so, and have carried on since then. It gets an outing about once a month these days, and although I got a replacement mainspring for it about ten years back from Numrich, so far I haven't needed to fit it.
tac
tac
- Location
- Newmarket,Ontario
I agree with you on the Cooey 60 and will add the Cooey 600. I have had one now for almost 50 years and never an issue.
johnnyboyupnorth
New member
- Location
- Fredericton
I have a Nylon 66 that was my first rifle, given to me in 1984 as a Christmas present as a boy, that has entertained me and fed me countless times. I have never had a ftf or fte in thousands of rounds...
Gearbanger
Member
- Location
- The Big Nickel, Ontario
Another vote here for the Nylon 66. Mine is over 30-years-old and has probably been cleaned twice. Still pounds them out all day long. Light as a feather too. Can't for the life of me understand why they stopped making it?
