Best, most reliable, repeating .22 LR Rifle ever made?
- Thread starter philthygeezer
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Marlin model 81 tube fed. I've had one for 67 yrs and its been the most reliable 22 I've ever owned. its shot 1000's of gophers etc and is still made today which says alot for how reliable its been. with out going to a high exp target rifle it will out shoot most 22's
- Location
- Sunny Manitoba
Meh. The el cheapo Cooey feeding/extracting system can be fussy.
Gevarm... can't believe the number of votes the nylon 66 got... I had one, two buddies at work have or had one, all 3 just bloody autojammers. My Gevarm has almost never given me problems. If you get a misfire, the cartridge is no effin good, and very, very rarely an empty will fail to clear the ejection port.
Another vote for the Remington Nylon 66. It was my first new rifle when I was ten as a Christmas present. It has never let me down, my boys and daughter have used it and now my grandkids and has not let them down either. It has had thousands of rounds down the pipe by now. Gettin on to bein 50 years old now..........
ALBERTA BOY
Regular
- Location
- Edmonton, AB
What? Why do people think this?
Just so you know, the marlin 60 has sold nearly three times as many rifles as the 10/22.
I have owned several NYLON 66s and I can tell you they are rock solid. They don't deserve their reputation for being hard to clean. If you stop when you're supposed to which is simply removing the receiver dust cover, ejector, bolt and barrel, it's SUPER easy!
My second pic would be the Marlin 60.
The 10/22 would be somewhere near the bottom of the list near the mossberg Plinkster...
Well I am still using a Cooey Jr 22 that my Grandfather bought in 1939 -- still works like a charm, still as accurate as the man behind it and I am still using it to train my grandsons and also use it as a grouse/rabbit gun. Unknown how many rounds it has fired
lol..
In the 2+ years since posting that, I've had more than a dozen .22's pass through my hands (over my workbench/kitchen table) since then. I'll have to revise my opinions too...
I still have no love for the 10/22! I still miss a Marlin 70. Marlin did outsell Ruger 2:1 for decades for a good reason. I also had a Nylon 66 that worked like a clock and, a 597 that functioned flawlessly. A couple of old Mossbergs. Some Squires Binghams that cycled just fine,( but have an Achilles trigger).
I have a weakness for .22's. Regarding "the best" I still haven't tried them all, but I sure am working at it.
Nylon 66 even in the coldest of winters. I had mine for years but it just didn't get used anymore and ended up selling it for a very good price.
It's only design flaw is that when scoped, it wasn't as accurate as I would have wanted it to be. The action is held to the stock and not the barrel causing some movement between both action (where the scope is attached) and the barrel. However, there was no problem when using iron sights because rear and front sight are both on the barrel.
It's only design flaw is that when scoped, it wasn't as accurate as I would have wanted it to be. The action is held to the stock and not the barrel causing some movement between both action (where the scope is attached) and the barrel. However, there was no problem when using iron sights because rear and front sight are both on the barrel.
- Location
- Winnipeg,Man.
Over all the .22s i had and shot....i would have to say The Cooey 60 has been the steadfast for many, many years and still is in demand. Many thousands thru it and still operates like it is factory new.
My first .22 rifle was a Winchester-Cooey 600 with the rabbit on the grip .
That was back in '71....holy*
It's beat all to *ll , but it'll still shoot straight and the bolt is as slick as an Enfield's.
Follow-up shots at a running rabbit are just about as fast as a semi while staying on target.
Cooey gets top choice from eh moi.
That was back in '71....holy*
It's beat all to *ll , but it'll still shoot straight and the bolt is as slick as an Enfield's.
Follow-up shots at a running rabbit are just about as fast as a semi while staying on target.
Cooey gets top choice from eh moi.
WestIslandRifle
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- QUEBEKISTAN, Canada
i miss my remington 527 fieldmaster
Nylon 66. Never let me down, and I've never treated it very kind..
Been trying to find an old article from years ago where they (can't remember who they is - US Gov't maybe?) converted a 66 into a fully automatic rifle for test purposes. It digested a ridiculous amount of ammo without a hitch. As I recall from that article it was the cycle rate that was most surprising/impressive. Wish I could've found it to share on this thread.
Been trying to find an old article from years ago where they (can't remember who they is - US Gov't maybe?) converted a 66 into a fully automatic rifle for test purposes. It digested a ridiculous amount of ammo without a hitch. As I recall from that article it was the cycle rate that was most surprising/impressive. Wish I could've found it to share on this thread.
Bolt actions are the most reliable, without the slightest doubt, but not all bolt actions fit the bill.
Winchester once rigged up their top of the line Model 52, to work the bolt mechanically. They fired 100,000 rounds of long rifle through it, then had a gun technician take it apart and examine it.
He couldn't detect measureable wear on it anywhere, including the bore.
Winchester once rigged up their top of the line Model 52, to work the bolt mechanically. They fired 100,000 rounds of long rifle through it, then had a gun technician take it apart and examine it.
He couldn't detect measureable wear on it anywhere, including the bore.
welp, this seems to be a VERY SERIOUS topic seeins how there are 12 pages or so of replies.
personally this tickles me as i do not think that any person can own too many 22 rimfires. they are a very important rifle and caliber and entire essays have been written on that so i'm not gonna even go there
so, i have two repeaters that i have had for a few decades
1.)I got my browning BLR grade II in 1975 and i am thinking that a conservative guess of 400 bricks of ammo would be in the ball park. so whats that; 200,000 rounds?? i think that there may have been a couple of jams, and those were quickly rectumfied with a cleaning of the waxy goop that built up in the magazine tube
2.) i bought one of those Sako model 78's in 1981, and that rifle, man, i don't know. it could easily have a couple hundred bricks of ammo through it. it missfed for the first time in it's life two years ago when i cleaned it for the first time. I was of the "never clean your 22" school, and then i changed my mind and cleaned it. and it would not feed at all. I was mortified. finally i figured it maybe just liked to be a bit dirty, soo i bought two bricks of Blazer ammo, and one of those swinging gallery target things that are so fun, and got two kids to come shooting with me, and there job was to make sure that the ammo was gone before we left the range. the gun has worked fine ever since then
I think the magazine spring is loosing a little zip too.
those are my two long held rimfire repeaters. love em. and they are just two of the crowd, like i say, can never have too many 22's..................
good shooting ya'll!!
jsd
personally this tickles me as i do not think that any person can own too many 22 rimfires. they are a very important rifle and caliber and entire essays have been written on that so i'm not gonna even go there
so, i have two repeaters that i have had for a few decades
1.)I got my browning BLR grade II in 1975 and i am thinking that a conservative guess of 400 bricks of ammo would be in the ball park. so whats that; 200,000 rounds?? i think that there may have been a couple of jams, and those were quickly rectumfied with a cleaning of the waxy goop that built up in the magazine tube
2.) i bought one of those Sako model 78's in 1981, and that rifle, man, i don't know. it could easily have a couple hundred bricks of ammo through it. it missfed for the first time in it's life two years ago when i cleaned it for the first time. I was of the "never clean your 22" school, and then i changed my mind and cleaned it. and it would not feed at all. I was mortified. finally i figured it maybe just liked to be a bit dirty, soo i bought two bricks of Blazer ammo, and one of those swinging gallery target things that are so fun, and got two kids to come shooting with me, and there job was to make sure that the ammo was gone before we left the range. the gun has worked fine ever since then
I think the magazine spring is loosing a little zip too.
those are my two long held rimfire repeaters. love em. and they are just two of the crowd, like i say, can never have too many 22's..................
good shooting ya'll!!
jsd
Nylon 66 and 10-22 belong in the same bin...........trash.
Any old Winchester 69 (A), Browning T-Bolt/Lever, and last but not least,
the old Cooey's.
CZ 452's have captured me heart too.
Good clean reliable fun at a modest price.
Any old Winchester 69 (A), Browning T-Bolt/Lever, and last but not least,
the old Cooey's.
CZ 452's have captured me heart too.
Good clean reliable fun at a modest price.
- Location
- West Quebec
I bought my first CZ 452 used in February it had a trigger job and new springs.. all I could say is WOW!!! a tack driver..and I'm not that good..
