Browning 22LR Repeater
- Thread starter BMartens
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I assume by repeater you mean semiauto ! A repeater is a magazine fed bolt action vs a single shot. Which repeater do you have? What are you looking for in a bolt action? You may want to post in the EE Rimfire section with a WTT heading with the model you have for trade and your wants.
Thank you for your advice. You are right, I meant semi-auto. Can you please tell me what WTT means? I have been looking at CZ 452 and 453 or th browning T-bolt. Any ideas about what would be a better choice for plinking and shooting chickens at 50+ yds?
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- Winnipeg,Man.
What you have now in the Browning is a great little plinking/varmint/chicken gun. Put on a scope and have to her. More than adequate for your purposes.
I have shot the gun a bit, and I like how it shoots. The problem is that I am fairly new to rifle shooting. I really want to focus on one shot, one kill. The semi-auto is just so easy to keep pulling the trigger. I also like the idea of having a clip to pop in and out. The semi-auto's classic design of feeding rounds into the buttstock is neat but not that practical in the field.
The cartridges loaded into the butt stock is no handicap. I prefer tube mags to detatchable mags, and you would too after loading 500+ rounds into one in an afternoon. It's a great system that doesn't get the respect that it deserves. Sounds to me like you just want somthing that looks cooler that your friends will call a sniper rifle .
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- Winnipeg,Man.
I too prefer the tube fed rifles...be they semis or bolt. The mags do not get lost, the tube mags do not have to be loaded as often ( some hold 17 rounds), quick to reload, and much easier on the thumbs, they do not hang down and get in the way when preparing for a shot ( often prone). Where i shoot, it has been normal to shoot from 1 1/2 to 2 bricks a day at critters. I looked for tube fed after one day as my thumb was cut and raw.
But your preference,.......... with use, you will regulate your trigger finger and the rifle will become a "one shot..one kill". My marlin 990L did, as did my Mossberg 151s.(also butt fed tube mag)
But your preference,.......... with use, you will regulate your trigger finger and the rifle will become a "one shot..one kill". My marlin 990L did, as did my Mossberg 151s.(also butt fed tube mag)
I just bought a browning take-down .22lr for $75 in Calgary. The stock was cracked, but nothing a bit of accuglass didn't fix. also had to reblue it.
Thinking back, it was in pretty rough shape. so, for a beat up browning, i think $75 bucks was fair. For a decent set up, you should be around the $200-350 area i think.
Thinking back, it was in pretty rough shape. so, for a beat up browning, i think $75 bucks was fair. For a decent set up, you should be around the $200-350 area i think.
On the topic of tube mags, the easiest one I've ever loaded has to be a nylon 66. Basically just start dropping them from your hand, not feeding one at a time...and 99.9 percent of the time they just fall in properly from the weight of the bullet head. 
Thanks for all your helpful posts. I will bring the gun to the Kamloops Antique and Gun show April 24 to attempt to trade it. The local gun shop offered $275 so I am sure I can get $350 - 400. I looked around, the box indicates it is a Grade I, the gun black book suggests anywhere between 300 - 550 depending on condition.
Good catch! If I saw one for $75, I'd have my wallet out so fast my thumbnail would smoke!
As to the 'problem' of the semi auto being too easy to keep shooting with...Well, practice a little discipline, and concentrate on your technique.
Or load single rounds. That'll make you concentrate on a hit!
The Browning semi's are a great little carry gun, and a pretty good choice for gophers as a walking around gun.
Cheers
Trev
