Cost effective semi 22

Suther said:
Are they reliable though? My buddies sure isn't. Sample size of one, sure, but I've seen plenty of reports of similar lack of reliability from newer production 10/22s. Enough so that I would only buy one if I planned to dump a bunch of aftermarket parts into it.
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From what I’ve seen at rimfire events, a clean 10/22 will usually get you through a 400-round day, maybe with a squirt of G96 if it hadn’t been cleaned beforehand or if the ammo is especially sooty. Mechanically, it is pretty simple, can tolerate dry fire etc

Wondering what the issue is with the one you are talking about.

Marlins are good too.
 
Savage 64 for a bunch of reasons. Price; our local Canadian Tire has them regular price $199.00 brand new bought one a short while ago. They work. They are Canadian made. They have a steel receiver. 20 round mag available (1022 does not). Customizable enough; I put a promag folding stock on mine, a pic-rail adaptor, a reflex sight, and folding back up sighs with a one point sling.

Customization is a two edged sword; I know guys who have poured $1000.00 or more into their 1022s and they may feed better and be a bit more accurate than they were new, they are not worth much more and they pretty much have a box full of factory parts that they could build the original rifle out of. LOL.

All this for a proven rifle built of steel, made in Canada for 1/2 the initial purchase price of a Ruger. Bit of a no brainer for me; I take it to the range, I load it, it shoots and it hits what I point it at with a level of accuracy I was not expecting. Mags do need to be broken it, but I have seen just as many or more new 1022s having feeding issues.

GSG 16s are more user friendly than both the Ruger and the Savage, and they all seem to feed flawlessly; however they are over priced and have lots of plastic and pot-metal.
 
Thanks for the great info. I’m also looking in a good reliable, and relatively cheap .22. I’ll probably go with a savage 64
 
357Maximum said:
Used Marlin 795 and 60, are priced as much or more then used 1022's
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Prices on the 795 seem to be climbing thats for sure. I paid $150 for my first one a few years around the time Remington went under, and $200 for my second one last year.

I'd still get one over a 10/22 if prices were the same though, I love the last round hold open on the 795 and a lot of people want the option of using high cap mags.
 
Nighthawk, I didn't read 'all' of these comments, but you can find lots of info about 64s on Savageshooters .com. They're fine, simple rifles - I've got a couple.
 
Suther said:
Prices on the 795 seem to be climbing thats for sure. I paid $150 for my first one a few years around the time Remington went under, and $200 for my second one last year.

I'd still get one over a 10/22 if prices were the same though, I love the last round hold open on the 795 and a lot of people want the option of using high cap mags.
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The 795 is another rifle that I really like - except for the plastic stock. I've been keeping an eye open for a beater 795, or a barreled action, as I have a wood stock from a 995 laying around. Not that I need another 22lr semi... but... why not? :)

Cheers,
Neil
 
LarryG said:
another vote for the 10/22. most of them shoot pretty decent. I especially like the older ones. Personally, I hate the old cooey 64 jammomatics, and would not take one if you gave it to me, because of the pot metal mags.
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I collect & shoot Cooeys amoung many other guns. The 64 , in my exsperience , is a jam-o-matic .Trying
many different shells to find something that works is the norm. High Vel. like Stingers can work.
 
Can-down said:
Parts support is a concern with some of the older guns, 10/22 is likely the most supported semi in the world.
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I'm not a Ruger 10/22 fanboy but rumor has it that you could build a 10/22 from scratch without a single Ruger-made part in it. How's that for parts support.
Had I not been traumatized by my grossly inaccurate 10/22 in the late 90's, I'd probably own one now, just because.
 
cooey43 said:
I collect & shoot Cooeys amoung many other guns. The 64 , in my exsperience , is a jam-o-matic .Trying
many different shells to find something that works is the norm. High Vel. like Stingers can work.
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Had a 64 I kept in the pig barn until it decided to not work anymore went to a Model 78 Winchester then retired.
 
After a couple of decades of not owning one....I recently picked up a semi-auto rimfire rifle. A DLASK 10/22 9"bbl take-down in a Magpul backpacker stock.
To be clear I like bolts & levers so a semi-auto never caught my attention. The DLASK offering is "cost effective" because I don't plan on getting any more semi autos.....
 
I’ve got a 10/22 Competition that I’ve put many thousands of rounds through. It’s in a Spector Ballistics chassis now and with a $700 Kidd trigger. Really a $2K+ 10/22. Buy a factory Savage 64 in an MDT chassis. 10/22s are cranky and finicky vs my built Tikka bolt gun. Save the $$ and frustration and go Savage for cheap.
 
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