Is there any reason to get a 22lr bolt gun?

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.. when you have a match grade 10/22?

I have a match grade trigger, barrel and receiver 10/22 derivative. I'm just wondering - if you had this rifle, would you have any reason to get a bolt action 22lr? I suppose the bolt action will be easier to clean and could possibly feed the stingers (although I've heard that you shouldn't feed stingers in some bolt actions), but are there other reasons?
 
If you want only 1 22, then no reason to buy a bolt. However if you like to have a few 22s kicking around, they are great to have.

I personally have a BRNO no 5, a 10/22, a browning pump, an old mossberg bolt(my favourite). Looking for a nice lever now.
 
I would say, practically, no, you probably don't NEED a bolt .22.

That being said, there is just something special about carrying a nice .22 bolt, like a CZ, when you are out hunting small game.
 
Saving up for a browning T bolt...blued with dark wood stock....

Unfortunately it's running about 4 down on a wish list....LOL
 
Some people get a .22lr bolt gun just to practice their technique as a warm up before they start throwing .300win mags down range. It’s cheaper, and you can practice essentially the same principals.

Besides, it’s a nice excuse to buy another gun 
 
Wouldn't you get greater muzzle velocity out of the 22lr bolts as well because energy isn't going into reciprocating the action?
 
Just because you've assembled "match grade" parts does not mean that you will get match grade performance... with 10/22 (or clone) builds, much of the accuracy is in the tuning and ammo testing... so tells us, can you shoot consistent sub 1/2" groups at 50 m??? If you can then you don't "need" a bolt action, you "want a bolt action... If you can't, then you "need" a bolt action.

Not all bolt actions are equal, there are variations in accuracy levels even within the same models and product runs... buy well, test match grade ammo ($$$) and work towards the "almost" mythical "one-holer" by degrees...

What you buy and how much you spend will depend on how accurate you want to be... I would say that a heavy barrel MKII is on the bottom end, a step up would be a CZ Varmint or American in 452 or even better a 453... and then you are moving up to the Anschutz etc... range... there is never any guarantee that you will get a shooter, but generally the more you spend the better your chances... there are cases of a $200 Savage outshooting a $2000 Annie... but those are RARE cases, no matter what you read from the CGN "rimfire guru's."
 
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A bolt action is IMO for long distances 100+ yds. Our 10/22s are great and 50yds and less but again, just how much have you sunk into your gun? I'm at $700 including the trs-25! My savage was $450 and shoot just as well as my 10/22 at close range but kicks it's butt at anything over 50yds.
 
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.. when you have a match grade 10/22?

I have a match grade trigger, barrel and receiver 10/22 derivative. I'm just wondering - if you had this rifle, would you have any reason to get a bolt action 22lr?
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I personally prefer bolt action over semi regardless how much "bling" is in the semi. For me, semi's get boring quick. Then again, I'd rather revolvers over semi-auto HG's, stick over auto, etc., but that's me.
Yes, get a bolt rifle and shoot it lots, then decide....
 
My first rimfire gun is a Savage Mk II G... Great gun, very accurate, easily capable of sub 1/2" groups at 50, with CCI SV, and that's bone-stock. You'll be hard-pressed to find a semiauto with that sort of out of the box accuracy.
 
My first impress of the post was some one trying to influence others by using the word "reason". It is in quotation marks so as not to be confused with coming from my vocabulary!
It is in the Webster dictionary though:

rea·son noun \ˈrē-zən\

: a statement or fact that explains why something is the way it is, why someone does, thinks, or says something, or why someone behaves a certain way

: a fact, condition, or situation that makes it proper or appropriate to do something, feel something, etc.

: the power of the mind to think and understand in a logical way

One should be careful when talking about guns and accepting words from a wife's vocabulary as having a basis in fact!
 
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