New shooter looking for rimfire suggestions.

[rhshooter]

Both nice .22's. Currently the Ruger magazine is limited to 10 rounds. GSG-15 has no restrictions on magazine capacity. That would decide it for me.

I have a number of 25 and 30 round mags for my 10/22. They actually work better for me than the weird revolving drum 10 rd mag the rifle came with.

Jeff

 

[RabidM4U5]

If you want to see tight groups with a rimfire @ 100 yards and don't mind paying about $0.35 a shot, 17HMR is awfully hard to beat.

If only somebody manufactured quality ammunition for it. You're more likely to pull your hair out in frustration...

This mornings setup pic
455 SOF Lilja 17 hmr
Hornady 17 gr Vmax

3 targets attempted.
Muzzle velocities up and down creating a nasty vertical spread.
This was the only target that was worthwhile and even it shows
just how bad the vertical spread was from this recent order of vmax.
50 rounds fired, box claims 2550 fps mv.
Chrono display shows 2784 high, 2298 low, 2610 average.
No way to make a 17 hmr shoot like a laser when the ammo quality reeks.

Those strays below the sighter bullseyes
were the last 4 rounds in the box, all extremely low mv's.
Precision 17 hmr ammunition my patootie.

 

[surplusshooter]

Just wondering what you meant by "consistency?" Consistent accuracy? Reliability? I (personally) wouldn't expect either the GSG-15 OR SR22 (=10/22 in a nice shell) to be overly accurate shooters at 100 yards. That's not everyone's goal, I realize that, but the new 10/22 I owned wouldn't reliably hit a pop can at 50 yards no matter what ammo I fed it. If plinking/paper-punching without a burning desire to see tight groups is your thing, then the semis you're looking at should serve you well enough. If you want a 22 that punches holes in paper closer to each other, a CZ 452 bolt gun would be my suggestion but a Savage Mark II or Marlin XT series rifle wouldn't be bad either. If you want to see tight groups with a rimfire @ 100 yards and don't mind paying about $0.35 a shot, 17HMR is awfully hard to beat.

strange, my stock 10/22 with a simmons 3-9 allows me to hit my 2 inch gongs 4/5 times at 100 yards, its from 2013. I would say if you already have a 10/22 get a bolt action or lever action, otherwise you are just buying the same thing again. Mabe just put a rail on it so you can mount a scope

 

[hometownhero]

If you want to see tight groups with a rimfire @ 100 yards and don't mind paying about $0.35 a shot, 17HMR is awfully hard to beat.

I would say some match 22lr would shoot at least as good as hmr if not better in a quality gun. You can spend a lot more then 35 cents a shot on good 22lr.

 

[AlexisCreek]

Personally I get the most fun out of my CIL/Anschutz 190, a single shot target rifle, aperture sights, late '60s production and bought from Accuracy Plus a few years ago for $800. I recently shot one of the used Danish .22 target rifles available from Trade Ex for around $350 also excellent, highly accurate, a real bargain at that price especially if they're all in as good shape as my friend's. My experience is that the best way to build accuracy is to spend time with something along these lines -- single shot, aperture sights. That pretty much means buying a used rifle. I also have a BSA 12/15, also very good, a bit of luxury since they're getting expensive. My CZ452 is also very accurate considering that it's not a target rifle and has (very nice) open sights. I'm sure that trying to shoot accurately with a semi-auto can be an interesting challenge but not one that appeals to me.

 

[gks]

Hi look at the Savage line up , they have some of the most accurate rifles out there and prices are reasonable . Savage has made the most advancements in recent years . Just type in Savage Arms and look at their line up