opinions - .22 tube fed semi-auto
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Tube fed guns are different and kind of fun. I used to have a couple. However, they can be a nuisance at the range. During a ceasefire you have to awkwardly unload the thing and then reload round by round to get started again. With a box magazine you just pop it out then back in. In the field, no problem. Plus they typically hold more than a box mag.
Shoulder one you'll understandcycle everything, ridiculously fun and I'm biased but easy on the eyes
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a local guy has a pump version of these in really nice condition for $325.00,,is that a good price,looks nice, full sized 22.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but does the J C Higgins Semi Auto, made by High Standard, not cycle shorts as well as every other up to LR?
Am referring to the Model with (sometimes) a retractable sling in the butt stock, and the wood flaps that extend from the forend sides back over the sides of the action.
I'll double up on the question of shorts, though. Back a long while, they were the poverty pick, cheaper than LR ammo. Now, though, not so much, plus we have a wealth of other choices like the sub-sonic or Quiet ammo in LR size.
Am referring to the Model with (sometimes) a retractable sling in the butt stock, and the wood flaps that extend from the forend sides back over the sides of the action.
I'll double up on the question of shorts, though. Back a long while, they were the poverty pick, cheaper than LR ammo. Now, though, not so much, plus we have a wealth of other choices like the sub-sonic or Quiet ammo in LR size.
They made versions that shot shorts, but the design is such that you gotta choose one or the other, can't have both in the same gun.
It has to do with the interupter that stops the 'next' round in the mag from forcing itself into the chamber along with the one that is supposed to be feeding. It is set up to the length of the cartridge, in addition to the springs being lighter for the short guns.
I should elaborate, I guess...
I do really like the SA-22. It's got a unique shape and look to it.
Ergonomics... It's very much an "off-hand" shooter. Well balanced... really well balanced for off-hand shooting. Kind of a funny shaped forend, compared to other guns, but it works. Comfortable to hold and shoot. The loading gate in the side of the butt-stock is surprisingly handy for loading. Flip the gun on its side, with the barrel pointed slightly down (45 degree angle), its easy to hold in the crook of my left arm while I fish ammo from my pocket and load with my right hand. Just a comfortable, easy to use, decently accurate, "walk-about" kind of gun.
Take-down, so it's easy to slip into a small case and tuck away for storage.
It's got a lot of hard to define qualities to it. People who own them, tend to keep them, but can't put a finger on why they like them so much. Guys who sell/trade them off, tend to put them into the "wish I hadn't sold it" list.
I do really like the SA-22. It's got a unique shape and look to it.
Ergonomics... It's very much an "off-hand" shooter. Well balanced... really well balanced for off-hand shooting. Kind of a funny shaped forend, compared to other guns, but it works. Comfortable to hold and shoot. The loading gate in the side of the butt-stock is surprisingly handy for loading. Flip the gun on its side, with the barrel pointed slightly down (45 degree angle), its easy to hold in the crook of my left arm while I fish ammo from my pocket and load with my right hand. Just a comfortable, easy to use, decently accurate, "walk-about" kind of gun.
Take-down, so it's easy to slip into a small case and tuck away for storage.
It's got a lot of hard to define qualities to it. People who own them, tend to keep them, but can't put a finger on why they like them so much. Guys who sell/trade them off, tend to put them into the "wish I hadn't sold it" list.
