Toughest, non jamming, semi auto 22 ?

Ruger 10/22, or Rem nylon66, the best top 2 on any list. I bought a pos gevarm years ago just for the scope that was on it. Took the scope off it, leaned it up aganst a tree blew it to pieces with my 6mm and threw it in a slough, just where it belongs. I couldn't bring myself to resell such crap to anybody.
 
I still gotta say Gevarm has all the others beat by a mile...

no firing pin to break
double primer strikes for reliable primer ignition
minimal moving parts
can be completely dissassembled with nothing more than a swiss army knife - by anyone!
all steel construction (A series rifles)
reciever has integral scope rail, plus iron or peep sights
gun can easily be converted to shoot anything from shorts to hyper velocity LR by changing the location of a weight in the reciever
8 and 20 round mags are available, but they are expensive

Only thing you cant shoot is the .22 shot, since the Gevarm lacks an extractor and an ejector... but that isn't much of a downfall since .22 shot is retarded.

10/22's and others may come close, but they have many unnecessary parts and are made of inferior materials. The Gevarm is the cockroach of the rimfire world.
 
What will help ANY semi function well is a good synthetic lube that doesn't allow carbon to bake on or cook off the lube itself. When a buildup of baked on carbon encrusts the barrel, extractor, firing pin, bolt, etc., it's going to cause problems. I use BreakFree CLP wet in the action; it will clean the residue out while you are shooting. It's amazing stuff.

I would love to do an experiment with a gummed-up, carbon-caked malfunctioning semi, douse it with CLP, and just start shooting. To see how long it takes to free everything up.
 
I have 5 Nylon 66's....love them....other than one particular being picky about the type of ammo, no problems....

I have yet to get a 10/22....so rather than slag something I know nothing about first hand I will leave it alone for comment purposes
 
The nylon 66 is tops for jam free shooting. Lightweight and durable, it's great as a bang around truck/trunk gun. You almost never have to clean them, but if you do, don't use solvent cleaners on that nylon! With open sights, it's a great little package as a walk around gun. It's also easy for kids to hold.
But its accuracy is affected by how you hold it, and has a lousy stamped receiver cover as a scope mount area (not direct to barrel or action), that limits it's accuracy potential.
If you get a good grip on that receiver with your scope mounts (not all mounts work, i.e. Talley style don't), you'll get 3/4"-1" groups at 25 yds.
Finally, the trigger is creepy.
A 10/22 on the other hand, can be "given" an excellent trigger, has a better scope mounting surface to work with, and can be modded to be a pretty good gun for targets.
With the stock extractor however, mine has some ejecting issues which I expect the Volquartsen extractor will soon fix.
Given the choice, I always take the 10/22 to the range, since weight doesn't matter there. If I lived on a farm, the nylon 66 would be the beater.
 
CIL Mod. 470, made by Anschutz, a German firearms manufacturer. Have had this little semi auto since my dad bought it for me way back in the 1970's. The thing never misses a beat and shoots any which way, even upside down. Don't ever remember it jamming once.
 
Well I was in the market so I checked around.

Some of the guys at Rimfire Central think that Ruger should just sell receivers and not the whole gun. That is a bit extreme but no one seems to argue they need breaking in.

The Thompson Centre is what I want, but I have way too many wants and too little funds for a Thompson right now.

I believe a Marlin would function very well, I just can't be sold on micro-groove rifling, sorry.

Not too sure about a Savage? I would like to handle one some day.

I had a Gevarm for a long time. It is sold now. There are things to love and things to hate, about a Gevarm.

I ended up receiving a TOZ 99 from Kodiak Outpost. I just oiled it up with CLP, wiped off a thin film of packing preservative, and ran some CLP patches down the barrel. I went out back and put 60 shots downrange. Perfect feeding and ejection, no break in, no stoppages. The ammo is my standby favorite, American Eagle.

I will let you know how I fare at milestone 600 and 6000. It seems to be as accurate as me. :)
 
CIL Mod. 470, made by Anschutz, a German firearms manufacturer. Have had this little semi auto since my dad bought it for me way back in the 1970's. The thing never misses a beat and shoots any which way, even upside down. Don't ever remember it jamming once.
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It sounds like a very desirable 22. Thanks for the info.
 
hands down i would say the 10/22. very reliable more or less feeds anything and there's an abundance of mods that are quite cheap. the two main things i would do is trigger group (volquartsen) and bolt buffer. very cheap easy to do it uorself and lasts forever. or get a couple of them for spare parts. i have the marlin papoose, and the savage btvs and i always find myself going back to the ruger.
 
The Rem Nylon 66 is probably the best .22 semi out there, it's too bad that they haven't made them for a long time. I was given one by a family friend when I was about 7, I'm 35 now and it's still going strong. I have put literally tens of thousands of rounds through it, and can't recall ever having a single FTF or FTE with it, and it gets NO TLC (I don't know the last time it was cleaned or oiled), and has been submitted to more abuse than any rifle should be expected to take. My only fault with it is I've had some issues with scoping it and holding a zero, but that may just be operator error.

Having said that, I bought my daughter a 10/22 for the simple reason of being able to modify it easily and youth/kiddie sized stocks are available (in pink no less)

The old Browning .22 semis are pretty good too, and may be worth a look.
 
I have a Savage MkII. I feed it Federal 719, and it shoots great. I was disappointed with the cheesy plastic trigger guard, so I had one machined out of aluminum. Now it's a tough lil rifle, and hasn't jammed or misfired once in over a brick-worth.
 
I shoot a 1947 Mossberg 151 semi auto and without any mods or replacement parts to my knowledge, it operates flawlessly. I have put thousands of rounds thru her when varmint shooting and never a miss except when a dud does not operate the bolt. Certainly one of the best of the old timers.
 
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