Your Favorite 22lr Semi?

What is your favorite 22lr platform?

  • 10/22 because of its reputation

    Votes: 18 8.2%

  • 10/22 because of its aftermarket

    Votes: 66 30.1%

  • 10/22 for other reasons (please detail below)

    Votes: 21 9.6%

  • Marlin 795/60/papoose etc

    Votes: 30 13.7%

  • Remington 597

    Votes: 17 7.8%

  • Other (please detail below)

    Votes: 67 30.6%
  • Total voters
    219
My vote is for the Mossberg 151, tube feed through the buttstock. When you draw the bolt back and it gets to the point of the bullet release from the mag it literally spits a bullet half way into the chamber before the bolt even moves forward. In the 60’s Guns & Ammo had an article testing what .22 semi was the fastest. They set up an electrically operated bar to trip the trigger and had a paper tape running at a known speed behind the target. They could vary the frequency of the bar to increase rate of fire and measure the time by the distance between shots on the target tape. They ran the most popular rifles of the day until they jammed/misfired. The winner was the Mossberg 151 at over 2500 rounds/min probably because the bolt is not slowed down by stripping a round from a mag. Being very accurate and in a full size stock with 14 shots in the tube doesn’t hurt either.
 
270 totheend said:
My vote is for the Mossberg 151, tube feed through the buttstock. When you draw the bolt back and it gets to the point of the bullet release from the mag it literally spits a bullet half way into the chamber before the bolt even moves forward. In the 60’s Guns & Ammo had an article testing what .22 semi was the fastest. They set up an electrically operated bar to trip the trigger and had a paper tape running at a known speed behind the target. They could vary the frequency of the bar to increase rate of fire and measure the time by the distance between shots on the target tape. They ran the most popular rifles of the day until they jammed/misfired. The winner was the Mossberg 151 at over 2500 rounds/min probably because the bolt is not slowed down by stripping a round from a mag. Being very accurate and in a full size stock with 14 shots in the tube doesn’t hurt either.
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Oh yeah? I was vaguely familiar with these guns and have been close to scooping one up off the EE a few times. Didn't know about the magazine launching the rounds into the chamber though, thats cool!

I've been thinking about starting a collection, and I was thinking 22cal rifles with a focus on semi-autos with something different about them would make for a neat collection. This certainly seems to fit the bill!
 
Hard to beat the old CIL / anschutz. I have owned a few over the years they have been more reliable and accurate then any of the new cheaper semi .22 you can pick up.
 
kjohn said:
10/22. Bone stock except for disabling the bolt hold open. Was my main gopher gun for many years. Purchased new circa 1997, so steel trigger group.
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Yep. Not because Reputation or aftermarket stuff, because it just works for me. Mine was purchased new in 1984. Probably the best $139 I ever spent.

Honestly, I read what some folks say about the 10/22 and their bad results do not reflect my experiences at all. I got one with a decent trigger, it's adequately accurate for my needs (1st round hits on enough gophers out past 100 yds) and has been a stellar experience.

I too dumped the bolt hold open. Effin thing held the bolt open once too often, when I didn't want it to.

I bought it with full intentions of Barbie Doll'ing it up, but, just never bothered!
 
HeliMD said:
Hard to beat the old CIL / anschutz. I have owned a few over the years they have been more reliable and accurate then any of the new cheaper semi .22 you can pick up.
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I have a pretty decent handful of Anschutz barrels that came off Model 300 guns that had cracked through the receiver.

Honestly, I figured each one was some of the better $10 or $15 I have spent. Such a great barrel for so little money!
 
270 totheend said:
My vote is for the Mossberg 151, tube feed through the buttstock. When you draw the bolt back and it gets to the point of the bullet release from the mag it literally spits a bullet half way into the chamber before the bolt even moves forward. In the 60’s Guns & Ammo had an article testing what .22 semi was the fastest. They set up an electrically operated bar to trip the trigger and had a paper tape running at a known speed behind the target. They could vary the frequency of the bar to increase rate of fire and measure the time by the distance between shots on the target tape. They ran the most popular rifles of the day until they jammed/misfired. The winner was the Mossberg 151 at over 2500 rounds/min probably because the bolt is not slowed down by stripping a round from a mag. Being very accurate and in a full size stock with 14 shots in the tube doesn’t hurt either.
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Yes...it's close to the top of the list too...:redface:

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trevj said:
Yep. Not because Reputation or aftermarket stuff, because it just works for me. Mine was purchased new in 1984. Probably the best $139 I ever spent.

Honestly, I read what some folks say about the 10/22 and their bad results do not reflect my experiences at all. I got one with a decent trigger, it's adequately accurate for my needs (1st round hits on enough gophers out past 100 yds) and has been a stellar experience.

I too dumped the bolt hold open. Effin thing held the bolt open once too often, when I didn't want it to.

I bought it with full intentions of Barbie Doll'ing it up, but, just never bothered!
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Experiences like yours are exactly why I had the option of 10/22 for other reasons. Seems your experience is far from the only one, particularly with guns bought many years ago.
 
Suther said:
I did that so I could try to tease out how many people like the 10/22 primarily due to its aftermarket. As you can see from the poll results, that is a major driving force behind its popularity - seems not a lot of people are buying them based on their reputation as a good gun, rather they're buying them because of what they can become thanks to the robust aftermarket. (of course that's some editorializing on my part)
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10/22s are like ass-holes; everyone has one, and few want to look at them, or handle them. LOL.
 
Suther said:
Oh yeah? I was vaguely familiar with these guns and have been close to scooping one up off the EE a few times. Didn't know about the magazine launching the rounds into the chamber though, thats cool!

I've been thinking about starting a collection, and I was thinking 22cal rifles with a focus on semi-autos with something different about them would make for a neat collection. This certainly seems to fit the bill!
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Nylon 66 works the same way!
 
Suther said:
Experiences like yours are exactly why I had the option of 10/22 for other reasons. Seems your experience is far from the only one, particularly with guns bought many years ago.
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Yeah, lots of bad experiences (apparently) from the new owners, but I honestly, do not have a thing to complain about!
 
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