If you had to choose one. Buying one today. Thanks.

Frostbite said:

As I said, not accurate. Shooting tomorrow, will post different ammo groups. Might be less terrible. Or not!

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I know, it’s good to post that for people on the fence.

Frostbite said:

Recent shots taken with the Wildcat.

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2" to 3" groups at 50 yards with Auto Match ... I usually get smaller groups.

And it may be that Wildcat could be ammo selective like 10/22 which can produce sub 1" groups at 50 yards but with different ammunition, groups can open up to 2"+ - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...lector-3-break-in.859106/page-3#post-12110978

I actually enjoy the rifle. I am thinking about taking the scope off. More shooting before that

So, I got myself the present of free time for my 44th birthday today and after bacon and eggs at my girlfriend's place this morning, I went shooting the Winchester Wildcat again. Work will have to wait until Monday! Yeah baby! To put things in perspective, the wind blew at 22 kph and it was -2 Celsius degrees outside, bright sunny day if the is one. The trigger is slowly improving, but I doubt it will ever come close to my CZ 457 Varmint.

One thing I have read often on this forum is that .22 LR rifles must be shot using different flavors of ammunition to find those they like and dislike. My rifle does not like Federal Champion blue box bulk ammo. Four 10 shots groups are on that target... Still, CCI Select and Green Tag are a little more promising.

Hope this gives OP a better idea about the rifle. Not my CZ, but not a total piece of junk either. I will underline that up until now, no malfunction has occured with that rifle, approaching approximately 500 shots, even if it has shot cheap ammo and good ammo.

I would buy the Savage A22 because: I have a Savage B22 and I know it's a reliable tack driver.

So ... good choice!!

That's some pretty good shooting at 150 yards.

MR WICK said:

Savage Arms A22. This is my grouping today at 150 yards. Still learning.

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Nice shooting! I think you made the right choice.

BTW, what ammunition did you use?

I got a Winchester Wildcat last year, but really the decision was it was cheap, and I have an old Winchester .22 that was my Dad's so, figured I'd have an old and a New - and I don't own much of anything new, and figured I'd just get a polymer thing for relatively cheap and if I can use it up, and get another one in however many years that takes. Haven't had any issues with it - don't shoot paper much, but no issues, hitting tin cans off hand at 25 yards, really no misses unless operator error, with a middle of the line red dot, decent little practice rifle IMHO, not sure how much I would like it if I was trying to shoot squirrels at 50 yards though, might be fine, just never evaluated it for that purpose. I have a Ruger 10/22, and it is easier to clean, the plastic parts are concerning, so much of it is plastic, but - it works and hasn't really had any issues.