Best Magazine Fed 22LR

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Looking for a magazine fed 22LR and hopefully under 200

I am aware of the Remmington 597
Marlin 795
Ruger 10/22

Whats the opinions on these?Or are there other choices that are better?

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Pretty much any rifle that's not single-shot is magazine fed. You're gonna have to narrow your parameters down a bit.


Do you mean tube mag? Box mag? Rotary mag? Helical mag?

What kind of action are you looking for? Judging from your three "already known" rifles, I'm going to assume you mean semi automatic. If that's the case, and your price range is strictly under $200, I don't know of too many (new) rifles that fit. Mossberg Plinkster maybe.
 
Best for what?

Hunting, target shooting, plinking, by price, rust resistance, etc, etc.?

It would help to narrow it down if you were more specific.
 
Target Shooting

Marlin 60 is the #1 selling and Ruger 10/22 #2 selling these 2 are the best selling by far..is this true?

If both of these have sold in the millions would it be fair to think either of these 2 would be excellent choices??

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Best selling doesn't translate to "out of the box" tack driver for targets.
You'd be better off with a gun designed for your purpose. Probably a bolt action with a target (heavy) barrel. CZ is hard to beat for the $$$.
If you want an auto loader then a little judicious tweaking of the guns previously mentioned will provide very good accuracy.

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The 10/22 is a fantastic gun that is configurable in nearly any way imaginable. That said, I don't really much care for the bone stock ones. The triggers are uniformly bad, and the magazine release and bolt hold-open are badly designed. Any time I buy a 10/22, I remove the trigger group and replace it with one of the improved after market ones.
 
I would go with the Marlin 60. If yer huntin you wont have a mag to get snagged on all sorts of stuff. My 60 is an absolute blast to shoot and is extremely accurate and reliable.
 
When you say "target shooting" I guess you mean informal target shooting, or plinking. Any of those will work well for what that purpose. I've got four 10/22's and a Remington 597. If one is more accurate than the other, or more reliable, I really can't tell it myself.
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The Marlin 60, has a reputation for being both accurate and reliable out of the box. I think they're kinda plain looking, but that's not all bad I don't guess. I almost never see a used one in a gun store, but you can find them for $200 or so new.

The biggest thing in the 10/22's favor is I suppose that it's "good enough" right out of the box. Then later on, if you want to, you can buy enough stuff to soup it up to sink a battleship. How much or how little depends on how much you want to spend. I don't buy 10/22's that aren't used. There are millions of them out there, and I'm always tripping over them for 125-200 bucks, with the high price being for the walnut stocked, DSP models.

I've seen the 597's on sale at Wal-Mart recently for about $150.00. They had a pretty ugly cammo stock, but should shoot well if the one I've got is any indicator. I wouldn't fool with a used 597 though. When they first came out, they had problems with the magazines. Remington has apparently fixed the problem now, but a new one is so cheap, you might as well buy new, and not have to worry about "is this the good magazine?".
 
10/22 - I have a pair I got for $90 each, put $100 into them (Tech Sights, VQ hammer & bolt release package, extended mag release) and they're both amazing rifles. Both are amazing rifles, accurate & reliable for under $200 - most people think they cost me around $500.
 
10/22.Mine's a stainless that's got an extended mag realease,but other than that and a red dot ''scope'' is dead stock.The dot's a bad idea,by the way.I'm out of batteries....again.
 
I am going to guess you mean, detachable mag fed, and semi auto. If you can find one, the cz is amazing. Cooper makes one i believe, so does volquartzen, but they will be over 1000 bucks. Thompson Center, if you cannot find the cz, or Brno for that matter, will be great as well. The toz 78, if you can find , is about 150 bucks, has rear express sites, and comes with 4 mags. at gunshops, it is also called the Winchester wildcat; they can have funny looking wood, but the TOZ reputation for accuracy is outstanding.
I believe Baikal, or Biathlon Basic, which are russian, also makes a semiauto, of great accuracy, but will be harder to find than all the others.
The Savage 64 is the idea of a truck gun, about 100 to 150 bucks, mags are made of rock solid steel, and they allways work, and are accurate, but ugly.
marlin 795, is the best choice you have made here, and will also be damn accurate, and cheap, with mags available everywhere.
the remmy is nice, and accurate, and sits on a bench or bags very well, plus it is easy to hold in the hands, for offhand shooting. it will also be one of the few mentioned with fully adjustable and repeatable rear sites, most 22 makers don't do this anymore; I think the T/c is the only other one mentioned here, that has a fully adj. rear site.
For multiple reasons, I will not say the ruger 10.22, they are going from bad to worse now. Unless you can find a used one, for 150 bucks or less, all the others mentioned above, will be more accurate, more reliable, and less expensive than the ruger.
Also both the remmy and the T/C have a variety of aftermarket parts now, the remmy having more. neither of them really need them, as they are both reliable, and accurate, but both also have hi cap mags, so that is nice.
Lastly, one that is rarely mentioned, but is also very, very good, with great accuracy, reliability , and unique looking, is the browning buckmark carbine semiauto. it will be about the same cost as the T/c.

So the TOZ, winchester, remmy , savage, and marlin will all be under 200 bucks, and I will throw in a last one; the mossberg. it is based on the marlin mod 60, and also has a funky wheel turn, adjustable rear site, and can regularly be had for 100 bucks, new. mags are also everywhere, and they are very light, compact, and synth stocks, that are a schnabel type.
now then, you may get one, that will last a lifetime, or you may get a lemon, their quality control is not the greatest on these, but most folks who have bought them, have really liked them, and just cant get over the cheap price; every once in a while you will get a lemon buyer here, though.
 
If you want something that's good straight out of the box, then you can straight away eliminate the 10/22. That's just a personal opinion of course.
 
10/22

The 10/22 by far. You can get them new for just under $200. If you don't like the trigger, bolt release procedure, or mag release then you can spend less than $100 and get an extended mag release, auto bolt release, adjustable hammer/sear, and a bolt buffer just to quiet things down a bit. If you get bored with the look, then there are many kits out there that replace the stock. It's a Mr. Potatogun, with all of the aftermarket parts available for it...from target to AR related parts. It's the cheapest fun you can have with a gun. I've had mine for about 27 years and am now teaching my young boys to shoot with it using Aguila Colibris.
 
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