I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
03-14-2003, 07:04 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
Clearanceman,
I knew my gun was going to be used and used hard so I went with the stainless/synthetic stock combo. I prefer clips over tubes, and even though you have more choices now, my vote is still for the marlin. Good luck in your decision.
I knew my gun was going to be used and used hard so I went with the stainless/synthetic stock combo. I prefer clips over tubes, and even though you have more choices now, my vote is still for the marlin. Good luck in your decision.
03-14-2003, 07:15 AM
#13
Typical Buck
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
clearanceman,
I bought my son a 25MN last year.....................it' s not a bad little gun. Dependable & shoots pretty well.
One question you need to ask yourself is why you want a .22WMR. The ammo for it is almost twice as expensive as a lot of the .22LR on the market. Personally, if you' re just wanting to plink & play, the LR would be a much cheaper choice. Plus, if distance isn' t a big factor for you, LR tends to be more accurate too.
Just a few thoughts.
I bought my son a 25MN last year.....................it' s not a bad little gun. Dependable & shoots pretty well.
One question you need to ask yourself is why you want a .22WMR. The ammo for it is almost twice as expensive as a lot of the .22LR on the market. Personally, if you' re just wanting to plink & play, the LR would be a much cheaper choice. Plus, if distance isn' t a big factor for you, LR tends to be more accurate too.
Just a few thoughts.
03-14-2003, 07:47 AM
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
Ryan, even over the Savage? Why or why not? Mark, I already have a heavily modified 10/22 LR.. match barrell, clark trigger, special stock. But no 22 mag in the stable.
03-14-2003, 10:08 AM
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Typical Buck
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
The trigger is good...when I compared the Marllin, Remington and Savage, they were all pretty comparable. Remington was better but also a couple hundred more. Like I said for the money I really liked the feel of the Savage over the Marlin (that goes for the stock, action & trigger). I have a Winchester 9422 in Wintuff that I absolutely LOVE, but I really haven' t picked it up since I bought my .22WMR. It really makes my .22 seem like a BB gun. Go check out the guns this weekend and let me know what you think. JDinAB
03-14-2003, 10:13 AM
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
Thanks! The Remington is more then, huh? I wondered about that. I know ruger is more. Do you know if the basic model savage (93f) is drilled and tapped like yours is? I will probably get the one you have. That bull barrel looks like a good way to go. BTW, is the barrel on your gun shiny stainless or Matte stainless?
03-14-2003, 11:00 AM
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
JD, Walmart has the Savage 93F for $149 plus tax. If it can take a scope that is probably the way to go. Clip mag like yours sythetic stock, blued barrel. No stainless and no bull barrel, but I don' t really care about the stainless I wanted the Synthetic stock more and it has that. The bull barrel would be nice but not for $40-$50 more..
03-14-2003, 01:20 PM
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
JD, did you have any trouble with the mag release on the savage? Gun tests said it stuck down at a 45 degree angle and cut their hand twice when using the gun in the field.
03-14-2003, 03:06 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: I need help Choosing a 22 mag rifle
I gotta make sure I answer all of these one at a time:
the base model is not tapped as far as I can recall, but it does come with sights(mine is a bare barell).
It is more of a matte stainless (I' m at work so thats the best I can recall off the top of my head.)
Sorry, the Rem. is an autoloader (I was originally looking at that or a 10/22 but the price was just too high so that' s how I found the Savage)
No problems with the mag. release on my end. It' s not sharp so I' m not sure how they did that. It was a little stiff from the start (new out of the box) but it' s great now. I figured better to be stiff then loose and drop clips.
One word of advice....get 1 or 2 extra clips, their pretty cheap (now) and it' s always impossible getting one for a good price 10 years down the road, when you lose your one and only. Let me know how it goes. JDinAB
the base model is not tapped as far as I can recall, but it does come with sights(mine is a bare barell).
It is more of a matte stainless (I' m at work so thats the best I can recall off the top of my head.)
Sorry, the Rem. is an autoloader (I was originally looking at that or a 10/22 but the price was just too high so that' s how I found the Savage)
No problems with the mag. release on my end. It' s not sharp so I' m not sure how they did that. It was a little stiff from the start (new out of the box) but it' s great now. I figured better to be stiff then loose and drop clips.
One word of advice....get 1 or 2 extra clips, their pretty cheap (now) and it' s always impossible getting one for a good price 10 years down the road, when you lose your one and only. Let me know how it goes. JDinAB