Comments on: Book Giveaway: What’s the Greatest .22 Rifle of All Time?

By: lonewhite

lonewhite — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:44:15 +0000

Weather we were hunting the mountains for grouse or the plains for rabbits. I grew up hunting in Montana with the Marlin Model 99 M1 Carbine. My choice for greatest 22lr.

By: ralphkramden

ralphkramden — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:18:08 +0000

Call me a contrarian, but my vote goes to the Stevens Favorite. It was the .22 for countless working stiffs, and how many boys and others owned one as their first or only gun? Maybe my fondness/bias for single shots is showing with this vote.

By: rwadley

rwadley — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:18:56 +0000

Winchester 52

By: madsci

madsci — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:31:33 +0000

Sorry to go against the grain, but my vote is for the Winchester Model 69A. It’s a great shooting bolt action that came with a 5 shot magazine. I was able to obtain a couple of 10 shot magazines to reduce the number of reloads. The rifle was dead on accurate at 25 yards with iron sights. It did a great job at 100 yards with iron sights when I was a bit youger.

By: Surculus

Surculus — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:23:42 +0000

While great fun, no semi-auto 22 can qualify as “greatest 22 of all time” as they do not instill the marksmanship of a manual action. No single-shot can qualify, for altho’ they make fine target & teaching tools, they are not practical for hunting w/ the 22. So the greatest 22 of all time will be a manually operated repeater of some sort by default. While I’m inordinately fond of the Remington 521T that I learned on, I must admit that the Marlin model 39 take down lever action 22 must be a front runner for the best 22 ever.

By: atheok

atheok — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:53:11 +0000

Browning BAR .22 tops my list with a Remington 572 pump a close second.

By: shorne

shorne — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:25:52 +0000

While you can’t beat the customability of the 10/22, I guess I’ll be the contrarian here and go with my all time favorite, the Marlin 60. I can fill the same hole all day long with my beloved 60 and she shoots shorts, longs, and long rifles. I’m sentimental I guess. (or just mental)

By: shedhunter

shedhunter — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:23:32 +0000

I would also have to go with the 10/22. Both of my daughters learned to shoot with a 10/22. They are easy to use, accurate and most importantly fun! When I go out squirrel hunting I always take a 10/22 even though I have 4 other 22 options available.

By: bobcdcloz

bobcdcloz — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:30:46 +0000

The Ruger 10/22. very handy, light and easy to carry, simple design, great platform for upgrades, 10 shot mag is almost indestuctable, excellent craftmanship, and above all- very affordable!

By: dasmith

dasmith — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:00:32 +0000

The first gun I bought the Ruger 10/22. Short, light, easy to carry and has the easy to load or unload 10 shot mag.