Your Favorite Rimfire Rifle

[timbgtm]

My brother bought a model 60 at an auction years ago. Brought it home and tried to shoot it. The bolt wouldn’t go forward when tried to cycle by hand, had to push the bolt handle to get it into battery. He then tried to shoot it and the bolt stuck open. He brought it to me to see if I could fix it. When I took it apart the inside of the receiver, bolt and trigger group was thoroughly gummed and caked up with unburnt powder and general nastiness. Let it soak overnite in Hoppes and cleaned it and it functioned perfectly. Obviously it had NEVER been cleaned.

Unfortunately kids and young people do this, I did with my first 22. But fortunately it always fired,it's a 552 speedmaster and I still have it.

 

[Poppa Mike]

Good deal, especially for beginners and young people.

I seriously considered going by there today and getting one of them, but since I’ve bought 6 guns in the last 3 months SWMBO would not be amused. Besides, I have put a pretty good dent in my “gun fund” and need to replenish it

 

[hops2899]

550-1, maybe not technically the best, but my favorite.

 

[toobaroque]

550-1, maybe not technically the best, but my favorite.

These are seriously fun shooters, along with the later model 552. They just shoot, and shoot, and shoot regardless of how well they're taken care of.

Another gun in that same category is the Winchester Model 77. Old-school workhorses that run like a Timex watch!

 

[palmettomoon]

I must have 25-30 rimfire rifles but my favorite right now is this one. An M-2 bought here on ODT. It is incredibly consistent making one ragged hole at 50 yards.

 

[toobaroque]

I must have 25-30 rimfire rifles but my favorite right now is this one. An M-2 bought here on ODT. It is incredibly consistent making one ragged hole at 50 yards.
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Tighten up those groups, soldier!

 

[chrislibby88]

Winchester 255 in .22 mag. Smacking squirrels since I was a teen, and now setup for hogs in small game season. This is a fun gun. Shoots smooth, fast, and holds I think 13 rounds.

 

[toobaroque]

Winchester 255 in .22 mag. Smacking squirrels since I was a teen, and now setup for hogs in small game season. This is a fun gun. Shoots smooth, fast, and holds I think 13 rounds.

.22 mag for hogs? You mean pig hogs, or whistle pig hogs?

Oh, and isn't your scope on backwards?

 

[chrislibby88]

.22 mag for hogs? You mean pig hogs, or whistle pig hogs?

Oh, and isn't your scope on backwards?

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Nope, feral pigs. Scope is a mini ACOG 1.5 power, not backwards. I stalk inside of 30 yards and shoot for the head on larger pigs or low chest on smaller ones. I killed 5 last year with CCI gamepoints, all under 100 lbs.

 

[Poppa Mike]

I ordered new bolt buffers from Midway for the model 75 and my 922m magnum. They arrived yesterday. Had some time to mess with them this morning so I got the 75 apart. Gave it a good cleaning (it wasn't as bad dirty as I feared), installed the new buffer, reassembled it then loaded up some CCI mini mags and went out back and tried it. Shot and cycled flawlessly.

I also changed out the scope to a UTG 4x28 shortie I had in my parts stash. I really like this rifle!