.22 LR-Could someone give me a definitive answer?

[SportingShooter 0]

I have a Variation for a .22 LR and I have whittled my choices down to two Rifles.

 

The Sako Quad and the Ruger 10/22.

 

Could someone please give me a definitive list of Pros and Cons for each of these?

 

Many thanks.

 

Regards

SS

[sikastag_1 689]

well the 10/22 is a semi automatic mate and unless youve got a semi auto on your FAC then you cant get 1 anyway, sako is a. nice .22 never fired 1 only seen it in the shop

[Guest JohnGalway]

I'll bite...

 

The Pro is the Quad.

 

The Con is the 10/22.

 

 

If anyone is looking to skin me alive, I'll be laying low in a country with no extradition treaty with this website

[Guest Magwitch]

Sako all the way

[hairybull 3]

Never used the Quad but have a Ruger 77/22 very nice rimfire.

[dicehorn 38]

The trouble with the 10/22 it that once purchased you virtually have to spend the same amount of money to turn it into a rifle that shoots well and does not jam.

 

I have an Anschutz in .22 and like it however I still recommend the good old BRNO if you want accuracy for little outlay

 

 

Peter

[sidug 0]

I have a Variation for a .22 LR and I have whittled my choices down to two Rifles.

 

The Sako Quad and the Ruger 10/22.

 

Could someone please give me a definitive list of Pros and Cons for each of these?

 

Many thanks.

 

Regards

SS

 

 

 

Hi,

 

I've had a Ruger 10/22 and although it's a good fun .22 it is never as accurate as a bolt action rifle, so I would go for the Sako Quad which also gives you other options for the future if you decide you wand a different calibre! .17 HMR is a good option too! (With a variation on the licence of course!!)

[Capreolus 0]

The Sako is a precision made, high quality rifle with an excellent trigger that will produce almost target grade accuracy straight from the box.

The basic Ruger is a mass produced bunny basher that is great fun out to about fifty yards.

You can modify the Ruger to shoot almost as well as the Sako (new trigger, barrel and stock) but it will cost as much as the Sako.

You might be able to find a second hand Ruger that has had most of the modifictions done to it that would be worth going for.

One thing is certain; the trigger pull on the Sako will always be better than the Ruger.

Hope this helps

[stillair1 16]

See above post

If you have a variation for .22lr then you can buy either bolt. semi, straightpull,or lever action. The variation is for the calibre not the action.

The sako will be a quality item out of the box, the 10/22 may or may not take a serious amount of work to get it to do what you want. Bearing in mind a fully sorted custom 10/22 could cost in excess of £800 and all you may have left of the existing rifle is the mag.

 

sako/10/22

Edited August 4, 2008 by stillair1

[sikastag_1 689]

If you have a variation for .22lr then you can buy either bolt. semi, straightpull,or lever action. The variation is for the calibre not the action.

The sako will be a quality item out of the box, the 10/22 may or may not take a serious amount of work to get it to do what you want. Bearing in mind a fully sorted custom 10/22 could cost in excess of £800 and all you may have left of the existing rifle is the mag.

 

sako/10/22

 

 

 

i was goin to buy a ruger semi auto when i first got my ticket and the FAO said we wont give you it (i had a bit of trouble gettin my certificates) but when i did i was under the impression that i couldnt get a semi auto because of the way he put it across, gutted might put in for a variation then once the move is sorted still keep my bolt action .22 aswell.

[rizzini 1]

My friend has a 10/22 bull and it's really good fun. Good for close range Vermin and shooting tins cans and stuff.

If you already have bolt actions, then go with a semi auto for the fun of it.

I'm no expert by any means though.

[sikastag_1 689]

My friend has a 10/22 bull and it's really good fun. Good for close range Vermin and shooting tins cans and stuff.

If you already have bolt actions, then go with a semi auto for the fun of it.

I'm no expert by any means though.

 

 

 

it shows youve jsut told us you enjoy shootin tin cans lol.

Edited August 4, 2008 by grant_c

[rizzini 1]

Tin cans, paper targets, even fruit lol. I said the 10/22 is great fun to use and its not bad for close range vermin.

He already has a 17HMR so I cant see the point in a sako quad, unless he sells his current 17HMR and gets both sako barrels.

 

The 10/22 and ranch rifle are pure fun.

[Yokel Matt 918]

I've been here and got the t-shirt

 

Spent around £800 on a fully tuned up muts-nuts 10-22... liked it initially... then found myself getting more and more fraustrated. Nothing wrong with the accuracy... it was the cycling of the action and mag that go to me. I had gone for the singing and dancing carbon barrel and volquartsen action set up so, ironically, out the box ones may not have the problems i experianced but here is a bried summary IMHO

 

Magazine - CRAP

Action - Unless kept spotless.. involving constant stripping and re-zeroing - CRAP

Subsonic ammo cycling - great... about 70% of the time then misfeeding at the wrong moment... so - CRAP.

Re-Sale value - CRAP

 

Took a massive hit on mine and got a bolt action. Sako are fine... i went for a CZ which out-shoots me.

 

Benefits of a bolt action... IMHO

 

Safer.. theoretically

More accurate (as a rule)

reliable cycling

Shooter is less likely to take a bad follow up shots

 

Based on my own experiance

[jamie g 17]

you can pick 22lr bolt or semi the choice is yours mate.

 

i would go with the bolt its more accurate, better built, less jams

 

now wihich bolt if you got the money and want hmr in the future then get the sako.

 

but if you want it just as 22lr i would get the cz its just as accurate and your have money left over for good scope,ammo and so on.