Thread: .22lr rifles when did it become ok that they were all just crap?

Originally Posted by hunter308

My model 60 hates cci minimags and remington subs but loves HV mexican fiocchi and winchester 42 max HV havent tried any other subs as I do honestly prefer to use high velocity for rabbits and possums

My 795 loves the 42gr stuff too but the 40gr won't cycle more than 2 or 3 rounds before it FTL. The Cci supers all cycle but group like a drunk. Power points are excellent in it too. My Brno is accurate with anything

Originally Posted by Tommy

My 795 loves the 42gr stuff too but the 40gr won't cycle more than 2 or 3 rounds before it FTL. The Cci supers all cycle but group like a drunk. Power points are excellent in it too. My Brno is accurate with anything

first rabbit I shot in the back of the head with the 42gr stuff gave the rabbit a very messy face when it exited never seen a .22 HV bullet cause so much devastation like that winchester 42 max stuff

Originally Posted by hunter308

first rabbit I shot in the back of the head with the 42gr stuff gave the rabbit a very messy face when it exited never seen a .22 HV bullet cause so much devastation like that winchester 42 max stuff

They're just teeny weeny miniature slugs!

@mudgripz please stop calling it a "10/22 model 96", it is 96/22

True - details:

Produced 1996 - 2009

Variants 96/17 (.17 HMR)
96/22 (.22 LR)
96/22M (.22 WMR)
96/44 (.44 Mag)

Accurate at 0.7" repeatable best, quick short throw lever, safe manual action for youngsters. 13 year old put 10 shots in a 1" black dot. Gave it heavy use for years - one of the best wee hunters we've had.

Very interesting little Beretta Hamsav - unusual action setup. Good to play with.

I know this is a long shot but my lady friend (can't really call her a girl at 53) has inherited a Baikal T03-17-01 in very good condition apart from missing a magazine. She is an excellent shot and a mad keen rabbit shooter and has asked me to try and locate a mag for the rifle, of which I've failed to do.

Any help or suggestions in locating a magazine for the rifle would be very much appreciated.

Also I agree that there is a paucity of "nice" .22LR rifles. Certainly some of the cheaper ones shoot well, but they're ugly and poorly finished and rather dreadful for that.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

I know this is a long shot but my lady friend (can't really call her a girl at 53) has inherited a Baikal T03-17-01 in very good condition apart from missing a magazine. She is an excellent shot and a mad keen rabbit shooter and has asked me to try and locate a mag for the rifle, of which I've failed to do.

Any help or suggestions in locating a magazine for the rifle would be very much appreciated.

PM sent @10-Ring

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

I know this is a long shot but my lady friend (can't really call her a girl at 53) has inherited a Baikal T03-17-01 in very good condition apart from missing a magazine. She is an excellent shot and a mad keen rabbit shooter and has asked me to try and locate a mag for the rifle, of which I've failed to do.

Any help or suggestions in locating a magazine for the rifle would be very much appreciated.

Unfortunately these magazines are harder to find than a chunk of unicorn poo. They are very good wee rifles. If you have no joy in locating a mag, get a piece of polythene or plastic (or timber) and make a "fake" mag to fill the hole and use it like a single shot. If you locate a mag later then you simply drop out the fake mag and use a real one.

All the best.

Originally Posted by timattalon

Unfortunately these magazines are harder to find than a chunk of unicorn poo. They are very good wee rifles. If you have no joy in locating a mag, get a piece of polythene or plastic (or timber) and make a "fake" mag to fill the hole and use it like a single shot. If you locate a mag later then you simply drop out the fake mag and use a real one.

All the best.

Didn't take him long to locate one

Originally Posted by hunter308

Didn't take him long to locate one

Where was the unicorn? Wouldn't mind a fly on one

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Where was the unicorn? Wouldn't mind a fly on one

It just happened that I had a complete 03-17 that has been sitting in a mates gun cupboard for the last couple of years after I took off to aussie for wheat harvest so when 10-ring asked about a mag for one I offered him what I had as it never shouldered nicely for me anyway

Thanks to hunter308's generosity my friend has a rifle complete with scope and magazine which is in better condition than the one she inherited.

Originally Posted by timattalon

Unfortunately these magazines are harder to find than a chunk of unicorn poo. They are very good wee rifles. If you have no joy in locating a mag, get a piece of polythene or plastic (or timber) and make a "fake" mag to fill the hole and use it like a single shot. If you locate a mag later then you simply drop out the fake mag and use a real one.

All the best.

Thanks for the excellent tip timattalon.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Thanks to hunter308's generosity my friend has a rifle complete with scope and magazine which is in better condition than the one she inherited.



Thanks for the excellent tip timattalon.

the stock was my handy work to tidy it up when I first got it the stock was pretty scratched up. The only original colouring on the stock is in the checkering the amber colour is the oil stain I used to give it colour prior to giving it a dose of tru oil after sanding it back to bare wood.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Thanks to hunter308's generosity my friend has a rifle complete with scope and magazine which is in better condition than the one she inherited.



Thanks for the excellent tip timattalon.

These were (and still are in most cases) very well made and accurate wee shooters. We have located a company that advertises that they still make after market mags for them but they are in Germany and we have not been able to confirm o make contact as to getting them. As for price......


Without a magazine the Toz 17 seems to sell around the $50 to $75 mark (thats bloody good value for a good wee rifle but people wont pay more for a single shot) up to around $200-$250 for a reasonably good one with a magazine or two.

Big difference for a magazine.