Thread: semi auto rimfire for hares and bunnies ?????

Got a 1022 sitting in the back of the safe but now ive got a walther g22 i got it as you can change them from rh to lh easy this one is crazy accurate a lot of people have a problem taking them apart but ive personally never had a problem doing it no harder than anything else ive taken apart only thing ive inproved on it was the mushy trigger

Marlin pappose would be another option.... Something a little different and can take in pack for longer trips and have centrefire for bigger critters

keep using the norinco,get a 10 shot mag for it...and put the .243 in wagon with you......now head shooting hares and exploding cats out to 250ish will be a simple matter and results very dramatic....there is no such thing as overgunned.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

keep using the norinco,get a 10 shot mag for it...and put the .243 in wagon with you......now head shooting hares and exploding cats out to 250ish will be a simple matter and results very dramatic....there is no such thing as overgunned.

Shouldn't have sold your bergara.... Perfect for sitting in the truck in the case of something bigger appearing

Originally Posted by 223nut

Shouldn't have sold your bergara.... Perfect for sitting in the truck in the case of something bigger appearing

No danger of that where I am shooting. Hasn't been anything bigger around there for years.....just hares, rabbits and feral cats, dont want to take more than 1 rifle either as it gets pretty "entertaining" and I don't want my other rifle bouncing around in the cab or on the tray of the ute for that matter.

What are you all running in your 10/22's ammo wise with suppressor fitted?

Supperssor 100% of the time and CCI subs.

I've been running CCI subs as their accurate and super accurate in my CZ452 but they keep jamming in the 10/22

Any good ways to get around that?

Originally Posted by planenutz

Supperssor 100% of the time and CCI subs.

I’m the same , the CCI feeds perfectly and does the job on the target .

Originally Posted by Seventenths

I've been running CCI subs as their accurate and super accurate in my CZ452 but they keep jamming in the 10/22

Any good ways to get around that?

remove 2 1/2 coils off the return spring

Geeze I’ve go a marlin semi auto with some .17mach 2 ammo for a couple of hundred?

my bunny blaster. barrel fitted into receiver bu gundoc, choate drag stock ( a little longer and allot stiffer than an ati.
weaver base and a bsa scope

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

I've had my 10/22 for over 30 years and never had any problems with the rifle or accuracy. I did have a sticky magazine that caused sporadic issues until I finally got rid of it, but if the mag fed the round into the chamber it always worked from then on. It even rain for over 20 years without ever being cleaned!

I don't understand all these stories about bad accuracy, I've never seen another .22LR that will outperform it in a rabbit shooting scenario. Yeah maybe on a bench at a range, but out on the job doing fast shots from standing position I doubt any alleged marginal increase in accuracy from another rifle would make a practical difference.

Having it for over 30 years is most likely the difference......

I think people way overthink this to be honest. A 10/22 out of the box, has perfectly serviceable accuracy for rabbit shooting. Granted, the triggers are aids, but they can be improved significantly with some wet sand paper and a bench stone, and about an hour of your time. A VQ hammer and spring set will make it butter. As for accuracy, put it this way. After my $0 trigger job, I could make good hits consistently on rabbits out to 100m with subs and a red dot sight.

Originally Posted by Seventenths

What are you all running in your 10/22's ammo wise with suppressor fitted?

Winchester/hushpower subsonics (same except for the name) although I hear the new Winchester 42gr max subs go very well. Haven't tried them but I am all but run out of subs so maybe worth buying a packet to see how it goes.