Thread: Which model of the 10 /22 ?

Originally Posted by viper

With nearly 5000 rabbits shot in just over two years I think I know more about the abilities and killing power of a .22 than most shooters.
If you take three shots to kill a Rabbit I suggest you may not be in the right game

5000 in 2 years? just a boy then! as far as 3 shots for one rabbit I was more thinking of your capabilities than mine since you are used to shooting longer rangers with .222 and 17HMR's etc you may be tempted to take longer shots than you should with the .22 and find it under powered. Anyway good luck with your endeavours mate.

There's a guy selling 3 old 10/22s on TM at the moment. They look to be in good knick but he wants plenty for them.

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

5000 in 2 years? just a boy then! as far as 3 shots for one rabbit I was more thinking of your capabilities than mine since you are used to shooting longer rangers with .222 and 17HMR's etc you may be tempted to take longer shots than you should with the .22 and find it under powered. Anyway good luck with your endeavours mate.

Ahhh that's strange because when you mentioned three shots to kill a rabbit I thought you were talking about your capabilities or lack of.
Thanks for the input though it's being.........

Originally Posted by viper

So after two blistering nights spotlighting my thump is looking raw and sore from constantly reloading a 5 round mag in my JW15. Also being a leftie I am getting sick of reaching around the spotlight and cranking the bolt.
I am thinking seriously about going down the Ruger 10 / 22 track .
I had a mate who had one and it was a total piece of shit and it;s put me off them for over 30 yrs.

I know they all share the same action but stocks and barrels vary, is there a certain model that seems to perform accuracy wise better than other versions.
The basic barrel band type never floated my boat but they maybe ok.

Feel free to jump in and let me know your thoughts.

And yes the Marlin 795 is also on the list and any other suggestions on Make and models will be taken on board.

While I dont shoot nearly the number of rounds to some of these guys do mine is a work gun, its shoots most things but unlike R93 I dont use it on deer.
I rate my 10/22 maybe 7 years old has a can and a vx1 lives in the side buy side almost every day has never been cleaned has never jammed or had any other issues and the only time I miss something it's my fault, at 50 meters it dumps the mag into one big ragged hole. Would I buy another yes.


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i still love both of my 10/22's. both do one shot kills at 70m and group well at 100. unfortunately i had to sell my "ultimate ruger" built bu gundoc many years ago. that thing was a tack driver that made some target shooters jealous

@BRADS and @gonetropo, thanks guys that is the kind of constructive feedback I am after to make a decision.

Back when we were shooting big numbers (1000+ a night) the Marlins showed their usefulness. Anything out to 100-110m was toast, averaging over 95% first shot hit rate. Before I bought I checked out the US forums. Of those that had both Ruger and Marlin the vast majority would pick up the Marlin for small game hunting because they functioned better and had the accuracy for better kills. There is a reason that worldwide the Marlin have outsold the Ruger over 2:1.

Go the 10/22. Plenty of options on mags and availability at most outlets.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@Mooseman, you pretty much echoed two guys who told me about the rugers from their shooting in the 70's-80's.
One guy shot goats (amongst other things)with subsonics and a silencer when he was culling/pest board work-2 shots to the neck and go to the next, the other dude shot a power of rabbits when he was in Kaikoura. It was the reliability especially the rotary mag and acceptable accuracy that were the main factors.
Sounds like nowadays this isn't the case without spending coin

It sounds as if there are good and bad examples around so I suppose you have to be luck with what you get, The other great feature is the shortness and flush magazine especially when using a scabbard on a motorbike, that was one of the main reasons I liked them along with the other reasons I have said. Shot a few deer and goats with the sub sonic round but wouldn't recommend doing so as no margin for error. But on Rabbits, Hares, Possums and Wallabies the combo worked a treat.

My offer is still there @viper

I'm travelling overseas next week and won't be using it. Wife is travelling to DN this afternoon, if you're quick we might be able to arrange a drop-off.

PM me if you're interested.

Thanks again for the offer mate, really generous .
I am all good though but let me know once your back and we can try to sort a time for that coffee.

Have a safe trip.

flush mags with 10/22........way back I can remember using one off back of ute with a 50 shot banana clear plastic mag fitted.....it was accurate and reliable but my norincos were just as good . recently used a marlin with full overbarrel suppressor and was very impressed with the wee rifle,my son was happily dropping wallabies with it before the other fellas could line up with centrefire...cheeky young shit.

1000 rabbits plus a night
If that is one gun ( shooter ) I always struggle with these claims.

Recently i had a guy that was trying to impress me, "oh yeah, best night I had was 1200 "

I did the math

10 hrs shooting lets say from 7 pm to 5 am (thats 10 hrs with NO breaks)
1200 rabbits so...... lets see 1200 divided by 10 equals 120 (
Thats 120 rabbits per hour Lets divide that hr into minutes

120 rabbits divided by 60 (mins) equals 2

Thats 2 rabbits a minute which equals 1 rabbit every 30 seconds. all night long.

Stop to reload you loose 1 minute, stop to open a gate / have a piss, get something to eat, change the battery on your light.

Yep I get it, that you can also shoot 10 rabbits in 20 seconds.

My best night back in the day was about 130. Anything over that sort of figure should have gotten poisoned.
That included smoko. driving to the block and home, 6 hrs was a 8 hr day equivalent.
Mostly all shot with a shotgun as you could line up 2.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Back when we were shooting big numbers (1000+ a night) the Marlins showed their usefulness. Anything out to 100-110m was toast, averaging over 95% first shot hit rate. Before I bought I checked out the US forums. Of those that had both Ruger and Marlin the vast majority would pick up the Marlin for small game hunting because they functioned better and had the accuracy for better kills. There is a reason that worldwide the Marlin have outsold the Ruger over 2:1.

Originally Posted by johnd

1000 rabbits plus a night
If that is one gun ( shooter ) I always struggle with these claims.

Recently i had a guy that was trying to impress me, "oh yeah, best night I had was 1200 "

I did the math

10 hrs shooting lets say from 7 pm to 5 am (thats 10 hrs with NO breaks)
1200 rabbits so...... lets see 1200 divided by 10 equals 120 (
Thats 120 rabbits per hour Lets divide that hr into minutes

120 rabbits divided by 60 (mins) equals 2

Thats 2 rabbits a minute which equals 1 rabbit every 30 seconds. all night long.

Stop to reload you loose 1 minute, stop to open a gate / have a piss, get something to eat, change the battery on your light.

Yep I get it, that you can also shoot 10 rabbits in 20 seconds.

My best night back in the day was about 130. Anything over that sort of figure should have gotten poisoned.
That included smoko. driving to the block and home, 6 hrs was a 8 hr day equivalent.
Mostly all shot with a shotgun as you could line up 2.

You missed a bit. That was a team of 6 over about 5-6 hours. At the same time the top teams in the Alex Easter Bunny Shoot were bowling just under 1000. That was teams of 12 over 24 hours from what I recall. I did manage 110 rabbits in 45 minutes from one little patch. Fingers were sore enough from reloading the mags from just that. Seems to be the same loading any rimfire mags that frequently when you're a soft townie like me.

Best we ever did in the bunny shoot was somewhere in the 600's approx. 2004-2005? Came third. predominantly shotties. I had a great afternoon but the night didn't go quite as long as I reckon it should've of-they dropped off a bit early. We just didn't quite get the numbers I estimated. Both top teams got 900's. Most of the time it was between 300 and 400's. A lot of work for a few rabbits. One of the last years I went it rained and we had a block close to town. No rabbits and crap weather. I don't remember the number that year but it was shite.
A lot of work, effort and money for not a lot of rabbits usually, and I don't think I'll do it again soon.