Best bolt action .22lr?

[Aaron N]

I’m looking for a good bolt action with a walnut stock and iron sights. Does anyone have a good recommendation? Right now I’m leaning towards and older BRNO

 

[jbirdwell]

My favorite and most accurate is a Cooper 57M. Beautiful rifle and is generally more accurate than I can hold anymore

 

[akrifleman]

My favorite and most accurate is a Cooper 57M. Beautiful rifle and is generally more accurate than I can hold anymore

Certainly about as purdy as they get

 

[thriller]

Best? With out a doubt the Cooper 57-M!

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Cooper’s Famed Model 57M Rifle | RifleMagazine

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Cooper Model 57M Classic Rifle 22 Review - The Old Deer Hunters

The Cooper 57M 22LR is without doubt the best production rifles you can buy for quality, accuracy , fit and finish and overall performance.

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Those look very nice

 

[KEC]

What ammo does your 69A like? Mine seems to be finicky.

40 gr. Aguila Super Extra

 

[Safari Dave]

Anschutz
CZ
Tikka

I shoot long-range metallic silhouette with a .22.

(Ram is at 212yds)


One of these 3 brands (in the "hunting rifle" category) wins every year.


I've seen some good Kimbers & Coopers, but they are hard to find now.


My Anschutz likes Lapua Center-X (although I have had trouble finding a consistent lot recently).

My CZ 457 likes Federal Gold Medal HV (719).


IME, you have to experiment quite a bit to find an ammo that your particular rifle likes.


I usually shoot the Anschutz 1416 now, because it tends to be more consistent.


A few month's ago, the sear broke in the middle of a "flight,", so I changed over to the CZ while using Center-X. I proceeded to miss 12 targets, after I resighted the rifle.

(You just never know with 22's)

 

[Safari Dave]

Eley Tenex is expensive and is a great ammo, but some rifles don't like it either.


I have shot several "perfect scores" with Federal Automatch from my CZ, but I no longer want to risk the "flyer," that come along about once every 50 rounds.

If I was looking for an inexpensive, but very accurate hunting ammo, Federal Automatch is hard to beat.

 

[Safari Dave]

I’m looking for a good bolt action with a walnut stock and iron sights. Does anyone have a good recommendation? Right now I’m leaning towards and older BRNO

If you can't find an older BRNO, this would be a good bet:

Rimfire CZ 457

Rimfire CZ 457

cz-usa.com

 

[akrifleman]

Eley Tenex is expensive and is a great ammo, but some rifles don't like it either.


I have shot several "perfect scores" with Federal Automatch from my CZ, but I no longer want to risk the "flyer," that come along about once every 50 rounds.

If I was looking for an inexpensive, but very accurate hunting ammo, Federal Automatch is hard to beat.

I agree that it is tough to beat for the inexpensive stuff. I've just never gotten through 100 of them where my extreme spread wasn't over 90 fps. With SLR/X-Act or Biathalon it is more like 40 fps.

I also now use Automatch or Wolf for hunting. Although, when it gets below 10 degrees, the Wolf seems to fall off less (for me).

 

[Aaron N]

If you can't find an older BRNO, this would be a good bet:

Rimfire CZ 457

Rimfire CZ 457

cz-usa.com

Except the euro stock! Didn’t CZ make one with irons and an American style stock 5-10 years ago?

 

[akrifleman]

Except the euro stock! Didn’t CZ make one with irons and an American style stock 5-10 years ago?

They make 15 versions of the CZ457.

CZ - Česká zbrojovka a.s.

CZ - Česká zbrojovka a.s.

cz-usa.com

 

[Aaron N]

They make 15 versions of the CZ457.

CZ - Česká zbrojovka a.s.

CZ - Česká zbrojovka a.s.

cz-usa.com

And none with a straight wood stock and irons

 

[akrifleman]

And none with a straight wood stock and irons

I missed the irons, my mistake. Seems those have become quite unpopular.

However, for any CZ you can get a factory barrel with iron sights.

CZ 457 LUX BARREL SET, 22LR 24IN NITRIDE

CZ 457 LUX BARREL SET, 22LR 24IN NITRIDE

shop.cz-usa.com

Isn't the exact answer you wanted, but it can be done on a new rifle. As well as additional barrel sets for 22WMR/17HMR, etc....

 

[Aaron N]

I missed the irons, my mistake. Seems those have become quite unpopular.

However, for any CZ you can get a factory barrel with iron sights.

CZ 457 LUX BARREL SET, 22LR 24IN NITRIDE

CZ 457 LUX BARREL SET, 22LR 24IN NITRIDE

shop.cz-usa.com

Isn't the exact answer you wanted, but it can be done on a new rifle. As well as additional barrel sets for 22WMR/17HMR, etc....

Interesting! Thanks for the heads up

 

[thoma018]

The best bolt action .22 Lr is probably the one that has or can bring you the best memories. I've had many---budget ones, expensive ones, factory ones, modified ones and custom ones. Some have been "one hole-ers" with the occasional filer as .22 will do. The best I have is stamped (this before serial numbers were required) and was by sold by Sears and Roebuck as their model 2-C but was manufactured by Winchester as their model 131. I shot thousands of CANNUCK brand .22 thru it growing up but years later found that its pet "load" was a CCI 40Gr round. It will shoot with most of the higher end .22s I've owned. Purchased this gun at age 11 for $30.00 from a classmate.

 

[Bandera]

The CZ 457 is great 22LR. Bunch’s of people shoot it in PRS and NRL22.
Mine will shoot sub MOA at 75 yards with SK Long Range Match.
It is paired with a Vortex 6-24. The higher power helps with shooting the 1/4 wide targets at 90 yards or more. The Area 419 20 MOA rail also helps with the longer range targets.

I will say that I have killed more squirrels, rodents and vermin with a Marlin model 25 in 22 Mag. It will turn a Starling into a cloud of feathers.

 

[mark-hunter]

I shoot long-range metallic silhouette with a .22.

(Ram is at 212yds)


One of these 3 brands (in the "hunting rifle" category) wins every year.


I've seen some good Kimbers & Coopers, but they are hard to find now.


My Anschutz likes Lapua Center-X (although I have had trouble finding a consistent lot recently).

My CZ 457 likes Federal Gold Medal HV (719).


IME, you have to experiment quite a bit to find an ammo that your particular rifle likes.


I usually shoot the Anschutz 1416 now, because it tends to be more consistent.


A few month's ago, the sear broke in the middle of a "flight,", so I changed over to the CZ while using Center-X. I proceeded to miss 12 targets, after I resighted the rifle.

(You just never know with 22's)

For years I was winning (or being on top of list) on 100 mtr matches with CZ452 scoped, ordinary model (4 groves in the barrel, not 12 grooves as they advertise for some match models): with ammo: RWS Club, RWS Subsonic.
Then some boys started bringing anschutzes. In competition with 30% of anschutzes on the line I won gold, once, just because I was placed on line no 1, close to longitudinal protection range concrete wall, which mitigated the wind.
But I realised that only next year, when I was placed in the middle of the range, and my score dropped to middle of the list

For next year I took Anschutz.
Eley tenex was best grouping, but I am running out of that lot. New lots of Eley do not show that level of accuracy in my rifle. I am searching now for next best option for Anshutz: SKS, Lapua, RWS 100, RWS 50....
Anshutz stays for matches.
CZ 452 is now on hunting duty, mainly with RWS high velocity hollow points.

 

[Boone66]

Vudoo was originally a shop that fixed all the 40X, until they just started manufacturing them without the problems.

Thanks for that information

 

[Zinz]

200 - 225 Yds is very doable on 8 - 12" steel with my rifle/ammo as well. Just read the ballistics and dial and call the wind.

Here’s my niece shooting one of my Win 52Cs at just over 200 yards across our little oat patch at dirt clod “snowmen”. I told her, “shoot the heads first, then the bodies, then the bases”.

Taught her to “ride the bag” and don’t lift her head to watch the impact in that 20x Unertl. Very quickly she was making her own wind calls and dusting those little snowmen. I have no idea how many boxes of ammo she went thru that afternoon

Note her fist under the butt stock for fine adjustments

Ed Z

 

[R eight]

Blaser R8 is without a doubt the most accurate.22 RF I’ve ever shot. Eley Match is what I feed her.

I also have a CZ 452 which I shoot with open sights. She’s feed Winchester HP SS. Accurate enough for small game hunting.