Your favorite, bestest, gotta have 22 rifle

[North Country Gal]

I get how hard it is to pick a favorite. Like I said, I started the thread just for fun. I wouldn't even attempted to start a thread about favorite rimfire handgun. Rifles are hard enough.

[Sir Henry]

I get how hard it is to pick a favorite. Like I said, I started the thread just for fun. I wouldn't even attempted to start a thread about favorite rimfire handgun. Rifles are hard enough.

I sold a lot of rimfire pistols when I left Seattle. I had several vintage Walther PP and PPK ‘s in .22LR that I miss.

[Hatchdog]

My favorite is my Marlin 39-A. This was my first Marlin and it led to a nice collection of various Marlin rifles. I have since sold off my entire collection but have kept this 39-A. I recall when I first got it hiking around the pasture hunting ground squirrels I had a thought that this is certainly an adult 22lr. A bit on the heavy side with an action as smooth as glass. Phenomenally accurate too.

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The only other rimfire rifle I currently own is this Ruger 10/22 LVT (light varmint tactical). It has a bull barrel that’s threaded, a checkered hardwood stock with a rubber butt pad and sling swivels. It too is very accurate. So I guess it would be my second favorite.

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Honorable mention would be the Glenfield M/60 with the squirrel stock. When I had just turned 16 in 1973 I was living temporarily in NE North Dakota. The ground squirrels were up and my buddies took me hunting with them with a loaned rifle. I wanted my own so I went into a Coast to Coast store in a small town and was sold the Glenfield directly, no parents involved and no paperwork????? Of course I didn’t know better then. About 10 years ago one exactly like the one I had came up for sale so I bought it. That was a fun trip down memory lane but of course I have since traded it off. Here’s a file pic of the squirrel stock.

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[North Country Gal]

Love those Glenfield squirrel 60s. They are actually getting a bit collectible with Marlin fans, now. Have to say, too, that the Marlin 60s I've shot have been very accurate, more so than those older stock 10/22 Carbines I love.

And yeah, vintage walnut 10/22s definitely make my list of favorite 22 rifles.

[North Country Gal]

Couldn't end this thread without adding one of my Winchester 1885 single shots. Any of these would at least tie the Marlin as my favorite and, in fact, I'd sell the Marlin before any of the 1885s.

This one a special edition called the Classic made for only two years circa 2000. It's in 22 LR and I added the tang sight and globe sight. The odds of me ever finding another one are about zilch.

[Vaquero]

Ooooooh, I like the 1885. Thanks for sharing that one. Nice!

Ok, I'll play. Nothing really special about any of these, but they are the ones that have been seeing the most action lately.
The Marlin 89c, I stumbled across this one a couple years ago working out of town.
It came without a magazine, but did come with the Weaver Marksman 4x, still very clear.
I found a magazine on ebay on the way home. Anyway it has been the most fun and is quite accurate with several different types of ammo that I've tried. These were made from '51 to '63, this one has no sn. So I'm assuming it's an early model.

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Next would be a late model 60, if I remember it was made '08.
Another is the Marlin 25N, very accurate if some cheap ammo. I found another stock for it and cut it down for the grandsons to get started.

One foggy morning back in the spring I had a little test. Was surprised.

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[BrokenolMarine]

I really enjoy my Henry Golden Boy, but the go to in this house has been the CZ455 since we put the first shots downrange. I went looking for a heavy barreled Ruger but Greentop had sold the last 10-22 and Bolt Action that morning. Our Guy suggested the CZ, dead accurate, add this Nikon scope I'll mount it now and give my longtime customers a price break.

Four of my first five shots at 25 yards were a ragged hole and the fifth was just out. It became Miss Ts "defend the coop" sniper rifle.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

These 3 cover all the bases. Win 9422--Marlin 1897T--Browning BL-22 grade 2.

[North Country Gal]

Some great 22s, folks.

Love those old Marlins, Vaquero. Not sure if I've ever seen an 89c. Been keeping an eye out for a 25N. Great old bolt gun.

Marine, you can never go wrong with a CZ.

Kaboomer, those are some of my favorites, too.

[HenryFan]

CZ 452 American, blue steel finish with walnut stock, and a Leupold 4X fixed power scope.

I have others I would not part with including but not limited to a CZ 512 (incredibly accurate semi-auto rifle), a Ruger 10/22 International, a Ruger 10/22 Sporter and a Ruger 77/22 International in .22 WMR. The last three are blue steel with walnut stock rifles, you can see my preferences.

I have found that if I sell or trade something, I usually want it back.