Picked up a ruger american 22 wmr

[DsGrouse]

Found a nice one, nib at a local LGS. I've been looking for a 22WMR that has a threaded barrel. I was holding out for Henry's new X model, but they are harder than hen's teeth to get your hands on one right now. 1 per dealer allocation, or so I am told. The Ruger Americans, on the other hand, have done me well.

I wanted either a bolt or a lever so I could more easily recover the brass. The brass i can de-rim and turn into .243, .264, and .264 jackets.

I need to pick up a scope, rings, and a base. I'll shoot this for a bit, but honestly, I'll probably drop it in an MDT field stock. Stay tuned for photos and range report.

[DsGrouse]

I've been out of it for 7 to 8 weeks, left shoulder and left neck injury, then a 5-day skate deal with the wife, 10 days of right side neck injury leading into 10days of fever.

I'm feeling better now, and yesterday was the first day in a while when I could be out and about for a bit.


Found a nice one, nib at a local LGS. I've been looking for a 22WMR that has a threaded barrel. I was holding out for Henry's new X model, but they are harder than hen's teeth to get your hands on one right now. 1 per dealer allocation, or so I am told. The Ruger Americans, on the other hand, have done me well.

I wanted either a bolt or a lever so I could more easily recover the brass. The brass i can de-rim and turn into .243, .264, and .264 jackets.

I need to pick up a scope, rings, and a base. I'll shoot this for a bit, but honestly, I'll probably drop it in an MDT field stock. Stay tuned for photos and range report.

[Sir Henry]

Congratulations. I’m thinking of getting one in 22LR. My friend has one and we shot it last week.

[Sir Henry]

Congratulations. Looking forward to the range report.

[DsGrouse]

The ruger american 308, 6mm arc, and 6.5 grendel i have are all great valuee guns. So, i expect nothing less out of this guy.

[brm4450]

[HenryFan]

I think you will be pleased. Of the three .22 WMR rifles I own, two are Ruger American Rimfires. One is an 18" barrel, synthetic stock, no iron sights rifle with a Vortex scope and the other is a 22" barrel, stainless finish, walnut stock, iron sight rifle with a Leupold scope.

Although neither action can be called "butter smooth" and probably never will be, both function well and both are quite accurate with CCI MaxiMag 40 gr. JHP ammo. I buy this ammo in the 125 round "milk carton" packs at Walmart and I have laid in a good supply. Also, I did buy a 500 round brick of this ammo from either LuckyGunner or SGAmmo. Just in case.

My third .22 WMR rifle is a Ruger 77/22 International and it too prefers the same ammo as the two RAR's.

That said, I started with a selection of about a dozen different .22 WMR brands, bullet styles and bullet weights in my search for accuracy in the above rifles, and was pleased when an economical brand proved to the the best all around.

I did put a Ruger flash suppressor on the 18" barrel rifle not so much to hide muzzle flash but so that it would fit into the cradles when it stood in my gun case.

Tell us what your results are.

Now I have to research Henry's X model you mentioned in your post.

[PBSnooker]

I love my RAR 22WMR. Most days it is a moa shooter at 100 yards. The most accurate ammo i have tried is Fiocchi 40gr jsp. My Henry 22wmr prefers Federal 50gr hp.

[DsGrouse]

I think you will be pleased. Of the three .22 WMR rifles I own, two are Ruger American Rimfires. One is an 18" barrel, synthetic stock, no iron sights rifle with a Vortex scope and the other is a 22" barrel, stainless finish, walnut stock, iron sight rifle with a Leupold scope.

Although neither action can be called "butter smooth" and probably never will be, both function well and both are quite accurate with CCI MaxiMag 40 gr. JHP ammo. I buy this ammo in the 125 round "milk carton" packs at Walmart and I have laid in a good supply. Also, I did buy a 500 round brick of this ammo from either LuckyGunner or SGAmmo. Just in case.

My third .22 WMR rifle is a Ruger 77/22 International and it too prefers the same ammo as the two RAR's.

That said, I started with a selection of about a dozen different .22 WMR brands, bullet styles and bullet weights in my search for accuracy in the above rifles, and was pleased when an economical brand proved to the the best all around.

I did put a Ruger flash suppressor on the 18" barrel rifle not so much to hide muzzle flash but so that it would fit into the cradles when it stood in my gun case.

Tell us what your results are.

Now I have to research Henry's X model you mentioned in your post.

That is good to read. I've a dozen types of ammo inbound. I'm hoping this goes well. I do need to pick up some mags, scope base, rings and a scope.

[HenryFan]

When I said that CCI MaxiMag 40 gr. JHP proved to be the best all around, some ammo proved to be a bit more accurate and some proved to be somewhat less expensive (but none by much) but overall, the MaxiMag met my meager requirements at an economical price. I decided against the light weight bullets (33 gr or so), the heaviest bullets (50 gr) and the full metal jacket bullets.

I do not shoot rimfire rifles much beyond 50 yards or so and the MaxiMag was my final choice.

If I were starting anew, I would still try a number of different brands, bullet weights and bullet styles particularly to eliminate the worst choice.

I wish you were close by, I have 10 or 11 or so partial boxes of .22 WMR left over from testing you could utilize.

Good luck!

[DsGrouse]

When I said that CCI MaxiMag 40 gr. JHP proved to be the best all around, some ammo proved to be a bit more accurate and some proved to be somewhat less expensive (but none by much) but overall, the MaxiMag met my meager requirements at an economical price. I decided against the light weight bullets (33 gr or so), the heaviest bullets (50 gr) and the full metal jacket bullets.

I do not shoot rimfire rifles much beyond 50 yards or so and the MaxiMag was my final choice.

If I were starting anew, I would still try a number of different brands, bullet weights and bullet styles particularly to eliminate the worst choice.

I wish you were close by, I have 10 or 11 or so partial boxes of .22 WMR left over from testing you could utilize.

Good luck!

Thank you, I'll be good on ammo for a while. As I mentioned above, the brass is part of why I bought this rifle. I've always been a .22 LR guy, and this is my first .22 WMR rifle. Ninety percent of the reason I broke down and picked one up is to harvest the brass from. I can use it to make everything from .224, .243, 264, and .268 jackets.

I'll gladly take any 22wmr 17HMR, 17WSM brass.