Favourite .22 Rimfire Rifle

[Tim - Stratford]

Im thinking of buying a .17HMR, anyone have and experience with these?

Yep - great little rimfire - good on rabbits and foxes - too much penetration on smaller pest birds. I found the hollow points better than the tipped projectiles.



Tim

[danielhobby]

re  the 17 hmr.great little calibre,awesome on bunnies and ok ish on foxes but placement is critical,no room for error.bit of a bugger to clean.absolutely should not be used on roos by tempted marksmen.still a little exspensive to feed but a fun gun.

[Campfire]

re  the 17 hmr.great little calibre,awesome on bunnies and ok ish on foxes but placement is critical,no room for error.bit of a bugger to clean.absolutely should not be used on roos by tempted marksmen.still a little exspensive to feed but a fun gun.

I was tempted to Buy a .17 rimfire magnum to pair up with the .22 magnum rimfire I own already.

Would be a great little pair in the gun safe, but at the end of the day with the reality of mortgage, family, home renovations etc, decided to just stick with my CZ .22 Magnum and use lighter 30 grain rounds.

Cheers

Campfire

[danielhobby]

I,ve owned both and got rid of the hmr and kept the 22mag.the 17 is unreal on bunnies and birds and as said,ok on foxes but the 22mag just wacks foxes harder and quicker,plain and simple!im running a savage accutrigger in stainless with a leupold v1 in 3/9x 50 glass,a good allrounder to whistle and spotlight reynard with. the old 40 gn ammo is a little inaccurate but fine to bunnies at 110mprob something like 1.5 to 2 moa.the new 30 gn ammo is running at about 1 to 1.5 moa.I was lucky enough to" buy/score" 15 full packets of 22mag,along with 200 new 220 swift cases and a 10 kg bag of 4shot for $40 at a garage sale recently so i guess ill be useing 40gn for a year or so.cheers danny

[scottrods]

new CZ 455 is swappable barrels in 22mag, 17hmr and 22LR

[britts]

I have a .22 unique in a bolt action + a single shot winchester for the young bloke as well as a .22 hornet, 243 on a mauser & a 308 springfield, dont get out as much as we like to but the young bloke has been shooting with me since he was 5.Now he's nearly 11 and wants to start hunting instead of just shooting targets so a bunny busting trip might be on the cards shortly.

[graham]

are we bunny busters or do we shoot all game ,love shooting duck&quail,and the odd bunny, cannot wait for the vic duck open 2012 2 weeks of travel &fun starting at Yea and finishing at wherever.mmmmmmmmmmm    cheers from mr &the black dog oi

[scottrods]

Living in Un Zed.

rabbits, hares, possums, magpies, goats, pigs, deer, stoats, weasels, wild cats, wild dogs and wild women 

[graham]

i thought you had sent all your wild wimmen over here, got some fantastic kiwi brother&sisters over here cheers fella ps it is good to see you have taken on a second language ENGLISH 2ND ps you do not know a john smith from the hamilton area cause every buggerhere knows the bugger cheers big fella

[scottrods]

Ha.

I was born in Northern Ireland, so I'm a paddy. My uncle is John Smith.
 

[sparksy]

Has anyone got a Zastava 22 bolt action?
I'm looking at one for a general use gun and am not familiar with the brand. All I know is they are made in Serbia and imported by Berretta.
Looks reasonbly well made and for $450 with scope and gear seems like a good buy.

[Muso]

No laughing now.....I had a BSA .22....yeah that's right British Small Arms (also made pushbikes and motorbikes) it have a nine shot magazine for memory.

Not into weapons, but the best weapon I had a loan of was in the army with the Belgium 7.62mm SLR. We learnt to strip them down and rebuild them blindfolded (to represent the dark)

[gurules]

   Shoot lots of deer down my way cant beat the back straps and my wife dose a mean marinade,for them
   ya could even have thim with sum chups for ou nz bro hey''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

[scottrods]

We'll have some beer n chups to celebrate beating the Wallabies in the world cup final.

 

[bimborocks]

Great Thread Guys.
I have had my licence for around 7 or 8 years and the first rifle I bought was a .22LR.  I managed to pick up a Model 12 Lithgow 5 shot.  It is a fantastic rifle and for one that is over 50 years old it will still put 5 shots well under and inch at 50m/yards (more than enough the head shoot rabbits).  I love nothing more than getting afew rabbits for dinner or belting a few indian minors.
I know    so here she is


Cheers
James

[graham]

We'll have some beer n chups to celebrate beating the Wallabies in the world cup final.

 

and uf the willabees wun we could go down the wholesalers,un pick up a crate ,careful uf them jutterbars they wull shake up the beer bro

[MarkAus]

Great read!


Use to be a Game keeper in a previous life but moved on to IT and I've not picked up a gun since 1992! How I loved walking the woods, shooting rabbits, deer, pheasant.

Maybe now we.ve been here a year I can find a place to go duck shooting....that would be fantastic..


I did own a Baikal , various .22's loved the hornet. Something else to read about

[graham]

where are you matey 2012 open is not that far away (going by this year anyway) . i also have a baikal u/o   great boat gun  i go to great lengths to explain to fellow shooters hopping in the boat , that their gold inlaid skeet gun might be inappropiate in the boat , what with the dog,  trees, water ingress(off the dog),not to mention Shit navigation . plus all the banging around in a tinny  .dont bring your nice gun keep that for club events ,or shooting off the bank or field . christ mines been under twice ,brought it when i was 14  (sparky sports in Cranbourne) now im 48 great gun  p/s have just brought a stirilng .22  cost me ten  bucks (change over fee) benifets of a mate in a gun shop  .  happy shooting swaggers

[MarkAus]

Sydney,

Ahh The trusty Baikal, was like two scaffold poles welded together....was a great gun..

[BigJules]

I had an Anschutz .22 bolt action with shortened barrel and a telescopic sight. It was a thing of beauty, in my eyes at least, and easily the best rifle amongst my group of friends.

Being .22 and with a short barrel it was a close quarters, low powered hunting rifle. One had to be a good shot.

[Pirate_Pete]

When I was in high school a mate & I would go bunny shooting every Saturday & then spend Sunday walking the neighbourhood selling them for 2 bucks a pair. I borrowed his brothers 22LR leaver action until  I saved up $100 for a Bakal 5 shot 22LR with a 4 X 20 scope. I cant remember how many rabbits it has taken but I would have gone through 4 or 5 cases of Hush Power low velocity rounds. I can remember shooting many a rabbit on the run with this rifle & even managed a few ducks on the wing as well. Shooting every weekend made this thing a part of you & I could hit just about any thing I wanted out to 200+ metres. . . . . . . . now days Im lucky to hit the side of a barn with it. We mainly shot rabbits but the odd wallaby & even goat was taken. 

Back when I got mine you just walked into the shop & bought one, no license required. I know I made a case for it at school but cant remember now if I took it along to get the right measurements. . . . . .

[danielhobby]

walked past the butchers at epping plaza on friday arvo and rabbits are $10.50 each,a bit of a shock when you see how many are running around at the moment!

[dno]

walked past the butchers at epping plaza on friday arvo and rabbits are $10.50 each,a bit of a shock when you see how many are running around at the moment!

I've seen them as high as $18.00, not bad $ for a rodent.

[Campfire]

It's funny hey, some people in our society want hunting banned, and yet with the cost of living going up and the interest in the " tree scape " scene of being partly self sufficient and growing your own food on a hobby farm or small spread, you think there would be a community push for more people to consume/ take wild game.

The cost of rabbit is just as expensive as other meat, yet with a box .22 bullets I could fill a freezer and save alot of money.

Cheers

Campfire

[noel_w]

My dad bought me an Anschutz for my 12th birthday (mainly to keep the bunnies at bay on the property). Had lots of problems with pills sticking in the mag so eventually only used it as a single shot. Wasn't very accurate either so sold that when I left the farm to work in Sydney town & bought me a brand spanking BRNO Model 2 with a walnut stock (1974) out of my first 10 paychecks. Just could not miss with it. Long story short my best mate hassled me for years to sell it to him, he was my best man at my wedding & gave it to him as a present. Thought he was going to burst into tears he was so happy. He still has it locked away with an occasional outing to give the bunnies a seeing to. Oh how I miss it but I do get visiting rights. hehehe. Not much to shoot at in brisvegas & the neighbours just wouldn't understand.

Sorry to drag up an old thread but I found out some more about my Model 2 (CZ 452 Lux)
Mate had to take it in to the gunshop to get a permit for it not long ago. Gunshop bloke said to him, you know that this is a very rare rifle! He had looked up the serial number and found that it was bought at Mick Smith's gun shop in George Street Sydney. This was correct as I bought it new there.
Turns out that the BRNO factory burned down in the 70's and for a short time SAKO were making barrels for them. As well as being a SAKO barrel, they gave it Micro Groove rifling which along with the longer barrel, accounts for it's accuracy.
After the factory was rebuilt by all accounts they were never as good again as they were before the fire.
Put a few rounds through it the other day and is still as good as the day I got it. It needs a little TLC as it was, how do you put it, out of circulation for a while after Port Arthur and got a bit of surface Fanta on the barrel & around the scope mounts. Nothing a little bit of work couldn't fix to be like new.
Lovely bit of gear.