Posted on 01/24/2020 8:25:24 AM PST by w1n1
Everyone needs a Good .22 rifle - Dotzie was telling me to hurry. Treed at the base of a big white oak, my little mountain cur barked impatiently to inform me there was a squirrel up above that required my undivided attention. Out of breath from hurrying to her side, it took me several minutes to spot the gray squirrel pinned to a limb. Still a little shaky, I pulled a miss on my first shot and the squirrel darted through the upper limbs to begin his high-wire act.
I settled down by the third shot, and after I squeezed the AccuTrigger on the Savage A22, the bushytail tumbled out of the tree. I was happy, and more importantly, Dotzie was happy.
In my misspent youth, I knew an old codger who I thought of as my mentor when it came to rifles. He had survived Korea and a battle that took place in a location now called the Frozen Chosin. He had a house full of guns, and was always shooting, reloading, or doing something with a rifle. I tried to learn as much as I could from him, while staying out of his way at the same time.
"Boy," he told me, "everyone needs a good .22 rifle, if for nothing else than just to shoot." By "just to shoot" he meant target practice, can plinking, hunting small game, pest control, and anything else a body would need a rifle for in a caliber below a .3030. To him, a dependable .22 was a tool much like an axe or a wrench; and when you needed one, it had to work and work well.
Long known for their brand of no-nonsense firearms, Savage Arms (savagearms.com) has returned to the forefront in recent years with high-quality rifles that work well when you need them to. Savage wowed the rimfire world a couple of years ago with the introduction of the A17, the first high-performance semiautomatic rimfire specifically designed for the .17 HMR cartridge.
They followed that success up with the A22 in .22 WMR (Winchester Magnum rimfire). Now, Savage is adding another new model to the A series: the A22 in (you guessed it) .22 Long Rifle. Here are some thoughts on this nifty little rifle, and why I think my old long gun mentor would approve.
Like the A17 and A22 Magnum, this rifle features a thread-in barrel with zero-tolerance head space, much like Savage builds their centerfire rifles. The barrel is "button" rifled and recessed on the business end, which is going to save on accuracy over time by protecting it. This is important if you are as hard on guns as I am, hauling them around in vehicles, getting knocked around while carrying them and the like. Read the rest of Savage 22 long rifle.
Someone who realizes the value in rebuilding a muscle car from the 70’s, 80’s 90’s, etc.
But mine is worth more, since mine has the cracked stock! :-)
My response was meant to point out that there are a lot more repair parts available for the 10/22 than for the discontinued Nylon 66.
I used to have a Nylon 66 in Apache Black, but sold it decades ago. It’s a great little rifle that I believe still holds the record for continuous shots fired without a malfunction.
I still prefer the 10/22, however, as my “if I could only have one .22” rifle.
as i got older my car models got bigger...
I still have mine and it still works.
Sounds like You
are Living The Dream,
FRiend.
I agree that in 22 LR there are plenty of other weapons. I have been he Savage A22 in 22 Magnum.
It stands alone as a reasonable priced semi auto in 22WMR.
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10/22’s and loved it.
My bad.
I am so very blessed...a dream life I have lived
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