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Inexpensive .22 rifles with Threaded Barrels – Surprisingly Good Values
AmmoLand ^ | January 23, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 01/25/2023 3:50:55 AM PST by marktwain

If you have ever thought you might want, need or find useful a suppressed firearm, there is good news. .22 rifles with threaded barrels are available for very little money.

There are several reasons why you might consider buying inexpensive .22 rifles with threaded barrels:

Many years ago, traveling in a land far, far away, a close friend and “poacher” (hunting was forbidden altogether in that location) obtained a .22 single-shot rifle. Someone smuggled the rifle into the country, and ended up in a friend’s hands. He showed me how he made an improvised suppressor in about 30 minutes, which worked surprisingly well.

The tricky part was lining up the hole in the suppressor with the rifle’s bore. This was done by eye, centering the hole while looking through the suppressor, down the bore, and tightening the hose clamp which held the suppressor to the barrel.  It worked well but had to be checked frequently.

The most challenging part of making a practical, improvised suppressor is making sure the bore and suppressor are aligned.


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To: DeplorablePaul

Have you filled the mags with Hoppe’s # 9 and shaken and soaked them?


61 posted on 01/25/2023 12:03:15 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: DeplorablePaul

Maybe a new recoil spring, as well.


62 posted on 01/25/2023 12:28:16 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

No. I’ll give it a try.


63 posted on 01/25/2023 12:47:47 PM PST by DeplorablePaul (protesters)
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To: Travis McGee
60-grain subsonic Aguila SSS ammo. Works great.60-grain subsonic Aguila SSS ammo. Works great.

These bullets are basically magic. They deliver the same mass and velocity as the much more expensive 5.56 subsonic loadings. When fired from a 20 inch barrel they are hearing safe and will cycle a blow-back action. I use these when I work with dogs (I never could get them to wear the hearing protection).

64 posted on 01/25/2023 1:11:24 PM PST by Brass Lamp
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To: Brass Lamp

Everybody needs to get a pallet load of Aguila 60gr SSS while they can.

A sub-box of 50 will be like an un-inflatable $50 dollar bill in the dystopian future.

Yeah, they’re a little dirtier than most. So what.


65 posted on 01/25/2023 1:13:50 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: marktwain

I love my standard TX22, green grip, black top. I changed to a red fiber optic front sight. Very easy. My old eyes love it. It’s like having a red-dot sight out on the end of the slide. Focus on the target, the bright red dot is clear in your view.

I consider it the perfect full-size, striker-fired training pistol. Handles exactly like a Glock, Springfield etc. Same size, same controls, just lighter.

IMHO it’s the PERFECT pistol for a first day at the range breaking in a newbie.

IMHO, the most value-added we Boomers can provide is training newbies in firearms handling and marksmanship. The Taurus TX22 is PERFECT in that role, and holds a full 16 rounds just like a Glock, XD, etc. Give them 100 rounds thru the TX22, then transition them to center-fire calibers. Teach them basic pistol 101 before adding weight, recoil, and blast.

I love my TX22. First Taurus I ever bought, after many strong recommendations. I love it. And comes threaded for a suppressor with a thread protector and adapter as part of the standard package. Very smart.


66 posted on 01/25/2023 1:23:29 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee
It will be interesting to see if the compact version, with the 1 in 10 twist, will stabilize the 60 grain Aguila bullet.

Taurus engineers told me the twist rate was a deliberate design change to increase back pressure, to make cycling more reliable ...

Yes, that was the reason they gave.

Of course, it also stabilizes longer, heavier bullets.

67 posted on 01/25/2023 2:57:50 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Travis McGee
Winchester is coming out with a 45 grain bullet designed to leave .22 pistol barrels at 1060.

It has 90% of the energy of the 60 grain bullet out of a rifle. Greater energy than the 60 grain out of a pistol. All subsonic.

Cheaper than the Aguila.

68 posted on 01/25/2023 3:05:00 PM PST by marktwain
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To: real saxophonist
I get the daily AmmoLand news in my email. I saw that your story about the near disaster on the way to the SHOT Show was in it today.

Not sure why they published it twice.

I have had it happen before.

Might be something they do with popular articles?

69 posted on 01/25/2023 3:14:59 PM PST by marktwain
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To: gundog

No, but we had a great time in the hills at the back of the base sledding down the long roads! Bit, yes…the blueberries and wild raspberries were fantastic!


70 posted on 01/25/2023 4:19:36 PM PST by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: USAF1985

My family visited in the summer of ‘71. I had an uncle stationed there. Quite the adventure for a 10-year-old.


71 posted on 01/25/2023 5:33:19 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: smokingfrog
Without trying, I happened to end up with 3 of them. I bought a Takedown when they came out, then bro-in-law had a full-stock model he wanted to trade for my beat-up old 870, then a widow at church practically gave me her husband’s standard model (with a 4x10 scope). I’ve put a few hundred rounds through them without a jam, using 10- and 30 round mags.

I also have an old AR-7 that groups almost as well as the 10/22s. Love me some .22s.

72 posted on 01/26/2023 6:20:00 PM PST by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: marktwain

Did you ever play with Paco Kelly’s .22 modifying tools?


73 posted on 01/26/2023 6:36:30 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: umbagi

I have a 1976 centennial model that I bought at the local department store. The standard Ruger 10 round mags and the BX-15 mags seem to work the best.
I do think they should have stayed with the aluminum trigger housing.


74 posted on 01/26/2023 8:18:35 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I read about them, but have not played with them.


75 posted on 02/10/2023 5:25:36 AM PST by marktwain
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