.22 Rifles for tactical situations?

[M. Sage]

seems like this has moved from the original question. Which 22 to get. Personally i would not worry about tactical stock or anything else in that isle at CTD. Just go to walmart and pick up a plain wood stock 10-22, light relialble and fun to shoot, easy to add optics also and plenty of options for aftermarket hi-cap mags. in a shtf scenario i would want an m1a2 abrams but we cant always get what we want and building an arsenal takes time. Start simple and go from there. Model 60 is also a good rifle, very similar to a ruger in many ways, but the mag options are nice.

You can pick up a used Marlin Model 60 for around $100. Sometimes less if you hunt around. Definitely a good rifle, just kind of a pain in the ass to reload, and not a lot of aftermarket support.

 

[Younggun]

my preference is 200 for the ruger, lots of options for optics and magazines capacity. usefull accesaries do not make a barbie gun as some like to believe. I think they are fine off the shelf but i have shot bbl with bipod and heavy hogue stock with great grouping at 100 yrds. Have also shot them with folding stocks, less comfortable but very compact. Its a very versatile platform to build exactly what you want. And in a worst case no law scenario it can be made full auto very easily.(this is illegal). I may be proven wrong but i believe it is based on the m1 gerand which has proven to be reliable in almost all conditions, mine always was. My 2 cents

 

[M. Sage]

No, it's not based on the M1 Garand. The original is styled to look like the M1 Carbine (also unrelated to the Garand), though.

 

[Younggun]

learn somethin new every day. Still my favorite semi auto .22, need to get another one some day, but for now i just steal the model 60 i bought my wife

 

[TexasBoy]

Wow i never expected 1k plus views and all these replies on this thread. I love TGT!

 

[M. Sage]

learn somethin new every day. Still my favorite semi auto .22, need to get another one some day, but for now i just steal the model 60 i bought my wife

I'd like to get (build, actually) a 10/22 at some point, but till then I'm very happy with my Model 60.

 

[bloodstainedking]

Go with the Ruger. In my humble opinion it's the best 22 rifle on the market & now you can get the factory made bx-25 high cap mags for it. Don't let anyone tell you a 22 isn't gun enough to take a person down. Anyone that says so, ask them how many people they know that have been shot by a 22, my guess would be zero.

 

[cpileri]

Sir,
How much do you have to spend on accessories for the 10/22 (if thats what you choose)? Here's an accessory, actually a combination of 2 accessories, that can aid in compactness:
Combo Packer-Folding stock for Chief Dave's Multi-Caliber Conversion - RimfireCentral.com Forums
or here
ATTN Harry Tuttle: the COOLEST 10/22 folding stock PERIOD here!!! - THR Others have posted on doing the same thing (Tri-folding stock).
Merry Christmas!
C-

 

[matefrio]

That's preetty slick.