22LR Bolt Gun - Action Recommendations

I just bought a Tikka T1x (Roughtech, 16") today! I have had over a hundred Scouts and Royal's in my cart for the past few months. I love the Royal, but that 1/2-20 thread kills it for me!

I feel a lot of relief ordering the Tikka. It has everything I want and I really like the mags too. I can mount my scope with Talley 1-piece rings (my favorite) instead of dealing with 11mm dovetail rings or a funky rail. It was actually shopping for the rings for a CZ that put me over the edge today to get the Tikka...

I got my first 22 can this week and only have semi-autos to shoot it on. Can't wait to get a bolt gun to really let these subs shine!
Subs out of a bolt action 22 are awesome. I’m not sure if the tikka has a tighter chamber or what but I only shot mine suppressed and it would get so dirty that it would hardly run after only a hundred rounds or so.

My other 22s don’t get that dirty until I’m 500-600 rounds in.
 
Subs out of a bolt action 22 are awesome. I’m not sure if the tikka has a tighter chamber or what but I only shot mine suppressed and it would get so dirty that it would hardly run after only a hundred rounds or so.

My other 22s don’t get that dirty until I’m 500-600 rounds in.

I’ve had that happen a few times with my 457. Once carrying it across my back, muzzle-up, and walking about a mile, it shook so much gunk out of the suppressor that I couldn’t chamber a round when I finally saw a squirrel. And I don’t think it had more than 200 rounds since the last cleaning. I’ll probably carry it muzzle down in the future.

I also had it happen at the range when I put it on the rifle rack behind the firing line (muzzle up).

I need to go over and pick up my T1X from the FFL.
 
I’ve had that happen a few times with my 457. Once carrying it across my back, muzzle-up, and walking about a mile, it shook so much gunk out of the suppressor that I couldn’t chamber a round when I finally saw a squirrel. And I don’t think it had more than 200 rounds since the last cleaning. I’ll probably carry it muzzle down in the future.

I also had it happen at the range when I put it on the rifle rack behind the firing line (muzzle up).

I need to go over and pick up my T1X from the FFL.
Anyone know if I flow through can (ie Huxworks flow 22 ti) might mitigate this issue?
 
I recently picked up a t1x as a trainer for my boy. Decided I was going to play with it and wound up putting a drastically overpowered scope on it and dropped it into an Oryx chassis and a new triggertech setup. Waiting on the suppressor to show up now. Wildly overbuilt for a squirrel gun but boy is it fun to shoot. My kid might learn to shoot on it at some point too.
 

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I doubt it, the only way to mitigate it would be shooting some of the cleaner .22 ammo.
What is "cleaner .22 ammo?" All the rimfire ammunition I have ever fired has been pretty filthy. Some of the high velocity, copper-jacketed cartridges don't seem too bad (e.g. the 17 HMR), but at the cost for those, I'd rather shoot 5.56.
 
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What is "cleaner .22 ammo?" All the rimfire ammunition I have ever fired has been pretty filthy. Some of the high velocity, copper-jacketed cartridges don't seem too bad (e.g. the 17 HMR), but at the cost for those, I'd rather shoot 5.56.

This is what I’ve seen, however I can’t comment on how well they work as I’m still shooting golden Remingtons through a pair of .22s from 1933 and 1947 that I’m not sure have ever been cleaned.

 
Anybody have a B-14R with the carbon barrel? I have a spare manners stock and an MDT bottom metal that I can use to build a lightweight trainer and was debating going with that option. RimX and Voodoo are out as I don’t have quite that much money to drop on a .22 if I want to have money for the suppressor.
My friend has one and I have the steel barrel option. His shoots great and mine does as well. We both play around with subs but shoot just about anything for a 2” group at 100. Mine really likes cheap American eagle. I think I have 1,800-2,300 rounds through mine and he has over 3,000. They are great I love little bolt 22s and Bergara seems best bargain. My uncle has 2 17s and a 22 just like mine. Those all have over 3000 rounds and never an issue for him and he doesn’t clean at all while they ride around in an old farm pickup
 
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