best 22lr off the shelf?

[YodaSends]

it didn't feed reliably with the CCI sub sonics which are what I wanted to shoot

while CCI is definitely not garbage, I've not found it to shoot well in most "match" grade guns and often splits groups in the rifles I have. Eley, Lapua, SK are the kool-aid all the cool kids are drinking, but can be 2x the cost of CCI green-tag. Even within those it's a matter of finding which one and which lot your rifle likes. Tenex has won a ton of olympics, but it shoots like trash in action/chamber that's optimized for Center-X.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

while CCI is definitely not garbage, I've not found it to shoot well in most "match" grade guns and often splits groups in the rifles I have. Eley, Lapua, SK are the kool-aid all the cool kids are drinking, but can be 2x the cost of CCI green-tag. Even within those it's a matter of finding which one and which lot your rifle likes. Tenex has won a ton of olympics, but it shoots like trash in action/chamber that's optimized for Center-X.

Im sure it does but I don't shoot 22s for groups, it's strictly for hunting and plinking, I don't want to pay 25.00/50 rounds for 22. I have a few dozen boxes of expensive 22 ammo and I've never even tried it. I've found the CCI subsonic to be perfect for my needs, it wasn't an accuracy issue in my tikka, it was a feeding issue.

 

[peaches]

For some reason, none of my rifles like the subsonic CCI as much as the SV. Guess that's a good thing since it's plentiful at Rural King for $4/50. I'm hoarding 2 brinks of the old Wolf match that I used to get for $25/brick years ago. I wish I had bought more ...

 

[BLJ]

Agree on the Wolf. It’s pretty good stuff.

 

[peaches]

I heard the SK Standard may now be the same load, but haven't ever found any locally to try.

 

[BLJ]

I heard the SK Standard may now be the same load, but haven't ever found any locally to try.

I believe new Wolf Match Target and Wolf Match Extra are made by Eley in the UK.

 

[Parkerpusher]

CZ and Savage are generally really good out of the box.

I’ve got a competition rig I need to think about selling if you end up going that route eventually.

 

[Pharmseller]

My Tikka kills sage rats nicely.

 

[diygunsmith]

I just spent a few weeks going down this rabbit hole and ended snagging the cheapest CZ 457 with a heavy threaded barrel that I could find. Call it $550 bucks at my cost as an FFL. Gonna toss it in the same KRG Bravo stock as my competition rifle and use it for NRL/PRS22 shoots locally as practice for my NRL-H matches.

i went to a gunshop yesterday and they had 3 457 heavy barells on the shelf.cheapest one was 800 bucks all were used.owner said all 3 were owned by nrl22 shooters that went another direction.made me a little leary.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I was out Permian hunting yesterday, my friend had a t1x and it was joying but trouble. It was failing to extract, the feed ramp was catching bullets on the nose and splitting them.

At this point, I can say for certain that the t1x just is t up to true hard use hunting, at first I thought it was the one I had, then I saw it in a few more examples then again yesterday. The tix might be an ok option for good conditions and people who clean them a lot but if you are going to push one hard at all, it’s going to suck.

We were out on snowmobiles and it was about 12 degrees out, I had loaned my backup gun to another guy, it’s a cheap Ruger American, banish 22 and a cheap vortex scope. It didn’t have a single hiccup, it ran perfectly, the t1x was a problem all day, it wasn’t a one off thing, it was literally every second or 3rd round where a malfunction would occur. That’s exactly how mine was.

If you plan on doing anything even sort of intense, the t1x is not the gun, these are 100% not as good as the t3x rimfire rifles.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

I have had 10/22 that shot well and some that were garbage.
And if you consider the amount of cz’s that shoot like shit until you change the barrel.
Maybe you get a good one,maybe not.
Thought I saw on here were form had many thousand of rounds thru a t1x.
There’s also many comps won with them.
They had lemons and have hiccups like everyone else.

 

[WyldGoose]

Just watched a video about the T1x feeding fix. Cause being slop in the magazine, the guy fixed it with a piece of duct tape on the back of the mag to snug up the fit.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I have had 10/22 that shot well and some that were garbage.
And if you consider the amount of cz’s that shoot like shit until you change the barrel.
Maybe you get a good one,maybe not.
Thought I saw on here were form had many thousand of rounds thru a t1x.
There’s also many comps won with them.
They had lemons and have hiccups like everyone else.

Every t1x I’ve seen or been around has had numerous failures when shot suppressed, with sub sonic ammo or in tough conditions. Mine was great off the bench so it might work fine for nrl. For real world winter/spring hunting the t1x has literally been the worst option of the dozens of 22s used between me and people I know. Don’t even get me started on the magazines that cut your thumb and the barrels that rust in ambient air.

Crazy that a 250 dollar Ruger American with a 100 dollar vortex and a banish 22 is as accurate and more reliable than a t1x. Whenever people reccomend those all I can think is they must just shoot off the bench and use match grade ammo all the time.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

No, I use literally the cheapest ammo I can find and shoot only from field positions. I have never cleaned the rifle. Granted, I have only been using it about two months, but I had one FTF on the first magazine I loaded, and none in the next 2000+ rounds.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

Cci sv only in mine.
I don’t buy expensive 22 ammo but also don’t shoot thunderbolts.

 

[low2497]

I sent my T1x down the road. It had constant failure to eject/extract issues. This seems like a pretty widespread issue along with magazine troubles.

 

[coyotekilla]

Top 3, tikka t1x, cz457, ruger rpr. I bought the ruger cause its the cheapest chassis 22lr and does very well. 1/2 outside to outside at 50yds pretty easily & consistently. Its threaded for a can. Has mlok on the bottom. I use mine hunting at night for skunk and possum extermination. Using subs (sk match) and an agm spectrum lrf scope hits to 275 yds arnt hard. Taken pigeon in the day as well with it.

 

[BLJ]

Really glad I got 3 of the good 457’s.

 

[Pharmseller]

I feel more than fortunate to have the only T1x that works flawlessly.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I feel more than fortunate to have the only T1x that works flawlessly.

I see lots of guys online saying how awesome their t1x is. I’ve seen a bunch in person and nobody was happy with them.

Maybe they just stop working right once they get to Alaska.