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Opinions - Most Accurate $500 ish 22LR rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Philo in AZ" data-source="post: 2110088" data-attributes="member: 110540"><p>I have a pretty good sized collection of .22LR bolt rifles, including Anschutzs, CZs, Bergara, Savage, Steyr, Tikka, Weatherbys, and Rugers. All but one are decent in their own way. The two I like the most are the CZ 455 and the Tikka T1X. The CZ is great because of the switch barrel capability and the action is pretty smooth. Put a good trigger and Lilja barrel in it and it will out shoot your ability all day long. The 90 bolt throw that can hit the scope with lower rings is a detractor but you can get a new Glades Armory handle to fix it. The new CZ 457 model fixed that with a 60 bolt trow design. The Tikka T1X just does everything right out of the box. Accurate, smooth 45 degree bolt throw (which takes a little getting used to) decent mags, and great cartridge trigger (which can be improved even more with a YoDave $8 spring) and can be dropped into any centerfire Tikka stock (factory or aftermarket) with no mods at all. I put it into a factory Tikka centerfire stock that already had the vertical grip and recoil pad (for longer LOP). Its nearly as accurate as my Anschutz rifles at one fourth to one eighth the price without being finicky about feeding or ammo. The Steyr Zephyr II is very nice and very accurate but twice the price and needed some "cleaning up" to work like a $1000 rifle should. The biggest disappointment was the Bergara. I had high hopes for the Rem 700 footprint barreled action I bought. I dropped it into a McMillan A6 stock with a Hawkins DBM. With everything, the price would be around 1600. Out of the box the action wasn't very smooth at all, the chamfer on the chamber had a heavy burr that required polishing and the trigger was on the heavy side but workable. The biggest disappointment was the accuracy. Any of my other rifles would out shoot it with any ammo. It is no more accurate than my takedown 10/22 in a Magpul backpack stock. If you want the absolute cheapest but still fairly accurate, go with the Savage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philo in AZ, post: 2110088, member: 110540"] I have a pretty good sized collection of .22LR bolt rifles, including Anschutzs, CZs, Bergara, Savage, Steyr, Tikka, Weatherbys, and Rugers. All but one are decent in their own way. The two I like the most are the CZ 455 and the Tikka T1X. The CZ is great because of the switch barrel capability and the action is pretty smooth. Put a good trigger and Lilja barrel in it and it will out shoot your ability all day long. The 90 bolt throw that can hit the scope with lower rings is a detractor but you can get a new Glades Armory handle to fix it. The new CZ 457 model fixed that with a 60 bolt trow design. The Tikka T1X just does everything right out of the box. Accurate, smooth 45 degree bolt throw (which takes a little getting used to) decent mags, and great cartridge trigger (which can be improved even more with a YoDave $8 spring) and can be dropped into any centerfire Tikka stock (factory or aftermarket) with no mods at all. I put it into a factory Tikka centerfire stock that already had the vertical grip and recoil pad (for longer LOP). Its nearly as accurate as my Anschutz rifles at one fourth to one eighth the price without being finicky about feeding or ammo. The Steyr Zephyr II is very nice and very accurate but twice the price and needed some "cleaning up" to work like a $1000 rifle should. The biggest disappointment was the Bergara. I had high hopes for the Rem 700 footprint barreled action I bought. I dropped it into a McMillan A6 stock with a Hawkins DBM. With everything, the price would be around 1600. Out of the box the action wasn't very smooth at all, the chamfer on the chamber had a heavy burr that required polishing and the trigger was on the heavy side but workable. The biggest disappointment was the accuracy. Any of my other rifles would out shoot it with any ammo. It is no more accurate than my takedown 10/22 in a Magpul backpack stock. If you want the absolute cheapest but still fairly accurate, go with the Savage. [/QUOTE]
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