Need comments on rifle
Im looking at a Ruger American 8349 in .22 WMR . Ive been looking at .22mag for a while and wonder if I can get any better for the money (385). Any negatives? Did consider the Marlin, but for the money I feel the Ruger has a lot more to offer. I havent found anything on the auction site that Im happy with.
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my son had one of those and for the most part it was a good rifle. BUT we could never get it to shoot groups as well as i thought it should. could not get better than 2 to 3 inch groups out of it, finally traded it. just thought it should shoot better than that. 0 -
IME Ruger quality is all over the map. Some guns shoot great out of the box. Others make you wonder who fell asleep on their production line. 0 -
I've owned several 22WMR rifles over the years, various makes. Maybe I just had bad luck, but I never owned one that met my expectations for accuracy. 0 -
Rugers are good but I would look at the Marlin 782 and I think that would make you a nice rifle for a long tome. 0 -
truthful said:I've owned several 22WMR rifles over the years, various makes. Maybe I just had bad luck, but I never owned one that met my expectations for accuracy.
Exactly. Owned a number of lever guns and none would shoot decent groups relative to 22LR. Bolt guns will group better but depend on choice of ammo. I have never seen a 22 WMRs shoot better than 1.5" at 100 yards. This includes match grade rifles.Probably the biggest problem I have experienced with the 22mag is finding decent ammo your gun will shoot with and when if you do, the variance between batches is considerable.
IMHO, the 22 mag is a 75 yard gun. It does have a strong advantage over 22LR in killing animals as large as coyotes at close range.
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I have 3 different 22mags and the Savage 93 is the best shooter out of my 3 0
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