[samuel]

With all of those problems you just dreamed up you have frightened me so bad I have decided to never fire or use my firearms again and only use my friends and neighbors firearms.Now I wonder if it is safe for me to buy ammo or should I just use other,s ammo too? sam.

[musicmaniac]

Quote:       Originally Posted by samuel

With all of those problems you just dreamed up you have frightened me so bad I have decided to never fire or use my firearms again and only use my friends and neighbors firearms.Now I wonder if it is safe for me to buy ammo or should I just use other,s ammo too? sam.

HAHA!! I swear that sounds like my big bro. He is always telling me how he wants to buy a gun, but he never has. Spends all his money on beer and cigs instead then calls me and says "Hey you wanna go out shootin?" Sure, says me, what did you buy? LOL!!! Shoots up all my ammo everytime! But, I don't mind too much. Nice to get to see him on occasion.

[andrew cochran]

Hey, I would go with a revolver, single shot rifle, or a bolt action rifle(magazine fed) because most bolt, magazine fed rifles can be loaded with out the magazine just single shot.

[22-rimfire]

I think the perfect survival rifle for the long haul would be a tubular feed 22 bolt action with a composite stock. It is too easy to loose a magazine especially in a high stress situation. Anyway, one of the Marlins come to mind. I don't have such a rifle in a bolt action. I have semi-autos though. If thrust into the situation at this moment in time, I would probably pack my Remington 541S with every magazine I own and a 4x scope. The mags are plastic, so they should last.

[jerry]

I will tell you what I tell my customers in production environments that are worried about down time. Get the equipment you are comfortable with. Make sure it's supported by spare parts. Buy the spare parts. Train on how to replace said spare parts. Increase up time.

[irish murphy]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Dan22

I've been thinking about this thread and if it was for a long time situation I would want a gun that was fool-proof.I'm looking for the most foolproof .22 ever made. I need to eat!

I already told you what it is mate,a single shot 22lr like my model 60 winchester or a lithgow single shot 22lr.

[Cleankill47]

Rossi and H&R make a pretty cheap, reliable .22 break-action. They even have a combo with a 12-or 20-gauge barrel, and you can even get the Trifecta, made by Rossi, which is a .22 barrel, a 20 gauge shotgun barrel, and a .243 centerfire rifle barrel (with an action, of course...)

I just thought it was pretty cool...

[billy]

my bolt cz

theres hardly any parts to it.

[Cleankill47]

You know what, you could also get the Savage Mark 1 G bolt-action single-shot rifle. There's almost no parts, and it's pretty foolproof. My Grandmother's still got one made under the Stevens name and it's a beast, still minute-of-squirrel's-eye at 30 yards....

[ArkansasHunter]

two-70 mentioned his Marlin 981 -T I also have a the same rifle and if the tube ever became dented it could be used as a single shot.
I think I could get the dent out if a freak occurance like that were to happen.

My choice would be the Marlin 981-T boltaction rifle or it's big brother 983-T 22 magnum.
Theres not much to break on these guns...A.H

[Cleankill47]

You can also put a block of wood or something perfectly shaped to fit between the barrel and the magazine tube, then wrap both with cord to keep it in place. It'll stop the tube from bending, and you'll have a little emergency stash of cordage for your survival situation.

[ArkansasHunter]

Shorenuf you can !!!

[teenagegunwacho]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Cleankill47

You know what, you could also get the Savage Mark 1 G bolt-action single-shot rifle. There's almost no parts, and it's pretty foolproof. My Grandmother's still got one made under the Stevens name and it's a beast, still minute-of-squirrel's-eye at 30 yards....

I got one to but mines a newer youth model. but it dont have the accutrigger like the current production does. killed two or 3 squrriels with it (because i havent hunted with it to much)and a bunch of tincans. in my mind its the best 22.

[SwedeSteve]

"Most Reliable" To me that equals the fewest parts. So I would have to go with a break-open single shot rifle, or a Savage 24, and a wheelgun.

[ArkansasHunter]

Why can't it be a boltaction ? He might have a big dog get after him or run into Big Foot.LOL
I beleive i could work a bolt better than fumbling around for anther cartridge and then haveing to load it into a single shot...A.H

EDIT a boltaction 22 with a tubeular magazine is a good iddy. You don't have to keep up with spare (what Marlin calls )CLIPS !

[Zen900]

Quote:       Originally Posted by NRAJOE

Ruger 10/22

I havea 1975 Ruger 10/22 that never misses a beat but for reliability I'd still have to go with my Mossberg US model 44 bolt action 22 with 7 shot magazine, It has nearly match accuracy after 62 years. My uncle gave me mine.

[jimkim]

Just throwing this out how about a rem speedmaster

[Deep13]

SW 617 revolver or pretty much any good bolt action. I base that on them being easy to clean.

[Beans]

Quote:      

I'm looking for the most foolproof .22 ever made

Remington Nylon 66

[Big Tool]

I've always heard good things about the ruger 10/22. A buddy had one that was pretty much indestructible. I ran across one stainless, with the hardwood stock brand new for a 100.00 so i grabbed it asap.

Haven't got to shoot it yet, but it seems pretty solid. I do like the tube feed on my old marlin more. I've got many a memory of dropping rounds down the tube while chasing squirrels around the back forty when i was a little fella.

The ruger has a neat little rotary magazine that mounts flush on the stock which is nice but the tube is just easier to load.

Gotta love being able to buy ammo for 12.00 a brick. People often under estimate just how deadly the 22 can be. I killed my first deer with a 22. I was very young and recoil sensitive so the 22 was my gun.