Best semi-auto .22 for LR Short and Magnum

[aaron580]

Ive got a 550, I feed 22 short and LR through it. Eats it all up, and its boringly accurate.

 

[traderdan]

Ive got a 550, I feed 22 short and LR through it. Eats it all up, and its boringly accurate.

These are truly fine old rifles!

 

[Hookeye]

The BDL versions used to be substantially higher $ than the birch models.
I paid $99 for a brand new walnut A model at a mall years ago (vert slotted forend, not smooth).

Plain older models (used) in smooth walnut used to be cheap, their stocks not set up for scope usage and the aluminum receivers could like like crap after minor oops.
They were everywhere, not all that long ago............for $150.
New checkered models twice that then.
Big Green did some with a pebble grain metal finish, with nice walnut............and that didn't go over well, could score them cheaper.

I scored a pre 68 Rem 572 at Lengel's not long before they closed, minty. It had the low comb stock and I hated that, was pretty decent except for that. Triggers not the best but usable, I had a 4X leupold compact on it and would shoot CB's and pick off empty shotgun shells with boring regularity, even if they tipped over, at 25 yards. Well under "minute of cat skull" LOL.

Nowadays new, they are all ridiculously priced IMHO (the pebble and the better looking normal version).

The 552 can be annoying to shoot, tends to spit a little hot on your supporting arm now and then.
The 572 pump...............holds a lot of CB shorts, and runs flawlessly

I never did run Hyper V stuff in my or my dad's rigs (552 and 572's). He last yr was doing some instructional stuff and the donor ammo (Rem bulk) blew up one of his old 572 and 552's. Extractor, new stock pc, and maybe another part or two, they both back up and running. Pretty simple rigs to tear down and fix.

 

[TheEngineer]

The Savage/Stevens in the 87 series (A,B #6 etc) also called gill guns will shoot S,L, LR . Although the Shorts shoot as a single shot they still feed from the mag tube.

Sure does!

I started this thread a few weeks ago...https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/gunsmithing/327676-stevens-model-87b-cleanup-advice.html

Still havent gotten a chance to shoot it though Ive been waiting on a replacement extractor

 

[chef larry]

The Henry lever will shoot .22LR/.22L/.22short also.

 

[Hookeye]

The Henry lever will shoot .22LR/.22L/.22short also.

Those don't go semi auto unless you've downed a couple of energy drinks

 

[Tydeeh22]

What about a winchester 190?

 

[chef larry]

Those don't go semi auto unless you've downed a couple of energy drinks

How true. How many red bull's needed to do this?

 

[kalboy]

What about a winchester 190?

Yup, the Win 190/290s also handled S/L/LR .

 

[bstewrat3]

I should have paid better attention in childhood. My dad has an 87B that we used to have contests disassembling, but I didn't notice it could handle all three. I stand corrected.

 

[traderdan]

What about a winchester 190?

You know...my dad had one of these when I was young. I did not remember that! I did not really like that rifle...It was not consistently reliable. Had I known then, what I know now, I could probably have made it run properly!