What’s the most accurate CHEAP .22 you have found?

[DaveTN]

You ain't too old for that! Heck I'm still shooting in these .22 LR competitions even! It just takes a little more magnification, with the right rifle and ammo of course!

I may have to come down there with my $150 rifle and show you what's up.

 

[wayne]

I've got a 597 that I paid $100 for at a pawn shop that is junk. I could throw bullets and be just a accurate.

 

[Forvols]

I dont shoot competition, but my older Marlin 66, Bushnell 3x9 is pretty dang accurate out to 50yrds. Mainly varmint shooting, headshots not a problem groundhogs, skunks. I do use it for my family training, my young nephew with sharp eyes and steady hands can make that thing shoot like a way higher priced setup. I start young shooters out on my single shot remmie 22 (my first gun - so it is OLD) bolt action open sights. I use the Marlin for initial semi-auto/scoped training.

 

[DaveTN]

I've got a 597 that I paid $100 for at a pawn shop that is junk. I could throw bullets and be just a accurate.

You should give it to me for free. Then I'd have the full range of 597's. How cool would that be?

 

[Lt.Dan]

Winchester Wildcat auto rifle. Gotta learn to manage that trigger, kinda take up the slack and use it like a 2 stage but they are surprising.

I have the Winchester Xpert. It shoots pretty good. Not pencil eraser good but definitely half dime size groups

 

[Lt.Dan]

I don't compete either, but I've shot with mup once or twice and got my butt handed to me. My gun is capable, but my ammo and scope choice is not.

Those boys that @MUP shoots with can't hold a candle me and my last place finishes. Lowest score wins right?

 

[Jcalder]

Those boys that @MUP shoots with can't hold a candle me and my last place finishes. Lowest score wins right?

I'd give you a good run for last place

 

[MUP]

Those boys that @MUP shoots with can't hold a candle me and my last place finishes. Lowest score wins right?

I did my time at the bottom for sure! . It's been a journey just to get to where I could just be in contention to place at any given match with those guys! It rough shooting against the Vudoos and RimX rifles for sure!

 

[Yota]

I picked up a mossberg 702 on here and it's more accurate than my stock 10/22. I think it is largely dependent on ammo choice and what you are trying to accomplish.

Field accuracy is diff than competition.

10/22 or 702 or a model 60 is gonna kill game all day w CCI mini mags.

 

[Darkthirty II]

I paid $99 for a marlin bolt gun 6-7 years ago. Slapped a $30 tasco from Walmart on it and although I've never tried to kill a pencil eraser with it, it's killed a ton of rats, groundhogs, squirrels and rabbits without ever needing adjusting. It's propped in the corner of my barn with a latex glove over the barrel and one over the scope.

 

[hammer33]

Its a lot of work but with it getting dark at 430....
watched a video where a guy bought a box/bucket of cheap .22 He then weighed each round and sorted by weight.
Bagged them up and labeled them with the weight.
His claim was that each bag would be as consistent as match ammo, but if you changed bags, you had to rezero.
I never tried it to verify it. If you go that route, please make a post and let us know if its valid.

 

[44 mag]

Older Marlin model 60. It seems some are better than others but that micro grove barrel has always shot pretty good for a cheap rifle.

 

[KTS]

Its a lot of work but with it getting dark at 430....
watched a video where a guy bought a box/bucket of cheap .22 He then weighed each round and sorted by weight.
Bagged them up and labeled them with the weight.
His claim was that each bag would be as consistent as match ammo, but if you changed bags, you had to rezero.
I never tried it to verify it. If you go that route, please make a post and let us know if its valid.

Tried that several years ago with several different brands and couldn't tell any difference to speak of. Highly doubt the accurate as match ammo.

 

[Popcorn]

I come from the side of the spectrum I think the op intended. I scored my shooting by numbers of squirrels, rabbits and bull frogs with head shots. I inherited My best .22, Winchester Targetmaster bolt action single. Supposedly my great uncle bought it new in the 1930,s. It was left to me when he passed, I was 9. Many hundreds of squirrels, rabbits and frogs fell to the crack of that gun. Still incredibly accurate with open sights. No longer carry it at all due to wear it began to bump fire.

 

[Hymie3]

I have a mossburg plinkster with a scope that is a squirrel killer. Hahah. As cheap as they come as far as I know

 

[timberjack86]

I didn't shoot .22's. I shot PPC.

However...I totally let this thread get derailed. I apologize if I somehow insulted you professional marksmen that was not my intent. My intent was to talk about accurate cheap .22's. If you have never had one, maybe this thread isn't for you.

Definitely not for me, I shoot cans at 30 yards and feel good about it

 

[duvhntr]

This was just one of many at a competition I shot at last year.. not your average.22.. lol

 

[MUP]

This was just one of many at a competition I shot at last year.. not your average.22.. lol

Bloop tube, or suppressor of some sort?

 

[duvhntr]

Bloop tube, or suppressor of some sort?

Bloop tube

 

[Remi]

This was just one of many at a competition I shot at last year.. not your average.22.. lol

They dang near give those away, lol.