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Posted: 9/13/2002 6:46:47 PM EDT
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Can anyone recommend a decent quality .22 rifle that would fit a 5'2" female. My wife's been shooting my old Marlin 60 lately and would like something a little shorter and lighter. An autoloader preferably. What do you think of the Ruger 10/22DSP. Any other suggestions. Thanks as always. I'd also like to get her a decent scope. Are there any that are easier to get a full sight picture than others? -Craig |
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Get the Ruger. I had a 10/22 for a few years and loved it. I traided that for a little bolt gun. ouch. I recently got a remington 597 Heavy barrel with a laminate stock, its pretty, and accurate but terrible. I can do nothing to it, not even get a bigger mag, and it jams all the time. community.webshots.com-END Of Script Attempt-<br>s/editPhotos.fcgi?action=showMyPhoto&albumID=48255855&photoID=48256456&security=EflvTm hers the 597 |
Got a 597 as well. Put 500rounds thru it every weekend and get about 10 failure to feed issues. I bought 2 new mags and put in a match hammer. Made the diff for me.. Its a nice plinker for the $99 bucks I paid for it. My neighbor puts 500 rounds thru his 10/22 and it rarely jams...$225 new...nice plinker if you want to modify later on. |
It may shoot good, but that sure is an ugly rifle. 
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are there any 10+ round mags for the 10/22?, geez you crack me up sometimes. of course there are, I have a 50rd and 4 25rd mags the butler creek 25rds have a really good reputation and the 50rd ramline has worked flawlessly also. I don't think my 10/22 has ever jammed in my hands, typical ruger, cheap, effective and super reliable. but do you really want your wife to defend herself with such a puny round, heres a reccomendation get her a mini 14 by some 10rd mags by promag really hi quality and load it up with some M193 ball the 223 packs a nasty punch but don't recoil very much, it is loud but I would rather have loud and alive then dead and quiet. |
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1911greg She's just now starting to get into shooting. She's already fired one of my AR-15's, my 357sig P229 and the .22 She likes the .22 best and is still a little intimidated by the louder stuff. Oh, and BTW once she's more familiar and confident, she'll be using the old 12ga for defense. You crack me up. |
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1911greg She's just now starting to get into shooting. She's already fired one of my AR-15's, my 357sig P229 and the .22 She likes the .22 best and is still a little intimidated by the louder stuff. Oh, and BTW once she's more familiar and confident, she'll be using the old 12ga for defense. You crack me up. |
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The Ruger 10/22 would be a good choice with a couple of aftermarket parts: The easy release magazine 'switch'. The last shot bolt-hold-open part. I can't be more specific, sorry. There's so many parts for these guns it's amazing. Regarding the Remington 597: It can be problematic, alright. I just installed the new style ejector and got the new style metal mags for it. I still need to take it out to test it with the new parts, which are supposed to fix the jamming problems experienced with the earlier models. The 597 is a full size .22 rifle with a refined design --- only it has had a few problems that have hopefully been worked out. We'll see. Good Luck. |
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