If you were buying a new 22LR.

[Big Muddy rancher]

What would it be? Make,Model, Action ect and reasons why.

[TimH]

I'm a lever-gun fan so it would be a Winchester 9422. I have a 9422 Magnum and I love it.It's a little pricey for gophers though.
Second choice would be any decent quality single shot with a long barrel.
My youngest has a semi-auto with two 15 shot clips.......he can go through a whole brick of shells in no time!!!!! Lucky thing shells are way cheaper now than when I was a kid.

[Mike]

Ruger 10-22

1-dependable and accurate
2-light, short, and easy to get out the truck window
3-accessories galore
4-good price
5-can put 3 slugs in a coyote before Tim can find his lever

[TimH]

[Northern Rancher]

Ty has a Ruger 10/22 with a stainless steel barrel and a synthetic stock-it's a workhorse been dropped in sloughs etc -never jams. A good lever action is a fun gun to shoot also-those 10/22 are very accurate for being semi-auto's. If you want the most accuracy go with a Kimber with a match grade barrel but for a ranch .22 a 10/22 or a lever are both fine.

[Mike]

[TimH]

[Big Muddy rancher]

I'll throw my 2 cents worth in here now. I have a 10/22 I think we have clips for about 55 shots. My son can empty them pretty fast as well. I don't really like the semi auto altho I know to treat every gun as it is loaded but the auto really is. The thing i have against the lever is the tube magazine,pain to load and unload when you do most of your shooting from behind glass.
I have a old Remington Scoremaster open sights fun to shoot and test your skills. A Ruger that's take a pile of gopher and I bought a older Lakefield for $100 and put a free scope on it and carry it in the truck all the time.
I am thinking about a botl action stainless with synthetic stock and a clip. Just have to find the gun and the money.
Keep posting guys I want to hear more.

[Northern Rancher]

Big Muddy RAncher -my buddy has a real good bolt action .22 for sale-he bought it brand new but he bought an 8mm so now raising some cash. I think it's a Kimber but not sure-Ian @ 236-5999 is his number. I could deliver it when I come down to pick up some mineral. Ian's a good guy-the gun will be as he says it is.

[HAY MAKER]

If you can find a used Ruger model 77/22 you will have a good gun,they should'nt be that hard to find Ruger made quite a few in the eighties............good luck

[Hanta Yo]

The CZ's on the market have been proven to be very accurate, a little pricey, but well worth the cost. sw bought one for Montana Cowgurl, she is a dead-eye on that one. It's a single lever 7 shot, been looking for another 7 shot magazine so she can have it handy to kill all those gophers Haven't found one yet, they seem to be in great demand

[TimH]

The most accurate .22 we have around here is a single shot Cooey(winchester) Model 750. I bought it brand new when I was about 10 or 12 years old for $23 whole dollars.Paid for by snaring gophers with baler twine for 5 cents per tail bounty!!!
It has the long 28 or 30 inch barrel with Monte Carlo stock and rabbits engraved on the handgrips. I put a Weaver 4X scope on it about 25 years ago and my oldest son(17)is now the proud owner.
I wouldn't even want to guess how many rounds it has fired but I think that 30 to 50 thousand would be a conservative estimate.
Devin(my kid) can regularly pick off gophers at 100 plus yards with it !!!
The middle kid(15 yrs) has a model 39 Winchester single shot that belonged to my grandfather and he is pretty deadly with that as well.