by johncz » 23 Apr 2018, 11:17 pm
Wouldn't surprise me if NSW backflips on letting the rimfire into NSW because it looks scary too. Living in Qld and hunting in NSW causes it's own dramas with folding stock issues ($4000 RPR lives at home because it's stock folds even though it still is longer than the minimum length, too scary) So I guess I can't see why I would buy a rifle for it's adjustability then pin the stock, bit of a let down really.
As for barrel lengths, 16" barrels are just about perfect burn length for 22lr, long target barrels are intended for extra long open sight radius which neither of these rifles require with both being scoped.
I have a fair few rifles having been shooting for over 40 years and have had a beautiful walnut stocked Brno 2e Lux/Leupold 2-7x33 combo since the late '80s, I will be buying a Tikka 22lr when available, good steel, good poly/glass stock, great trigger, short useful weight barrel, Sako quality and isn't scary so no dramas in any state. Speaking of plastic, Ruger plastic is just that, plastic and it is cheap. At least Tikka is adding approx. 40% fibreglass to their poly stocks.