Budget rimfire 22 for small game hunting.

[Lazarus]

A lot of that is exchange, but we've always been punished by geo-pricing.

I bought a computer controlled catadioptric astronomical telescope 12years ago.
The scope and accessories was $4.3K in LA, the same scope on its own, no accessories was $14K in Oz

[bladeracer]

https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/10-budget-priced-22-rifles-under-200/

I can't get over how cheap firearms are in US.

I think you have to add taxes to their prices, but they are still cheap. But they also have to pay for health insurance and such so their wage dollars don't go as far as ours do I think.

[Oldbloke]

https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/10-budget-priced-22-rifles-under-200/

I can't get over how cheap firearms are in US.

I think you have to add taxes to their prices, but they are still cheap. But they also have to pay for health insurance and such so their wage dollars don't go as far as ours do I think.

Yes, that's true.

[Shootermick]

Ruger American is a bit dearer, but hard to beat for their price, in my opinion anyway. I’ve got 3, a .22, 22mag and a 243. Biggest downside is the stocks are cheap and flimsy feeling, and I don’t like the skinny forend on them either. But they all shoot well and get the job done.
I’ve actually just purchased an Oryx stock for the 243, see how that goes when it turns up.

Actually, now I’ve got 4….a Ruger American Ranch in 5.56/223 in a Magpul stock has been added to the stable.

Actually, again…I’ve got 5 Ruger’s, I can’t count.
2 22’s, a 22mag, a 243 and a 223.

[Jorlcrin]

Visitors over New Year brought with them a new Ruger American Rimfire, which came with a package including rail and 3-9x40 scope(cant remember the brand).
.22 WMR, 18" threaded Stainless barrel with Synthetic stock, and rotary 9-shot mag.
Pretty sure they paid around $700 for it from one of the bigger dealers in SE QLD.
We sighted it in one afternoon, and the trigger was too heavy(4.5lbs).
Downloaded the manual, removed the stock as per instructions, and then followed instructions to lighten trigger in stages, until we had it to our satisfaction.
Re-fitted stock and torqued it down, and the difference was amazing.

A nice little rifle.

I had ~200 40gn CCI Maxi-Mag HP rounds that wont feed reliably into my CZ455(the step on the HP projectile usually jams on the breech-face), but they fed smooth as silk through this Ruger- Must be a slightly different feed angle).
By the time we'd worked over the trigger and done a couple of afternoon sessions, James(visitor) was clover-leafing holes at 50m, and around half an inch at 75m, so well good enough for his needs. Not sure he bothered to do any work at 100m to see how it compared.

If I owned it, I might eventually change the trigger, and upgrade the scope, but neither of these were going to stop it nailling the odd rabbit in the mean-time.
I'd question how that stock will last over time(slightly more flimsy than the Tikka synthetic stocks), but replacement stocks arent that hard to source.

[AlHow]

I bought a second hand Stirling .22LR for $150. Very accurate rifle.

[Wm.Traynor]

I bought a second hand Stirling .22LR for $150. Very accurate rifle.

"Very accurate rifle"? $150 bucks? "Second hand"?
ALHow, you're a burglar