Stix wrote:Im toying with the idea of getting another cheaper .22lr...(Not that i need one)...toying with buying a cheap (<$350 ish) older used rifle.
Does anyone know much about Krico as a brand...?
I know bigrich has one or two rifles that are Krico's, so hopefully he & anyone else with knowledge &/or experience can put forward their thoughts.
Alternatively, are any of the cheap new ones much chop...?,
& if so should i just buy new...?
(My thoughts are if i spend on a used one & it doesnt shoot to my liking, ill hopefully be able to recoup most of the initial outlay.
Cheers for your thoughts.
allan wrote:Are you thinking about this one?
https://www.usedguns.com.au/Product.aspx?p=110875
Back in the day, I owned a number of Euro rim fires including Krico, Voere & the Belgian Brownings. All were well built and the attention to overall finish was better than many of to-day's offerings regardless of price.
You really need to be able to handle rifles of this vintage though as condition is everything given their age and parts (if required) will be almost impossible to obtain.
bigrich wrote:the point of my posts stix is to show how well old german guns can shoot. cz452 2e is supposed to be the bee's knees and the old krico matched it. but as more groups were shot the cz tightned up to three shots touching at 50, the krico increased slightly. i haven't owned a old anschutz but there supposed to be the bomb. chinese norinco ? cheap and very accurate i'm told
bigrich wrote:yeh SG, i thought i read somewhere what you said about temp and ammo. that's a thing i'm finding about rimfires. they can be fickle to conditions. i wanna see how me old mate stoney's uncle's 22 voere shoots
Wombat wrote:I bought a Toz17 in good nick for $125 last year, wanted another scoped .22 so I could give my model 2 Brno a rest in filthy weather. Nowhere near as nice to handle, stock is slabby, finish is Russian, bolt is agricultural - But it shoots just as well as my Brno.
bigrich wrote:i dunno fellas, all the rifles i've got "spoke" to me in some way.some quirk ,ability or historical angle.probably why i have three krico's of different calibres, a m96 swede and a mod 94 30-30 in my collection. stoney likes his martini cadets, i bin thinking of a build up in 357 mag. when they play up or have issues i hate them and bitch to stoney about selling some of them . i guess if ya lookin for another cheap 22 stix ya gotta find something that appeals to ya in some way . had a mate years ago with a pump action 1906 model winchester 22lr with a hex barrel. was a fun thing to play with and a unusual rifle.scan used guns/ozgunsales and see if ya find anything ya like. as for dating krico's , google is your friend. do a google on krico 300 for 22's, 400 for 22lr, 22mag and 22 hornets, and 600 series for 222,22-250 ,243,308. these are rare and finding parts if you need them can be a issue. and no stix ya cant have my hornet rifle