Following on from my last thread where I have ruled out an air rifle I am looking for a decent quality timber stocked .22lr with a long barrel in order to get the quietest .22 I can (so as to bother my neighbours the least in dark and early morning hours, and be a little less concerned doing targets in the day).
It will be a rabbit and target gun.
For value used is preferred
I want a repeater ideally with a 5 shot mag, thus some of the older single shot iron sight guns that (so I have read?) may have come with longer barrels would be ruled out.
In general I am being pulled in two directions- an old classic like an Anshutz (64 action) (of which I am currently unsure of barrel lengths) or something newer made yet still ‘classic’ like a CZ. Would be totally happy with an old yet accurate long barrelled gun that ticked the boxes, but it is rather difficult to figure out what is what. Iron sights would be nice, but not a deal breaker, as a scope would be used most of the time anyway.
I want a good shooter, not a collection piece, but I more than happy with some age and old build quality and patin (in fact I would quite like that) or comparatively I would be happy with a far newer and good value purchase (such as CZ).
I do really like CZ’s and have shot friends 455’s in various Calibers (I also have a .308W Ranger awaiting my PTA), and if I could find one I would buy a 452 or 455 utra lux with the 28.6” barrel, but I haven’t found any.
Anyone got one they want to sell? (is that even allowed to asked here?, I’ve searched the rules but could figure it out).
Unfortunately I can’t tolerate the current 28.6” barrelled version, the 455/457 Jaguar, due to the jaguar ‘motif’ engraved on the otherwise nice stock (no offence intended if that is your sort of thing).
I’ve come across a few older versions of 452 lux’s or lux 2 with what is probably/sometimes 24-ish” barrels, but I am currently kind of fixated on getting the longer barrel.
I see that the 455 Jaguar barrel is listed as a potentially orderable part from Winchester-
https://www.winchesteraustralia.com.au/ ... -0090-03NDThus I suppose I may be able get a 455 of some other configuration and order in the longer barrel? That is probably the most expensive way to go though, and I would rather not go down that avenue.
Budget, loosely, depending on model and condition and extra’s included is somewhere between $500-$1000.
I am swinging back and forwards, obsessively scanning the gun sale sites every night, but not getting anywhere inpartucular, and reading old various forum posts.
I’ve read that 28” barrels are really too long for .22lr’s that they will loose velocity, etc... Yet I have also read that many consider the ultra lux to be fantastic. I am not too concerned with loosing a little velocity.
I’ve also read that the CZ 28.6” barrel shouldn’t be used with subsonic ammo, which is a bit concerning...? But then I have read of many doing exactly that.
For reducing noise, is 28” really that much better than 24”? If I can’t or really shouldn’t run subs on the 28.6” barrel would I be better off with the 24” versions?
Too many questions,
Open to suggestions, including entirely different guns,
Cheers