Well I meant to have posted this a while ago, but couldn't really find the time to. Without further a due, my new .22:
(hey I rhymed)
My nikko stirling 4x32:
5 shot magazine (seems to work really good, but I did one have case where I smacked a rim so hard to the back it got stuck)
I bought the whole rifle (scope and rings not included) for $240 from my LGS. I took it apart after I put around 30 rounds of Remington subsonic ammunition in it, giving me basically a ragged whole at 25m, gave it a cleanup and did my best to polish up the sear, lightened the trigger and modified it from a 2 stage to a 1 stage trigger. Also with some kero the whole of the receiver and trigger assembly was rid of the mysterious mystery oil.
And the bolt got a polish too:
So anyway, its a cheap rifle sure, pretty average nylon stock, rough as guts, but with the TLC I've been giving it, the little South American is a good rifle and surprisingly very accurate. It groups really well with subsonics of any kind, CCI mini mags and standard velocity and winchester power points. I'm still running more boxes of 22 through it, but currently the two king loads are the Mini Mags and the Remington Subsonics, both come in boxes of 100 for 12 dollars.
Some practice at the range running and gunning blasting highly dangerous water bottles disguised as wabbits proved that in a serious tactical bunny situation, it'll send them downrange wherever the crosshairs hold over.
Great value for money, good way to start your career of giving rifles TLC and just heaps of fun to shoot with. The bolt is a little rough when dry and new, I gave a good polishing on all the contact surfaces and an oiling of the mechanism so now it runs just a BRNO or a CZ. Thanks for reading