First.22 rifle for a suppressor

[chef larry]

Open for suggestions for my first .22 rifle for a suppressor. Thanks for any and all information.

 

[d.kaufman]

Open for suggestions for my first .22 rifle for a suppressor. Thanks for any and all information.

Looking for bolt action or semi-auto?

 

[Aszerigan]

For super quiet, get a bolt action. For more fun, get a 10/22.

 

[92FSTech]

I went through this same process last year. I narrowed it down to a Ruger American Rimfire and a CZ 457 Scout. I ended up buying the Ruger first, because it was cheaper and I liked the magazines better, plus the modular stock seemed like a good idea so both my 6'5" self and my kids could enjoy the same gun. I ended up being pretty happy with the gun after a little polishing and deburring, but it's a bit ammo picky to achieve it's best accuracy.

Then I found a good deal on a 457 and bought it. It's accurate with everything from bulk pack to SK Match, but the factory sights were crap and had to be removed and the holes plugged. Then I couldn't find magazines for the longest time, and I still like the design of the Ruger rotary mag much better. I fixed the length of pull issue for the time being with a slip on butt pad, but at some point I'd like to find a full-size 457 American stock for it.

Both are very quiet with the supressor, and I've been using Winchester Super Suppressed 45gr ammo with good results. Now that I have them both set up, if I could only keep one I'd keep the CZ as it's a slightly nicer rifle, but the Ruger isn't bad either. I currently have a scope mounted on the CZ for precision stuff and Tech Sights on the Ruger for a trim, handy, iron-sighted setup, so each kind of fills it's own role.

I also have a dedicated .22 AR build on a CMMG barrel and bolt to scratch the semi-auto itch. It has been superbly reliable, even with the subsonic stuff. The only thing I've found that it won't cycle is CCI Quiet, but that stuff is only running about 700fps and it's not surprising that it doesn't have enough oomph to cycle the gun.

 

[edwea]

For what you get vs what you pay, hard to beat a cz 457. This one's yielded .5 moa accuracy for me.

 

[chef larry]

Looking for bolt action or semi-auto?

Not sure what I want.

 

[Lost Californian]

Savage FV-SR. Bolt gun. Better than my custom 10/22, S&W 15-22 and 15-22P.

 

[chef larry]

Savage FV-SR. Bolt gun. Better than my custom 10/22, S&W 15-22 and 15-22P.

I do like savage rifles. Thanks.

 

[d.kaufman]

I do like savage rifles. Thanks.

@Max Volume just purchased one as a suppressor host after shooting, i believe, @actaeon277 suppressed savage at the last NWI Meet and Shoot

 

[chef larry]

@Max Volume just purchased one as a suppressor host after shooting, i believe, @actaeon277 suppressed savage at the last NWI Meet and Shoot

Thanks. I will look into this.

 

[Gabriel]

It has to be a bolt (or lever) gun so you can really get the full experience of how quiet it is.

 

[Simon6101]

I run a Ruger 10/22's, American Rimfire, Henry lever. Marlin 60 and a 15/22

 

[Max Volume]

@Max Volume just purchased one as a suppressor host after shooting, i believe, @actaeon277 suppressed savage at the last NWI Meet and Shoot

Yes I did and it now has a Boyd's At One stock
I also got a threaded 10/22 take down barrel from Ruger.
Still waiting on the suppressor.

 

[actaeon277]

@Max Volume just purchased one as a suppressor host after shooting, i believe, @actaeon277 suppressed savage at the last NWI Meet and Shoot

Thanks. I will look into this.

Yes. Max tried out my savage, Mark II FV-SR
Comes threaded

Mark II FV-SR | Threaded Heavy Barrel | Savage Arms

Mark II FV-SR offers a customized AccuTrigger, a threaded heavy barrel, and a fashionable one piece scope rail for a truly reliable bolt action rimfire gun!

www.savagearms.com

It has to be a bolt (or lever) gun so you can really get the full experience of how quiet it is.

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Yes.
If you put a suppressor on a semi-auto, like a 10/22, some of the sound in the chamber/barrel will escape out the receiver as it cycles back.
Whereas by the time you manually cycle the bolt, the gas is done escaping out the suppressor.

 

[actaeon277]

Max had just finished running some 44s, and I think was mentioning getting old because his shoulder was feeling it.

Shot my Savage, and asked me if it had fired.

 

[johntheplinker]

Tikka T1x or Bergara. I no longer own many of the rifles already mentioned in this thread simply because those two brands are far superior.

 

[shootersix]

When I worked in a gun shop I always recommended the savage mk II FV-SR it like a mini sniper rifle, heavy barrel, oversized bolt, threaded barrel I always said it’d make a great suppressor host

I never thought I’d get a can, so I bought a ruger precision rimfire, heavy barrel, oversized bolt, free floating, m loc rail…and I can honestly say…if I’d known I was going to buy a suppressor…I’d have bought the savage!

I have a savage mark 2 but it’s not threaded and it’s more accurate and less expensive than the ruger!

 

[Titanium700]

I really like my CZ452
I had Karl Feldcamp chop my barrel to 16.5” and threaded 1/2x28
It wears a TBAC .22 takedown.
Deadly quiet and accurate.

 

[jagee]

I've got a suppressor in jail and am going to put together an AR22...but now you guys have me thinking I want a threaded 22 bolt gun as well.

 

[breakingcontact]

Suppressed rimfire bolt actions make grown men giggle.