Curious at recommendations for a budget .22. It seems the Savage MKII has gotten high praise in this category. Any recommendations on a variant of that? Doing some general looking I see the MKII F, MKII FV, MKII FV-SR as good options. Any thoughts?
A budget 22 can mean diferent things to different folks, But assuming that you are looking for the lowest dollar rifle that can be counted on to go BANG and have a somewhat reasonable chance of hitting what you are aiming at then one of the Savages you mention will do just fine.Curious at recommendations for a budget .22. It seems the Savage MKII has gotten high praise in this category. Any recommendations on a variant of that? Doing some general looking I see the MKII F, MKII FV, MKII FV-SR as good options. Any thoughts?
The trigger is so-so but with some work can be made better. The action is gritty and rough. To be nice I will only say that the magazines can be problematic as far as feeding reliably. The plastic stock is a total piece of trash - think recycled milk jugs for a good idea of what they are like.
But for something in the price range of $150 - $250 there is nothing else better unless you happen to run across a better quality used rifle in that price range.
drover