The m&p 15 22s get good reviews, and weve sold several, and no one has come back complaining.
The ruger 10/22 has been around the longest, is very reliable and solid. I repair very few of them, even old ones that have seen untold numbers of rounds. They are also pretty easy to clean, relative to other traditional 22s. The ruger hi cap mags work better than any of the others. They have been the only ones to be reliable in the fa 10/22 we have.
I know someone who has the marlin, which is a model 60 that uses detachable mags instead of the tube. He likes it, but i do work on them fairly regular, the tube fed model. They are more picky to get cleaned well. Less accessories.
The remington 597 is the worst. They need work all the time. The barrel is held in by two long screws that go through the receiver to the back, and the bolt rides on them. They constantly come loose. They also like to blow extractors out.
I have an older, pre lawsuit gsg5. They needed some tweaking, but were pretty good. The post lawsuit guns arent near as good, and come in with problems fairly regular. Their qc seems to have dropped noticeably, and many of the changes they made were to cheapen the manufacturing process. I had sold my 10/22 not long after getting the gsg several years ago, but have recently acquired another, and will be selling the gsg.
If you want awesome accuracy, just get a bolt gun. While the 10/22 can be made very accurate, it requires a bunch more money, and a decent bolt gun will already be there.
Our shop is in a rural location. Out here, guns are tools. Things like 22s and shotguns do not sit in safes, they ride in trucks, on tractors, or wait just inside the door to a barn. They get used a lot, and cared for only a little. Doesnt take long to see what works. The two most popular are the marlin 60 and the ruger 10/22, but there are a lot of older antiques of different designs still in use.
I said in the beginning the ruger had been around the longest, but the marlin i do believe was earlier. The ruger, as a easily modifiable, accessorized rifle is probably the earliest.
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Last edited by Gunfixr; 08-03-15 at 09:31.
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