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I tried to add to another TCR22 thread but it was over 105 days old. So here goes.
I love my TCR22. It shoots the best of all my semi auto rimfire rifles. From the start I want to say that I am not a serious bench rest target guy and don't change barrels and bed stocks and such. I am just out for light hearted fun with bulk pack ammo. All of my rifles are basically stock except for a custom dedicated AR.
I have 17 different ammos that so far I ran through 14 different 22 rifles and 15 handguns. I give each gun two scores. The first is a score for precision of all 17 ammos with extra weighting on the top two that each gun prefers. This score shows how well the rifle shoots and how picky it is on ammo. A rifle that shoots one ammo well but doesn't like anything else wont get a good score. The second score is precision weighted with a cost and availablity factor of the ammo. This score shows how practical a rifle is to me. If it is a princess that only likes caviar or a girl that can drill holes with pbj sandwiches.
Bottom line it came 2nd on the accuracy score because it did great on most CCI products and 4th on the practical score because CCI products cost more than bulk pack Federal and Remington products. The ammo my rifle liked the best was CCI AR Tactical. The next best was CCI Blazer, CCI MiniMag RN, Federal Black Pack 36gr HP and Winchester Wildcat. Only one old bolt action was able to beat this rifle for pure precision. For practicality the old bolt action, a recent Remington 597HB and an old Browning SA22 beat it. Many people post on Marlin Model 60s, but I have not owned one yet. But it did better than some other well known stablemates like CZ455, Ruger American Rimfire Target, several higher cost 10/22s. In my rating system it is not that those other rifles can't shoot cloverleafs, but the ones that could couldn't do it with as many different cheap ammos. Also I didn't buy or test with match ammo. The most I spent is 7 cents a round for different CCI products.
This TCR22 is setup with a $30 8.2 oz. Simmons 22Mag 4x32 scope. I purposely chose this scope because it is lightweight to match the rifle with decent clarity. I went through different expensive red dots and expensive variable power scopes that were almost twice the weight before choosing. I also tried many other low price lightweight scopes but the Simmons was the only one that didn't make me feel as if I was looking through a cola-cola bottle. The only scope I have that is lighter is a 7.5 oz. Leupold FX-1 4x28 but it is $200. I did remove the rear sight to mount the scope as low as possible. The rifle is 4.34 lbs with mag and open sights and 4.99 lbs with the Simmons scope and Weaver Quad-lock rings. The rifle is 35" long with a 13.5" length of pull. I have a 36" and a 42" double rifle case and it always feels good if I can pack out with the smaller case. I spent $360 pre-ordering at Turners before the rifle was released and $30 for scope and $10 rings so it is $410 plus tax and dros that i have in this gun.
The trigger on mine is better than the stock 10/22 trigger and almost as good as the BX trigger. I tried putting two different BX triggers into the TCR but they didn't fit. I didn't take time to try to make it fit because for me the stock trigger is good enough. This rifle did beat three 10/22s with BX triggers. Like I said before all my rifles are pretty much stock except I did go out of my way to get BX triggers on the Rugers. Probably if you spend even more $$$, a 10/22 can beat this gun.
The TCR magazine can hold the bolt open on the last round but this is probably one thing that I didn't like. The mag I have is harder to load because of this. The first round is a pain to get in. I just use Ruger mags as I have a pile of them. I will probably put an extended mag release in the future.
So going out with 15 mags loaded with 5 cent Blazer or 4 cent Federal Black Pack (that actually comes in plain white 50rd boxes) makes the TCR22 a great cheap date.
I love my TCR22. It shoots the best of all my semi auto rimfire rifles. From the start I want to say that I am not a serious bench rest target guy and don't change barrels and bed stocks and such. I am just out for light hearted fun with bulk pack ammo. All of my rifles are basically stock except for a custom dedicated AR.
I have 17 different ammos that so far I ran through 14 different 22 rifles and 15 handguns. I give each gun two scores. The first is a score for precision of all 17 ammos with extra weighting on the top two that each gun prefers. This score shows how well the rifle shoots and how picky it is on ammo. A rifle that shoots one ammo well but doesn't like anything else wont get a good score. The second score is precision weighted with a cost and availablity factor of the ammo. This score shows how practical a rifle is to me. If it is a princess that only likes caviar or a girl that can drill holes with pbj sandwiches.
Bottom line it came 2nd on the accuracy score because it did great on most CCI products and 4th on the practical score because CCI products cost more than bulk pack Federal and Remington products. The ammo my rifle liked the best was CCI AR Tactical. The next best was CCI Blazer, CCI MiniMag RN, Federal Black Pack 36gr HP and Winchester Wildcat. Only one old bolt action was able to beat this rifle for pure precision. For practicality the old bolt action, a recent Remington 597HB and an old Browning SA22 beat it. Many people post on Marlin Model 60s, but I have not owned one yet. But it did better than some other well known stablemates like CZ455, Ruger American Rimfire Target, several higher cost 10/22s. In my rating system it is not that those other rifles can't shoot cloverleafs, but the ones that could couldn't do it with as many different cheap ammos. Also I didn't buy or test with match ammo. The most I spent is 7 cents a round for different CCI products.
This TCR22 is setup with a $30 8.2 oz. Simmons 22Mag 4x32 scope. I purposely chose this scope because it is lightweight to match the rifle with decent clarity. I went through different expensive red dots and expensive variable power scopes that were almost twice the weight before choosing. I also tried many other low price lightweight scopes but the Simmons was the only one that didn't make me feel as if I was looking through a cola-cola bottle. The only scope I have that is lighter is a 7.5 oz. Leupold FX-1 4x28 but it is $200. I did remove the rear sight to mount the scope as low as possible. The rifle is 4.34 lbs with mag and open sights and 4.99 lbs with the Simmons scope and Weaver Quad-lock rings. The rifle is 35" long with a 13.5" length of pull. I have a 36" and a 42" double rifle case and it always feels good if I can pack out with the smaller case. I spent $360 pre-ordering at Turners before the rifle was released and $30 for scope and $10 rings so it is $410 plus tax and dros that i have in this gun.
The trigger on mine is better than the stock 10/22 trigger and almost as good as the BX trigger. I tried putting two different BX triggers into the TCR but they didn't fit. I didn't take time to try to make it fit because for me the stock trigger is good enough. This rifle did beat three 10/22s with BX triggers. Like I said before all my rifles are pretty much stock except I did go out of my way to get BX triggers on the Rugers. Probably if you spend even more $$$, a 10/22 can beat this gun.
The TCR magazine can hold the bolt open on the last round but this is probably one thing that I didn't like. The mag I have is harder to load because of this. The first round is a pain to get in. I just use Ruger mags as I have a pile of them. I will probably put an extended mag release in the future.
So going out with 15 mags loaded with 5 cent Blazer or 4 cent Federal Black Pack (that actually comes in plain white 50rd boxes) makes the TCR22 a great cheap date.
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