Best bolt action 22 for $500 or less?

[rm1911]

I got my son one of these

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/MARKIIFVSR

Really nice. Super accurate. Great trigger. Stock is ok. But for well under $300 plenty of room for optics and new stock.

[jasonr]

Capitol, I bought my new CZ at Reeds in San Jose. The CZ is a bit harder to find than Rugers. Reeds had a few models, but none were the combo (22 and 17). I bought a 22lr. If I get excited about squirel hunting I may buy the 17 barrel.

[joe47]

Can't you order them from Buds, Ky guns, or Whittakers?

[bombadillo]

I have to post up my obligatory pea shooter.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l122/bombadillo08/Calguns%20-%20MVP%20file/20130624_182411_zps081e84a8.jpg

The last shot was a 5 shot group at 25 yards with remington subsonic @ 25 yards.

Specs are as followed

Savage MKII FV HB http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...IFV+22LR+AT+HB
$179 on sale
Boyds Tacticool stock painted by yours truly. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/298...ProductFinding

I paid $79.99 for it on sale at midway

DIP Bottom Metal $25.00
Dip Trigger Guard $20.00
DIP one-piece base $37.99

Devcon Bedding material and release agent $15.00

Trigger job done by me, and set at just shy of 2lbs $0.00 FREE

Vortex Crossfire II 6-18x44ao $149 at cameralandny.com on sale with a Vortex Nomad scope I was going to buy anyway.

Rings I had sitting around and are weaver something or others.

$179.99
$79.99
$25.00
$20.00
$37.99
$15.00 (This will last 4-5 guns worth of bedding or more)
$150.00
-------------------------
$508.00 Plus $50 for transfer and DROS total.

$558 all done and ready to shoot. Its a sweet little shooter for $500 including glass, which is surprisingly clear and resolves down to 10 yards with the crossfire II scope. People always think I paid way more for it than I did, plus if nothing else it was worth the $500 just to have my little girl "help me" to build it spending quality time with her.

[joe47]

I have to post up my obligatory pea shooter.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l122/bombadillo08/Calguns%20-%20MVP%20file/20130624_182411_zps081e84a8.jpg

The last shot was a 5 shot group at 25 yards with remington subsonic @ 25 yards.

Specs are as followed

Savage MKII FV HB http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...IFV+22LR+AT+HB
$179 on sale
Boyds Tacticool stock painted by yours truly. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/298...ProductFinding

I paid $79.99 for it on sale at midway

DIP Bottom Metal $25.00
Dip Trigger Guard $20.00
DIP one-piece base $37.99

Devcon Bedding material and release agent $15.00

Trigger job done by me, and set at just shy of 2lbs $0.00 FREE

Vortex Crossfire II 6-18x44ao $149 at cameralandny.com on sale with a Vortex Nomad scope I was going to buy anyway.

Rings I had sitting around and are weaver something or others.

$179.99
$79.99
$25.00
$20.00
$37.99
$15.00 (This will last 4-5 guns worth of bedding or more)
$150.00
-------------------------
$508.00 Plus $50 for transfer and DROS total.

$558 all done and ready to shoot. Its a sweet little shooter for $500 including glass, which is surprisingly clear and resolves down to 10 yards with the crossfire II scope. People always think I paid way more for it than I did, plus if nothing else it was worth the $500 just to have my little girl "help me" to build it spending quality time with her.

That is a lot of rifle for $558, plus the "little ones" help is priceless.

[bombadillo]

Thank you sir, true story. I wouldn't change the "help" I got for all the money in the world.

[Lamski]

I have to post up my obligatory pea shooter.

I love that paint job... Can you take us through how it was done? Or do you have a link to a thread you did on it?

[bombadillo]

Its on snipers hide, but generally it goes like this:

Raw wood or synthetic, just sand down the seams, machining marks, or whatever you want to be smooth

Smooth it out to the point that it looks good but isn't a mirror.

I clean everything off with alcohol and a clean rag to get rid of the sanding dust, or any other dirt that would keep it from sticking

I prime it with any good primer from a can.

Once I've done at least one to three coats of primer, I let it stand a day or so.

Then I usually start the painting side of it. I just did this one an olive green that you see. It was a Krylon Matte color. Each coat I do, I let it dry enough (dries REALLY fast) to take a bit of a scouring pad type pad to knock down any rough spots of paint. Then after its smooth, painted and all ready, I use "webbing" paint.

The key to webbing paint is practice. You can make it look REALLY overdone if you spray too heavy in one area or another. I do quick side to side motions and let it stick. After I get the proper covering I like, I let it sit and kind of pat the webbing down with my hand to make sure no extra is hanging anywhere.

After webbing is dried and cured, I use a Matte Clear from Krylon or Rustoleum, and do between 3-5 coats of clear. The clear really brings out the color. I'll show you a couple examples of what I've done. Plain solid or camo, its all about the same. I've done fancy patterns and what not, but I like sticking to simple striped camo, and its easy and effective.

This one was synthetic black, and I painted it coyote brown, with black webbing:




This was the original gun.

This was a bit different shot to show the color of the original .22lr that I painted.




Camo pattern on a cheap 93R17 Savage bolt action .17hmr that my buddy wanted a little spruced up from factory plastic look.


This is without the clear coat, or the webbing spray. Clearing it really brings out the depth of the color, but it makes it a bit darker as well.


Remington 700 SPS Varmint .308 stock


All finished up





Back together and gave it to him to enjoy in the gun shop.



Hoped this helped, but you can really spruce up a cheapo gun by giving it a decent paint job. It does nothing for accuracy, but sure does look a little better than before.

Sorry for the thread jack, just wanted to answer the best I could. Carry on!