Gun advice.

The G22 is a fun rifle with a pretty good design. A friend owns one and he's never had any trouble out of his. If you're looking for something to plink around with, the G22 would be a great choice.

EDIT: Nikolai, if you're looking for a bullet-proof (pun intended) plinker, check out the Ruger 10/22. There are so many parts and accessories available for the 10/22 that you can build one into just about anything you can imagine. I'm in the process of building a 10/22 myself and it is a lot of fun.

 

^^^ nice thing about the Ruger is it is one of the very few rifles on the market in which the owner can change the barrel out with regular hand tools.

Takes no special skills to change, not joking.

Bull barrels, for example, are readily available for more serious target shooting at a low price.

They scope up easily as well.

The aftermarket for the 10-22 is large.

In general the trigger action sucks.

 

Uro,

You're spot on. My wife gave me the craziest look when I explained that I was taking my brand new gun and scrapping everything but the receiver. Funny how that one little piece is more valuable than everything else combined!

 

This thread is begging for a picture of the G22. Here is one.
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i don't think it would be a competitive rifle. those rigs they use are incredibly complex. still i've always liked the bullpup configuration.

 

I've always liked this gun:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_&_Koch_MP5

 

Love the MP5. Shot one in Las Vegas.

But I really would like to try this one out:

http://www.dillonaero.com

 

I'm afraid that the Walther is not even close to a biathalon rifle.

I understand that you're drawn to the looks of the G22, but you should Google "Ruger 10/22" and look at some of the guns that you can build on that platform.

 

As previously mentioned, the Ruger 10/22 is hard to beat for both performance and reliability.
A promising new gun out is the GSG-5, not going to beat the 10/22 for performance or ability to modify, but certainly looks cool, and so far, appears to be reliable from early reports.

http://www.impactguns.com/store/gsg.html

http://www.germansportguns.de/gsg5/index.pl?mode=25

You can even change the forarm and stock to give it a PDW look.

 

You can own one?

 

Walther P22!!!

Antony

 

Guns in Canada?

 

Well, damn. I never knew that.

Learn something every day.

 

I am absolutely nuts over the SIG AMT and PE57 rifles. Here in the states they are rare and expensive. Swiss made jewels.
If accuracy is important get a Swiss bolt action but the alluring look of the new guns is enticing.

 

barrett rifles.....beautiful and well made. For fun I just got a springfield socom16 - it is a blast to fire and actually much more accurate than i figured it would be - it is not a very expensive [relatively speaking] gun, but for the money tons of fun.