New Traditions .22 Rimfire

[dovehunter]

I saw in this month's American Hunter that Traditions has come out with a new single-shot break open .22. It looks to be handy little gun, though the barrel is a little short for my tastes (16.5"). It comes in either .22 or .17 HMR. The author said the little gun shot well and, as you would think, was trouble-free. It was a nice looking little gun. However I thought the retail price of $246 was a little extreme, considering you can buy repeaters for the same or less.

[Jack]

I haven't seen it, but from your description it sounds like a starter rifle for a young'un.

[jmarriott]

I saw a YouTube video from shot show. I think they call it a crack shot. Looked like a cheaper version of a contender carbine. No sights so the 16.5 inch barrel is all that would be needed as most 22’s release all energy before 16 inches. The lest of the length is mainly for sighting purposes.

Now take that 16.5 barrel and 1/2 by 28 right hand thread it for a surpressor and you have something but the price tag of under what a tax stamp is going to cost pretty much takes that out.

To me it would be a hard sell at MSRP over 200 when a good old win 67 or one of the 5xx Remington single shots or even an old cheap Stevens single shot sets in a pawn shop somewhere at that cost to half.

[dovehunter]

Jan 31, 2018 6:48:21 GMT -5 Jack said:

I haven't seen it, but from your description it sounds like a starter rifle for a young'un.

I would agree. However, again, that is a lot of money to have to pay for a starter gun for a kid.

[dovehunter]

Jmarriott:

You are certainly right about attaining max. velocities out of shorter barrels. However, the barrel on this thing is so short I wonder but what it wouldn't be butt heavy where the front would waver all around because there's not enough weight there to permit a steady hold. I would have preferred a barrel length of 20-22 inches, especially since being a break-open, it's going to be short anyway.

[jmarriott]

Dove hunter
I do see your point on the length. I have found offhand balance much harder as my shoulders have installed way to much above my head over the years. I did ceiling speakers and fire alarm Devices for years in schools and public buildings. The old rotator cuffs need some work also. That said the heavier the gun in total the harder I find it to stay on target of late. We have begun using a shooting stick for deer hunting and I think I shoot much better with one in the field. Tree rats seem to be falling to the browning “silly wet “ pistol of late. It shoots like a rifle just a little more time needed to get on the head or body for a shot.

Since I left I got more involved with shooting class 3 and NFA items. Short barreled rifles I seem to shoot pretty well offhand.
I am in the running for a sig MPX 9mm paying the SBR tax stamp and a tax stamp for a silencer. Being cheap I just can’t seem to pull out the extra 400 and then the instant gratification person in me does not want to wait the 6-12 months with nothing to see or hold for the 400 dollars. Plus I need to start and NFA trust so I don’t have to worry about them when I go to the hunting grounds in the sky.



I shoot these well with 8 inch barrel and a titan 9 can. Not exactly a hunting firearm but the short barrel is easy for me to balance

[Jack]

That looks like it would be fun to shoot!

[Purebred Redneck]

Buds has them with a 4x scope for 140 dollars. So with FFL, you are looking at maybe 170. It looks like a better version of the Cricket single shot rifle. As already said, this seems to be a gun for very young kids.

You know my policy - if you are too young to shoot a regular sized 22lr, you should stay at home and play with your toys.

[jmarriott]

My main toy growing up was a cross man B.B./pellet gun.
Ride bike to the bridge within eye shot of the house and shoot every stick piece of moss leaf or anything that floated down the creek. Normally with a fishing pole (zebco 33 combo) catching anything around the bridge for bait. The bridge lake just upstream with one of the drainage pipes for overflow. At time fish would survive the fall down the pipe and come on down to the stream. Bass bluegills suckers and an occasional catfish were caught.

If I weeded the garden or mowed some lawn did some chores a milk crate of bb’s would find me from dad. I have no idea how many bb’s in one but that creek is heavy with them.

Then again we played lawn darts at each family gathering also.