I was recently introduced to firearms and i wanted to get a .22?

[Dexter Niles]

I would prefer a bolt action. Around $200. if you could find a scope that would be nice but don't really worry. I would like it to be wood if possible. Thanks.
I live in northern maine

 

[Kendall]

Get a Ruger 10/22 you can get one at walmart for around your price range. It's a great gun I have owned and shot many .22's and I have loved my Ruger!

 

[thinkingblade]

While about all of the major .22 players offer a budget bolt action .22 (Ruger, Marlin, Browning, Winchester, Remington, Mossberg) all of which offering respectable firearms, one that I'd really take a look at is Savage. The Accu-trigger is, almost bar none, one of the finest factory triggers you can get in a rifle today, and Savage knows it. So they offer version of both their Mark II and their Model 64 bolt actions with the Accu-trigger. There are numerous writers that contend that these guns are at the top of class in accuracy for the dollar and my experience with a few is no contradiction.

It isn't to say that any of the other choices aren't fine firearms, but rather that Savage sometimes gets overlooked in the conversation.

Thinkingblade

 

[Buckhunter]

Look around for a vintage Winchester, there are several great models of bolt action. Try GunBroker.com and do a search for Winchester .22

 

[jack of all trades]

marlin 925, marlin 25
$150 with synthetic stock, dunno how much wood stock would cost.
I got a marlin 925 as my first gun shortly after i turned 18. My budget was $200, which doesn't give me much choice because all guns cost more in California. I settled on a 925 because
a- it fits the budget
b- recommendations by store employees & online
c- its a bolt action

It turns out its very accurate, consistent, reliable, simple rifle. everything a man needs in his first gun.
about a year after i bought it i got a scope, Barska 4x32mm. later a Centerpoint 4-16x40mm,and finally a Barska 6-24x44mm. Barska sells good scopes with the quality of high end scopes such as Bushnell or Nikon with a low end price. Its a good deal when you don't have 100s to dish out for a scope and you don't want to spend more on the scope than your gun.

I believe the wood-stocked Marlin 925 starts at $189 or $199. the wood stock as a part costs about $30, so the wood stock version should be only $30 more than the polymer stocked version I have.

My rifle now 5 years old and over 2000 rounds fired, is still like new and works well. I've practiced until I can hit a target from 350 meters away with the scope. at close ranges its a low-cost tack-driver at 25 & 50 meters. still under 1" groups at 100m.

the two things that irk me about the rifle-
the iron sights are cheap & basic, and rear sight isn't graduated in anything, quite difficult to figure out what elevation setting is what.
plastic internals could break, plastic gets more brittle over time. being a hobby gunsmith if it broke its not a big deal, I just don't like plastic much (stock ok).

 

[pedro7of9]

marlin.com,,they make more 22s than anyone..MY id go for a 10/22 ruger,,