There are more than a few good to excellent .22LR rifles on the market, some of them from Belgium I think..(FN Browning)


BUT you might want to be wanting too much a good rifle and a good scope will cost good money. You could go for a used combo and in that case I'd go for a bolt-action, either single shot or box magazine fed (this for both good learning purposes and ease of operation) and a scope in the power range of 3 to 4 times magnification.


A scope doesn't however, IN ANY WAY, make up for sloppy shooting. So, before you go and shoot out in the open with anything, go to a rifle range first and get instruction. Don't think this is being overcatious, you'll need to sight-in the scope anyway. Make that a dual purpose event, get to know the rifle at the same time.

I don't want to sound cocky , but what is your shooting experience?

Becomming a good shot involves quite a few things, but most importantly....practice...regularly and disciplined practice. It's very easy to over-estimate ones abilities and thats when things can go very wrong indeed. Do yourself a favor and think about this.

It is not easy to hit a small animal at 50 meters unless you are a rather good shot, but think of it this way....if you miss, that bullet is going to go somewhere..

I stress this so much because somehow I get the idea that you are planning to use this rifle as a means of pest control in a urban or semi urban area. eg, your garden? (you ask about noise and such....)

Take this to heart, fooling around with .22LR's has probably killed or injured more people than any other caliber used by civillians, not a small portion of those were due to underestimating the potential of the round!


Hopefully totally uncalled for:

GUNS AREN"T TOYS, NOT EVEN SMALL GUNS


Kind regards,

Vesi,

From the land of the midsummer sun, reindeer, Lapin Kulta and ....never mind....it'll only get some guys drewling over a certain rifle again