r/canadaguns • u/TwoWheelsNorth • May 27 '26

Buy recommendations Is this the best .22 option?

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Hey, I am again having the itch to fill the gun safe abit more. Pure investment if you ask me to be fair.

As I cry seeing all my buds in the US with their ARs, I am looking at 22s. Is the TM22 the best price/quality option out there? To be fair im only going to use it for fun because ammo is dirt cheap. Any other choices I should consider?

Feel free to tell me I'm an idiot.

Cheers

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u/Response-Cheap May 27 '26

All metal TM22 is the best option, unless you want to spend a couple grand playing 10/22 Lego.

Bare bones 10/22 carbine is ass. So unless you want to basically build a firearm from scratch, loosely based on the 10/22, TM22 is the way.

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u/TwoWheelsNorth May 27 '26

Are the 10/22s that bad out of the box?

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 May 27 '26

Are the 10/22s that bad out of the box?

No, they're fine, just boring 😂

If you want to tacti-cool a 10/22, a stock starts at about $250 for a plastic one, and the sky is the limit for higher end stocks and chassis.

Building a 10/22 is a nice rabbit hole project for the summer however.

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u/Response-Cheap May 27 '26

The irons suck, and the trigger sucks. The rest is a matter of taste. Whether you want to build a precision rifle or a tacticool rifle, you're going to have to change the guts out.. The cheapest bare bones 10/22 carbine in standard configuration is not a great gun. It works. That's about it..

I wanted to buy a 10/22 and keep it stock and use the irons. Tried one. Changed my mind real quick.