Marlin .22magnum advice

Foxer101

Lads, was at the local firearms dealers today, Was looking for a handy rifle for mags, greys, rabbits etc.. He showed me a marlin 925m .22win mag, i dont know much about these guns so would be happy if anyone has any advice or info on this gun eg. Power, range, accuracey, etc..

every bit of advice is appriceated,,

Thanks in advance lads..:)

deeksofdoom

I have a magnum 25mn which is the forerunner to the 925mn, the only difference being that the 925mn has a T900 trigger which is a big improvement on the heavy trigger on my rifle. When its set up right its a tack driver of yoke and you'll easily take rabbits out to 100 yds or more.

I feed mine winchester super x's and they do the trick.

kildare.17hmr

if your stickin to mags greys and rabbits why not consider a marlin 917 in .17hmr? much longer range for small lads and the hmr is very accurate. not as cheep to run as a 22 but not bad

Foxer101

I'll also be shooting foxes,
does anyone know if it would have a good range/power for oxes?

ROSSKI

I had the magnum and a hornet and a remington .17 .

The .17 hmr would be way ahead of the magnum for accuracy and distance ,also more suitable for Mr.Fox as well- if you could stretch to it i would definitely go for the hmr.;)

jimbrowning

Foxer101 wrote: »

I'll also be shooting foxes,
does anyone know if it would have a good range/power for oxes?

had a .22 wmr for about 10 years, and shoot a lot of foxes with it. no problem killing them out at 100. rec cci hollow point. about 10e per 50 box.

kildare.17hmr

Foxer101 wrote: »

I'll also be shooting foxes,
does anyone know if it would have a good range/power for oxes?

Fine for foxes out to about 100yds, alot more if ya go by the yanks on youtube:D

elius

Foxer101 wrote: »

Lads, was at the local firearms dealers today, Was looking for a handy rifle for mags, greys, rabbits etc.. He showed me a marlin 925m .22win mag, i dont know much about these guns so would be happy if anyone has any advice or info on this gun eg. Power, range, accuracey, etc..

every bit of advice is appriceated,,

Thanks in advance lads..:)

Honestly Save your self the hassle and buy a 223 now. You will only end up changing anyways:P

Other than that i shoot a wmr and find it good fox's 120yrd or so rabbits how goods your shot?.

Foxer101

Think im gonna go with it.. 22wmr sounds perfect for what i would be doing:D Thanks for the info and advice:D

jwshooter

i had one ,shot a lot of foxes with , the trigger was crap on it .but i did get it done .

wicklow newbie

I have a 22mag by Savage. No problem dropping foxes at 120yds.

dwighet

elius wrote: »

Honestly Save your self the hassle and buy a 223 now. You will only end up changing anyways:P

Other than that i shoot a wmr and find it good fox's 120yrd or so rabbits how goods your shot?.

Bang on Elius...
For a few extra cabbages you can get a nice 204 or 223.....
But if your new at the game stick to a 17 hmr for a while....
you will learn a hell of a lot more shootn a 17hmr than shootn a 22wmr...
And the experiance you get out of the little 17hmr will put you in good stead for a light cal centrefire..

My 2 p worth

dwighet

jwshooter wrote: »

i had one ,shot a lot of foxes with , the trigger was crap on it .but i did get it done .

17hmr wasnt available back then, was it?;)

deeksofdoom

dwighet wrote: »

you will learn a hell of a lot more shootn a 17hmr than shootn a 22wmr...

What are you going to learn about shooting with something with a flat trajectory???:rolleyes: and besides I don't think the OP is a novice.

Glencarraig

I have a lovely Brno .22 with a scope which I need to get rid of, not interested in getting a cabinet for it. Not looking for lots of dosh for it!!

dwighet

deeksofdoom wrote: »

What are you going to learn about shooting with something with a flat trajectory???:rolleyes: and besides I don't think the OP is a novice.

No worries deek.....Your the man;)

Tackleberrywho

dwighet wrote: »

No worries deek.....Your the man;)

I agree D, Flater trajectory rules.

I'd get a mod'ed .223/.204 over a .22mag any day.

Back in the day we could only get .22 magnums/hornets, but now we have choices so why limit to a .22mag

deeksofdoom

Is a .223 or a .204 a little bit excessive to be using on

Foxer101 wrote: »

mags, greys, rabbits etc..

as well as the expensive of it all. To buy a .204 or a .223 is about 5 times more expensive than a .22mag and then the cost of ammunition then after that.

johngalway

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Is a .223 or a .204 a little bit excessive to be using on

as well as the expensive of it all. To buy a .204 or a .223 is about 5 times more expensive than a .22mag and then the cost of ammunition then after that.

No such thing as over kill, I'd rather be over gunned than under gunned. All shots should be safe shots, after that all that matters is you're not causing a disturbance and your pockets are deep enough to run the rig

Each to their own in my book, ya happy with a .22mag, fair play, ya happy with a 308, fair play

Dusty87

I agree with JohnG but does he want the rabbits for eating?? I use a .223 and for mags and greys its great. And rabbits too but i have hit 2 rabbits on the shoulder. Not much meat left, but with headshots its great.

johngalway

I've head shot a fair few bunnies, best way if if they're looking away from you. Head goes missing, leaving ears and shoulders. Next best is side on. I figure if you head shoot him looking at you there'll be fragments in the body. Never tested it but that's my opinion.

If it's a lot of bunnies then the pocketbook will hurt indeed and it's an
individual decision based on funds.

Dusty87

I was out with Doyle61 one day. I hit a bunny facing away from me on the head. One side of his head was completely gone. Neither of us had a camera phone on us. My first kill with the new rifle. Thank god for overkill as he would have had some head ache.

deeksofdoom

johngalway wrote: »

No such thing as over kill, I'd rather be over gunned than under gunned. All shots should be safe shots, after that all that matters is you're not causing a disturbance and your pockets are deep enough to run the rig

Each to their own in my book, ya happy with a .22mag, fair play, ya happy with a 308, fair play

Fair enough, but the OP was looking for information on a Marlin 925m .22win mag. I didn't mean any disrespect to any of the other calibres and at the end of the day each to his own, I merrily gave my opinion from my experience with my own rifle.

As far as I can tell from being on this forum and others, if someone is thinking of getting into rifle shooting the usual advice given is to start off with a small calibre like a .22 or .17 and then go for something big after that.

But in no way did I give any misleading information or go off topic.

tfox

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Is a .223 or a .204 a little bit excessive to be using on

as well as the expensive of it all. To buy a .204 or a .223 is about 5 times more expensive than a .22mag and then the cost of ammunition then after that.

I agree with this. I have my .17hmr for rabbits, mags, crows, squirrel and all short range foxes !! less than 30 cent a round !!

Only use the .223 when need the extra range on a fox, wouldnt dream of wasting a round like that on a rabbit etc when something cheaper will do !!

But then again I was born in Scotland wnd Scots are renowned for being tight c***s

bunny shooter

tfox wrote: »

.......But then again I was born in Scotland wnd Scots are renowned for being tight c***s

There's a rumour that 2 Scots lads invented copper wire....................they were fighting over a penny

tfox

bunny shooter wrote: »

There's a rumour that 2 Scots lads invented copper wire....................they were fighting over a penny

funny I heard the same thing, except 2 cavan men

HukleberryFinn

I have one of these bought.. just waiting on the licence:D

cavan shooter

Foxer101 wrote: »

I'll also be shooting foxes,
does anyone know if it would have a good range/power for oxes?

I had a 22 mag and was well capable of foxes.......however I never tried it on any bovine species:rolleyes::D