Best rifle for Shorts and Long Rifles

[gaseous maximus]

About any bolt, pump, or lever gun with a tube mag. also the old Savage/Stevens semi auto will function with shorts. if the bolt is locked closed.

 

[Deer Slayer]

I own a low numbered Marlin 39 and have pumped hundreds of rounds of shorts thru it during the 1960's w/o any issues. Best dang lever gun on the market followed by a Henry.

 

[338Shooter]

Why not just buy a suppressor?

Super Colibri would be very quiet and probably perform similar to shorts.

 

[Norman]

I say buy a can! It solves all your issues. Huntertown or Tac 65 are supposed to be decent for the cheap ones, although it's not the route I went.

 

[3inSlugger]

I definitely can't afford a 39a. I've decided a bolt is what I want so it doesn't diverge too far from my real rifle. I just found out the XT-22s also come in tube mags and they have better triggers.

 

[owu1bag5]

i say get a can as well. if you want quiet then that is the only way to go.

 

[flatwins]

I've not had the opportunity to fire anything with a suppressor but locating a rifle that will run shorts is one thing. Legally obtaining a suppressor is a totally different matter.

 

[criticalbass]

Super Colibri would be very quiet and probably perform similar to shorts.

Super Colibri is great stuff. I use it in a Winchester Model 06 pump, and it's quieter than most airguns, but still illegal in most towns. I had a big squirrel problem in my previous home--wood shingles, old house. It would do in a squirrel, and did just fine on a stray cat that was acting like it was rabid. (Over the 25 years in that place, I killed two critters in the yard that were indeed rabid . . . didn't have the cat tested.)

The 06 runs shorts just fine, and holds, I think, about 17 of them. About shorts not penetrating barn metal, that must have been some tough sheetiron. CB

 

[Mack45]

As was mentioned earlier, cruise the back rows of the gunshops and find an older bolt action. I picked up a Springfield Model 84 c for a hundred bucks. It cycles the shorts just as well as it does the long rifles.
I wanted a mag fed type because I had the barrel threaded. With Remington HV shorts and the suppressor it sounds like a pellet rifle, maybe a bit quieter!

 

[Mack45]

For quiet ammo try these, http://www.midwayusa.com/product/25...nition-22-long-rifle-60-grain-lead-round-nose

Quitest stuff I have ever shot. It is not reccommended for suppressor use tho.