Posted on 08/19/2017 1:54:39 PM PDT by BipolarBob
what kind of 22 revolver would you recommend and why. It would be for plinking mostly. Cottonmouth elimination also. Please tell me of guns that you own(ed) and are familiar with.
Disregard, skipped over the part where you wanted a revolver
I will never have to buy .22 ever again for the rest of my life. Bought my share way, way, way back.
If you can find one get a SW 9 shot 4 inch.
Remington has problems in 22lr. CCI blazer or minimag work real well. Hollowpoints sometimes have feed problems if they smack a bit while loading into the barrel.
I’m partial to the Sig Sauer P226 in .40 Cal, with the optional .22 Slider and Barrel set.
One great gun, two fine calibers.
Search the Sears model number for parts sources; .22 rifles of that era can usually be rebarrelled or have the barrel bored out to accept a rifled liner (a thin-walled barrel that is silver-soldered in place). Ask around on rimfirecentral.com for shops that do that sort of work.
I'd leave most of the character on the gun, but get it functioning again.
SW 317 or the HR 999 are fun “REVOLVERS” very very accurate. The new Ruger MK IV with the threaded barrel is a very accurate semi-auto. Add a suppressor and its just icing on the cake.
The SW 317 is a super lightweight version a SW 617 for the most part. The Harrington and Richardson 999 is a top break 22 revolver that makes plinking a lot of fun yet one of the most accurate .22 handguns I’ve owned.
Is there an advantage to a single action?
No. Not really. It's just more traditional, since the first revolvers were single action. You have to cock the hammer first, before you can pull the trigger, so trigger pull is generally lighter. Double action can be fired by only pulling the trigger, so trigger pull is heavier. If you're interested in something like cowboy action shooting, you'd want a single action type revolver. If you're interested in a smaller, more traditional type revolver that might be used to teach people to shoot, check out the Ruger Shopkeeper.
That's a very appealing pistol. Somewhat pricey but you only buy once.
It has a pretty good double action, but the single action after cocking is damn accurate. I have the 3 inch “kit gun” version and the snub nose variant and carry one as an ankle rig survival tool while 4 wheeling or fishing / hunting / hiking and the other is in the day pack for pot meat or plinking...... good part is they are super lightweight .... almost toy weight aka the AirLite SW 317-3 moniker.
Don’t think you will regret the cost .... good little rig’s .
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Hard to beat a S&W kit gun. I have one that hasn’t shot any snakes, but thousands of bullfrogs at night, rabbits, squirrels, grouse while elk hunting, etc.
Unfortunately, they haven’t made them since I think 1988. If someone is stuck on a revolver single six it is! K22 are great, but simply way to big to be the handy thing that I want in a .22 that for me is mostly an opportunity gun, so you need to have it with you in a jacket pocket. That is where the kit gun shines.
I bought an S&W kit gun from Montgomery Wards around 1982. It was a nice little gun. I was an experienced shooter at the time but could not do better than around 4” at 25 yards.
I just assumed it was accurate enough but not a real tack driver. Maybe six months later I replaced the factory grips which were really small with rubber ones. Probably Pachmyer but I can’t remember.
That taught me a lesson I will never forget. With the larger and much easier to hold grips the gun began to do much better. Probably shrinking groups by half or more. I really was surprised how much difference the grips made.
I’ve had the Pachmayr grips on mine since the day I bought it. I wouldn’t get rid of it ever, light and handy and the four inch barrel is just right for carrying and shooting.
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I don’t find them to be all that sexy, myself.
To each his own, I guess. ;)
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