Posted on 05/08/2018 4:50:22 AM PDT by w1n1
Going on a walkabout with your favorite .22 caliber pistol is not only handy but fun.
These .22 pistols are very fun to have on your nature hikes so you can plink at rusty cans or going after small game. Here’s a list of fun .22s pistol that many shooters would love to carry afield.
If you don’t have any of these pistols, you might want to start with these:
Sicario Ruger MK IV
I know this is a suppressed pistol and we couldn’t resist not mentioning, but its just awesome for not just plinking but shooting at small pests around the house without letting the neighbor know.
Ruger GP100 Revolver
When you hear revolver, most think it being chambered in a .357 magnum, but Ruger also makes it chambered for the .22 LR.
Triple-locking cylinder is locked into the frame at the front, rear and bottom for more positive alignment and dependable operation shot after shot.
Did you know this double-action gives you a full 10 shots before a reload? See the rest of the plinking .22 pistols here.
RUGER at the Top...
Nuff said.
In the old days the Beretta .22 was the favorite weapon of the Mossad. Always firing two shots after fixing the target.
An older S&W wheel gun can’t be beat.
The Buckmark should be on that list as well as the Mark II.
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“without letting the neighbor know“
All the 22 handguns I’ve shot are loud as hell. Of course your neighbors may live very far away from you.
“Sicario”? Seriously? That’s Spanish for ‘hitman’.
Yeah great pistol but you have to have some awful deep pockets to shell out $1700 for a “plinker”.
I love my Ruger SR-22. Also, have a Buckmark, but rarely shoot it.
You got that right. The big thing about Buckmarks is that the spent gas has a place to go when the spent round is ejected. It vents out both sides making it run cleaner thus longer in the field before strip down cleaning.
I carry mine a lot on the ranch outdoors. Will get dirty and gungy but keeps on working.
I’ll take the 10-shot 617 Smith and Wesson over any of them.
Wish they still made the H&R 999 top-break revolver!
Nice Photo!
Love to try it.
Had one...
Very accurate.
I have had so many absolutely great .22s that I am sure I can’t remember them all.
My first really good one was a Colt Woodsman. It was literally just as accurate as a typical .22 rifle. Maybe a dozen High Standard target models plus standard and revolvers.
Walther PP and a Hungarian clone. French model L. Ruger single six plus a bunch of standard and target model autos. Smith & Wesson model 17 and 15 plus several .22 autos. They have a weird mag release on a couple but not a problem.
A Colt Trooper with electroless nickle finish. Heavy but accurate.
Colt single action army models, not the full sized one but slightly scaled down.
Every single one of them was a fine handgun.
Maybe my all time favorite was a Beretta model 70. Small, accurate and reliable.
Also several Beretta Minx models in .22 short including one with a 4 inch barrel.
The worst one I ever had was a Sterling. Never fired more than one shot without jamming.
Ruger Single 10
Ruger Single Six w/22mag cyl
Ruger Bearcat
Buckmark Contour
Taurus 941, 22WMR
Magnum Research Mountain Eagle
A Sig Sauer Mosquito will give you daily lessons in clearing jams, stovepipes and FTFs, if you want it to.
Seriously, this is a great training gun. It is reasonably reliable and accurate, but all you have to do is feed it some golden bullets or some other bulk pack marginal brand, and it misbehaves on cue. However, if you feed it CCI MiniMags or other quality 1250 FPM/40 grain round nosed ammo, and it runs like a champ.
So you get started with a few mags of reliable ammo, and then start mixing in the garbage, so you can get practice with your clearing drills. I always end with a couple of mags of Mini Mags just to end the session on a high note.
Kind of like teeing up a new ball on 18. You don’t want to end badly.
If I ever feel bad about my larger caliber shooting, I pull out the Ruger MK III and everything’s just fine.
That Sterling was a copy of a Bernardelli. The Bernardelli was a jewel, the Sterling, garbage.
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