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Posted on 01/10/2024 3:33:22 AM PST by marktwain
Semi-automatic pistols have come to dominate the handgun market in the United States of America. In 2021, 6,751,919 pistols were manufactured in the USA. Those numbers include single shots, double-barreled, and bolt action pistols, but the vast majority of them are semi-automatics. There were 1,159,918 revolvers manufactured in the United States. The majority of the revolvers were .22 caliber.
The ATF reports 737,374 pistols of .22 or smaller caliber were manufactured in the USA in 2021. The same report says 781,246 revolvers of .22 or smaller caliber were manufactured in the United States in 2021. 2021 is the last year in which individual manufacturing numbers have been reported to the public by the ATF. .22 caliber revolvers are holding their own in competition with semi-autos.
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“One problem. You can get a useable .22 semi for around $200 (Kel-Tec P-17) where the cheapest carry sized revolvers are almost twice that.”
IIRC I paid $75 for my little Hi Standard .22 revolver. 1-1/2” barrel, 10 round cylinder. It lives in my Get Home Bag next to the spare tire.
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Yes I’m in love with my Ruger SR 22 semi auto. I’m not a huge Taurus fan but they have a really nice new .22 semi auto. The only .22 revolver we have is an old 9 shot .22 magnum stubby.
S&W Model 48 I believe, 22 magnum - real nice. I think they were called rat guns
Thank you.
I remember the 1960s when more cheap .22s were sold than any other firearm. It was claimed thy were being used to kill more people than any other firearm in the US.
When Bobby Kennedy was murdered with one the news media claimed it was a “foreign made” one and labeled it a “Saturday Night Special” to be banned.(It was a US made one)
So imports of small handguns and 5 shot army surplus rifles were banned in Dec 1968 and all gun problems were solved back then! The democrats said so!
“Today we begin to disarm the criminal and the careless and the insane. All of our people who are deeply concerned in this country about law and order should hail this day.”-— Lyndon Johnson signing the 1968 gun control act into law.
And Thomas J. Dodd, who wrote the 1968 gun control act using the 1938 Nazi weapons law as a pattern...
“No one can predict how many lives will be spared because of this bill, but, if the bloody record of our yesterdays is any measure, millions of future Americans will live to enjoy the promise of many peaceful tomorrows.
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play a part in this great moment in our time.”— Thomas J. Dodd on passage of the 1968 Gun control act.
How did that work out for you AMERICA!
Once these were banned the anti-gun radicals immediately looked for other firearms to ban.
Yes, all hand gun sales are great. So, all manufacturers are looking to hire machinists.
Sig Sauer over in Newington, NH outgrew their factory in the old Pease trade port/air base. They opened another facility in Rochester, NH.
My son’s first job out of UNH was at Lonza. Right next door to the Sig Sauer plant in Newington/Portsmouth.
My wife won a Ruger Mark IV pistol at our annual gun range Christmas party. We went to the range and shot it for the first time this past Saturday. It is a beautiful gun. It even came with the laser site on it. About a $700 gun retail. The only thing is that it takes 22 Long Rifle ammunition. Not 22 Long. So, you have to be careful what you load into it or it will jamb.
I know I made the mistake of loading 22 longs into the magazines.
I remember reading an article in the Denver Post back in 1970, about “Saturday Night Specials.” The Ruger Mk II was listed as one because it cost less than $45 at that time.
It is obvious they simply wanted to ban ANYTHING they could.
Not a revolver, but cool as heck
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBL3IvOR6M&pp=ygUYc2VtaSBhdXRvIC4yMiByYXBpZCBmaXJl
As most know, a heavy trigger pull puts one’s aim off.
Two choices are to get a trigger kit for the weapon or learn to shoot with the heavy pull.
As far as learning to fire a heavy pull trigger, I’m experimenting with a more relaxed grip with the trigger hand and a much tighter grip with the support hand.
SSDD.
Same here. I bought one of these Heritage .22s because the price was right. I had never seen or heard of them before. I’m glad I bought it when I did.
Yeah, at that price point one is tempted to go get one and then if it meets reasonable expectations pick up three or four more to stash here and there.
Yeah, I found out the hard way about making sure the 22 ammo was the correct variety. it’s frustrating.
I kind of wish they’d just make all new guns all one caliber, like Long or LR so there was no need for others. But I do realize the complication is that way too many guns take different 22 and you can’t leave them in the lurch.
I’ve got a 40 year old S&W J-frame 22 revolver. Heavy trigger pull. I think the thousands of rounds I’ve shot thru it have resulted in my having a pretty good, even trigger pull. In any case, shooting any other revolver or semi feels so EASY in comparison!
The kids argue over who gets to inherit the 4” revolver.
And I do sometimes carry a NAA derringer for when DEEP concealment is appropriate. Beats nothing if an active shooter is walking around shooting helpless people at close range...maybe I’d be able to take him with me to the Pearly Gates!
Every professional hit man needs one.
I like the Ruger Single-Six. A family member has one. Two cylinders. Shoots .22LR, .22 Long, and .22 Short using one cylinder and .22 WMR using the other. Accurate as all get out, and no kick. Long barrel. 9.5” I think.
I paid 700 for my sp101 .22 cal. Used from guns dot com. Fun and cheap to shoot. Should last forever
Unfortunately, quality DA .22LR revolvers are outrageously expensive.
While learning to shoot the heavier trigger is one solution, ideally, all your firearms would have a similar trigger pull so that you don't have to learn dramatically different shooting techniques for different weapons of the same type.
Allowing for differences:
-Trigger pull for semi-automatic on single action.
-Trigger pull for semi-automatic on double action.
-Trigger pull for revolver on single action.
-Trigger pull for revolver on double action.
-Trigger pull for sniper rifles.
It would be nice to have the same pull for each firearm depending on the scenario. (All semiautomatics have similar, all revolvers have similar, etc.)
The issue with .22 revolvers over the last 10 years or so is that the trigger pull is significantly higher than other revolvers. I suspect it's the lawyers as I know of several owners who have had gunsmiths turn down requests to lighten the trigger pull specifically on .22 revolvers. The gunsmiths' reasoning was that the manufacturers were trying to avoid light strikes and ensuing hangfires from cheap .22 ammunition where the primer wasn't sufficiently spread to the rim.
As you correctly point out, a trigger kit would correct it. It's just something that buyers need to be aware of before trying one out or purchasing one.
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