I’ll take my 6” bbl S&W Model 617 Stainless .22 (10 shots) any day of the week. The beauty of it is that it is a near exact form and fit with my S&W 686. I use it to plink here in the basement while Freeping.....
Of course, my S&W 617 cost a hell of a lot more than $12.95
The new Ruger SR22 is head and shoulders superior to the other .22 weapons on the market. A simple modification allows the magazines to hold 13 rounds, with one in the firing chamber for double action first shot. Loaded with 60 grain Aguilla super subsonic rounds (~850 ft/sec, 160 ft lbs of muzzle energy) which tumble and hit really hard at closer ranges (inside forty feet) and a threaded barrel for any improvised suppressor and you have the idea shtf personal close in protection weapon.
Now that would be a REAL man cave. LOL! Remember the good ol’ days when you could buy stuff mail order? Moison-Nagant’s for $19.95 out of Field and Stream. I don’t seem to remember any issues then. Or maybe since we didn’t have instant news we just never heard about it but I’m kinda leanin’ to we didn’t have the same issues. I remember going to high school in Albuquerque and there were more than a few pickups trucks in the parking lot with rifles sittin’ in the rifle racks. Never had a problem. What a bunch pantie wastes (SP on purpose) we’ve turned into. Nobody’s responsible for anything anymore.