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VANITY: Best Cylinder 0.22 LR Handgun?
My Inbred Brain ^ | 18FEB2015 | VANITY of Cletus

Posted on 02/18/2015 5:35:41 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel

Looking for input on a good 22LR handgun, preferably a revolver [so as I don't have to hunt down brass for the local constabulary, post use].

I'd also ask y'all for any "barrel length / configuration" you think might support my home-defense needs.

Disclosure: I'm in TX.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 22; 22caliber; banglist; carryoptions; homedefense; personaldefense; ruger; rugermkii; rugerreassembly
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To: CrazyIvan

I was gonna say, there’s nothing to it. You have to learn how to get the hammer strut positioned before seating the takedown latch, but other than making sure the firing pin stop stays in the bolt, it’s quickly mastered. Someone called it a Chinese puzzle, but a real one of those is a C96 Broomhandle Mauser, an amazing design to break down, how it all fits together so intricately.


41 posted on 02/18/2015 7:11:02 AM PST by W. (Dem0crat-mandated education reform killed American progress. Thanks, morons!)
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To: Travis McGee

Good Choice.


42 posted on 02/18/2015 7:12:07 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: CrazyIvan

if you can do a youtube vid on how to breakdown and reassemble the Mark III i would certainly appreciate a head’s up!


43 posted on 02/18/2015 7:15:15 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: MileHi
These Smiths fit my hand better than anything I own.
I have a 97 percent condition Python (6 inch bbl, blue) that I've retired since this has become a collectors piece. I think I paid around $350 for it back in the 1970s. It's worth $1500 or more today...
44 posted on 02/18/2015 7:16:17 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Travis McGee
I've got one of these...pretty accurate given it's age:


45 posted on 02/18/2015 7:30:54 AM PST by BreezyDog
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Colt Diamondback .22, on sale right here, right now:

http://www.yankeeartifacts.com/Colt%20Handguns.htm

This is far and away the best .22 revolver available anywhere.

(I am not related to owner and get no premium or other cash reward from sale.)


46 posted on 02/18/2015 7:32:41 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: BreezyDog

The best shots on our pistol team could score 295 out of 300, where the ten ring was about the size of a quarter, if I recall. At 50 feet.


47 posted on 02/18/2015 7:35:56 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: camle

Flip it upside down to reassemble. The little flipper doo-hicky inside has to flip down by gravity to hit the spring hole thingy.


48 posted on 02/18/2015 7:36:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

There is the brass factor, no doubt.


49 posted on 02/18/2015 7:37:41 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MosesKnows

Taking apart is easy. Putting back together is tricky, but easy after you learn the trick (revealed at #48).


50 posted on 02/18/2015 7:38:49 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: camle

See 48. It’s tricky, but not hard at all once you learn the trick.


51 posted on 02/18/2015 7:39:13 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: CrazyIvan

Totally iconic.


52 posted on 02/18/2015 7:39:59 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: CrazyIvan

See 48 for the trick.


53 posted on 02/18/2015 7:40:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: W.

“You have to learn how to get the hammer strut positioned before seating the takedown latch.....”

That seems to be the bugaboo for most people. Hold the gun barrel up at the right angle and gravity does it for you.


54 posted on 02/18/2015 7:44:44 AM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: Travis McGee

Then I must have the early stages of Parkinsons disease...


55 posted on 02/18/2015 7:49:12 AM PST by BreezyDog
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

If you don’t mind a single action, with a Ruger you get both .22lr and .22 mag cylinders.

In a lurch you can shoot .22lr out of a mag cylinder but the cases will split.


56 posted on 02/18/2015 7:52:01 AM PST by IMR 4350
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To: BreezyDog

In the tubular receiver, the little dangling item must fit into the spring mechanism in the thing that pulls out of the grip. The only way to get them to match is to hold it all upside down as you press the grip/spring mechanism. Then the little flippy do-hickey will find the spring hole. It’s the only way. Once you know the trick and do it a few times it’s easy.


57 posted on 02/18/2015 7:55:28 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Gaffer

In High school a young lady a few grades behind me decided to commit suicide with a 22 pistol. It entered the skull over her right ear, moved forward and bounced off the interior cranium. She lived, her personality changed becoming less shy and depressed, but she was a fully functioning individual with no disabilities.

I’m not saying a .22 can’t be used as a defensive weapon, but I would not use it as my personal go to caliber.


58 posted on 02/18/2015 8:01:12 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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To: Bogey78O

NAA Sidewinder. 22 Mag.

Just sayin’.


59 posted on 02/18/2015 8:02:25 AM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Why not get one made by the masters of engineering, the Germans! I suggest a RG-22, an EIG .22, or an IMP 22(Imperial Metal Works).
In a pinch, an Harrington Richardson or an Iver Johnson revolver will do.

Now don’t take me seriously! ;-D


60 posted on 02/18/2015 8:04:50 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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