Posted on 12/07/2016 12:49:07 PM PST by w1n1
Have you dine the trigger mod, turning the spring upside down? Highly recommended if you want 2lb pull for free. You can blow through a mag.
Still favor my Ruger 22/45 LITE ‘race gun’. Started with standard over the counter model and then upgraded it for steel plate speed competitions. I love this model not only because it weighs next to nothing which is great for competition, but the 22/45 lower receiver handle has the same contours as the 1911 handle. I used to have a Ruger MK III, which the new MK IV design is based on, but it’s almost all steel. Don’t get me wrong, great firearm, but it weights a lot.
Heritage arms. The six shot revolver.
Best little firearm for the money.
I have no idea how the 45 is doing, but I got the 22mag and I love it.
I keep having to re-zero after every cleaning. I may try a the new ruger next time.
I love .22 pistols and revolvers. I must have owned at least 50 in my life and most of them were really fine guns.
Before I mention the good ones there were two dogs. One was when I was a kid and could only afford a ten dollar gun. It was a PIC revolver and the barrel-cylinder gap was huge. The other bad one was a Sterling. The Sterling was the worst thing I could imagine. It jammed every single shot. The only reason I bought it to start with was an article in a gun magazine thought it was great. Probably the author was paid to do the article.
Now for the good ones. My first great pistol was a Colt Huntsman. About as accurate and reliable as it is possible to make a gun.
Several Ruger standard models. Several Mark I and Mark II target models. and one they called a Government model because they sold some to the government. It was basically just a Mark II target with a 7 and a half inch barrel.
A bunch of High Standard target models and some standard models. All great guns.
Several S&W revolvers, all fine guns. A couple of Colt troopers in .22, several Colt single action .22s (not the single action army, but a scaled down replica complete with the color case hardening).
Several S&W autos but for some reason I never owned a model 41.
A whole slew of pocket models by various makers including Walther. Every single one was a good gun.
Day in and day out, the Rugers are about as good as any but they are really interesting to field strip.
I agree, and you made my point.
I haven’t done much pistol shooting, I like long guns.
The only .22 pistol I’ve ever used was when I was in Vietnam.
I think it was a High Standard semi-auto with a suppressor and subsonic rounds. I don’t know where it stacks up with the stuff sold today.
The Victory outshoots them both, in my hands, ...your mileage may vary.
In fact, my Victory has already begun to pay for itself.
I won a $25.00 Walmart Gift card (in lieu of a turkey) at a local Turkey Shoot, the other day.
If I can keep that up, it'll pay for itself in about 8 years.
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Battel of the .22 Pistols, Anne of Green Gables, everyone wants a title these days...
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Have my Dad’s Mk I, circa 1955.
FWIW I acquired an Erma RX-22, a .22 copy of the Walther PPK. Fun to shoot & a good subcaliber stand-in for my Makarov & P-64. Not expensive, either.
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Assassination gun???
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That’s on the buckmark. The that goes across the top holding the red dot. You gave to dismantle it all. That spring is tricky tii sometimes. The mkxx suck too.
Which one is easier to suppress? Ruger, hands down. Soon, you won’t need ATF tax stamp/permission.
Why choose?
Put ‘em together and you’ll have a .44!
The most fun pistol ever is the Colt Frontier. It is essentially a 7/8s model of the Peacemaker in .22
When you carry, though, it prints. You’ll have a battel of the bluge.
I have one of those Erma’s but mine doesn’t work anymore. It was cheap but worked fine. I got it used and the slide was pretty scratched up.
I hit upon an idea. I spray painted the slide with Krylon and then had a brilliant idea. I figured it would be better to bake the finish on.
I put it in my gas grill and maybe 15-20 minutes later took it out. To my surprise, the slide was warped. I have thought of ordering just the slide from Numrich etc. but never got around to it. I still have the bottom part or I guess they call it the frame.
Or battel of the bugle.
(That was pretty cool though).
I cannot help but notice that the original author spelt PISTLOS wrong.
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