Sorry, but nothing beats a Browning Buckmark.
Battel?
The Victory may end up like the Browning Buckmark, with a core following of hardcore fans, but nowhere near the aftermarket trigger, magazine, barrel, sight, and holster support that Rugers take for granted.
I’ll stick with the original Ruger 22 pistol, thanks.
I struggled every time I clean my Ruger, when I owned it, you know before it got lost, but loved it anyway.
How about a Ruger 10/22 Charger pistol?
Same mags as the Ruger 10//22 Takedown rifle that I have. (I’m a huge fan of magazine interchangeability)
I own a Ruger 22/45, which is a sort of poor man’s target pistol, and it is very reliable and accurate. No fancy sights, but I paid about $200 for it brand new (albeit 15 years ago).
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 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 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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Which one is easier to suppress? Ruger, hands down. Soon, you won’t need ATF tax stamp/permission.
The most fun pistol ever is the Colt Frontier. It is essentially a 7/8s model of the Peacemaker in .22
My first 22 semi-auto was a Colt Challenger. Roaming the Glades in the 50-60 it was a charm. I wanted the Woodsman but $$$ were short.
I also carried a Marlin 39A. Together, in a canoe, was Heaven.
I have the S&W Victory .22 to which I added a Volquartsen lightweight barrel, the 6.75” carbon fiber one.
I had to also add a little vortex venom 3 moa red dot to it, there is a standard picatinny rail on the pistol and no sights on the barrel. It shoots great for what it is, a $395 target pistol.
The one negative is the takedown screw which makes cleaning and re-assembly super easy but the screw has an annoying habit of loosening after about 250 rounds. I’ve solved the problem by about 90% by inserting a small #61 rubber washer in with the screw and really tightening it hard...
Smith and Wesson 422
Love my H& R 676 revolver in .22lr and Magnum.
Can U Spel Batle?