Colt King Cobra .22LR

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 1-20-2025 | F Jardim

[w1n1]

You’ll never regret buying a quality .22LR pistol. With their low recoil and report, they are less likely to scare away new shooters before they have a chance to realize how fun shooting is as a hobby and sport. When ammo prices skyrocket, they’ll always be your most economical handgun to shoot, whether it’s sniping at toy plastic army men from the dollar store or eliminating threats to your garden. However, they’re not all fun and games; .22LR handguns have serious training applications too.

Some manufacturers – like Colt, Smith & Wesson and Beretta – make .22LR models of their centerfire pistols, ideal for self-defense training. The new King Cobra Target .22LR from Colt’s Manufacturing is built on the same frame size and has the same action used in their .38 Special and .357 Magnum King Cobra, Cobra and Viper handguns. In the best-case scenario, you want to train with a .22LR handgun that’s identical to the centerfire model you prefer, equipped with the same stocks, sights and barrel length. That way the muscle memory you develop practicing your draw, hold and handling will work for you 100 percent. You can use the same holsters too.

Forty years ago, I learned a lot of the prerequisites of double-action revolver shooting by practicing with a .22LR S&W Model 17, a K-frame essentially identical to their standard medium-frame .38 Special/.357 Magnum service guns. I thought this .22 would be the gun that my son would master double-action revolver shooting with, but it’s now a genuine antique collectible worth a small fortune, and new ones seem to sell for about $1,100. The new Colt King Cobra Target is arguably a better shooting gun than the S&W ever was, has a 10-shot cylinder instead of six, and retails for around $870 based on a survey of online sellers. Read the rest of Colt King Cobra 22LR wheel gun here.

[DesertRhino]

I was out somewhere in remote New Mexico with a guy who had one. A wasp kept tormenting us. It landed on a sagebrush, and he aimed and shot it.
Cut it in half with a 22.

The thing IS accurate.

[D_Idaho]

I know I’m going to catch hell for this, but $870 for a 22lr revolver?

[DesertRhino]

Wait, I take that back. He had a 44 Anaconda with him. But he did the shot with a 90s model Smith and Wesson 22 kit gun revolver.

Cut that wasp in half.

[DesertRhino]

It’s vulgar to discuss the price of a gun. And if your wife asks, you traded for it!

[DesertRhino]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwQHl3FmRow

How to hide guns from your wife. Great video!

[Cold Heart]

Midway USA ad, honey, many guns does a man need, answer was one more

[MtnClimber]

A man should answer that he needs more guns because of all the ammo he has stacked up.

[PAR35]

Sticker shock here, but I was watching a video on you tube yesterday about guns to avoid, and was thinking that there is a market for cheap Saturday Night Specials.

[Bikkuri]

I was thinking the same thing.. For that much, I could at LEAST get a 9mm (I prefer .45 though).

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I love revolvers.

[Organic Panic]

Before they sank in to a lake the Ruger 10/22 rifle and Ruger Mark 2 were my favorite plinkers. I like the revolvers but for the weight of them with limited shots is a bit too heavy for an all day hike.

[know.your.why]

I want this in .22WMR.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Pretty high. I’ll just shoot 38spc in my model 19.

[muir_redwoods]

People sometimes ask me what first gun they should buy. I always recommend a Ruger Mark I, II, III, IV, whatever they can find. I know the old received wisdom about semi autos jam and revolvers dont. So what? Eventually they will buy a gun in a more potent chambering and it’ll likely be a semiauto. Learning to deal with the rare jam is part of learning to shoot. I’ve had my Ruger for forty or more years and may have had a stovepipe once or twice but I don’t buy junk ammo.

I never met anyone who regretted buying and owning a Ruger Mark .22

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Anaconda’s are nice. I sold mine when I went to a fewer number of calibers.

[mad_as_he$$]

I regret not buying three or four of them when the price was low!

[Joe 6-pack]

"I know I’m going to catch hell for this, but $870 for a 22lr revolver?"

You won't be catching any hell from me. If only somebody would bring back the H&R 999 at a comparable price point for what it sold for back in the day, I'd buy two.

[grcuster]

I always told my wife you never know what happens in a dark safe when rifles are placed next to each other. I swear they are like rabbits.

[BipolarBob]

I know I’m going to catch hell for this, but $870 for a 22lr revolver?

Bidenflation.