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My old S&W 22A with new grips
About 18 years ago my sons and I went shooting a lot together and I got a .22 l.r. semi auto for warm ups. Bricks of 550 Federal were $6.97 and saw an increase to $7.97 rapidly and we put a brick through the gun everytime we went to the range - and that was usually twice a week. We put over 110,000 rounds through it but it has been in the back of the safe for a decade now. I just found a set of Nills that I had bought used at a great price for it and installed them. Makes a big difference in getting a good grip on the gun and will hopefully bring this family treasure out to the range again, albeit it facing tough competition.
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09-19-2018, 03:26 PM
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THAT OL' WARHORSE LOOKS GREAT ! ! !
THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE ROUND COUNT FOR THIS MODEL. NONE OF THE GUYS THAT I KNOW, WHO SHOOT THIS PISTOL, HAVE HAD THAT LEVEL OF RELIABILITY.....
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Now those are good looking grips !
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09-19-2018, 05:39 PM
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Those are sweet grips,looks good on that pistol.
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09-19-2018, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by one eye joe
THAT OL' WARHORSE LOOKS GREAT ! ! !
THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE ROUND COUNT FOR THIS MODEL. NONE OF THE GUYS THAT I KNOW, WHO SHOOT THIS PISTOL, HAVE HAD THAT LEVEL OF RELIABILITY.....
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I went through four firing pins, the sight rib claw broke, the frame broke and the hammer spring needed changing; it was noticably shorter from use but the gun still can hold the black at 25 yards and is on the first issued magazines.S&W sent me all parts under warranty to fix it myself and they built a new frame with the same serial number when the frame cracked.
I have two Swiss Haemmerlis and a lot of other nice rimfire guns but my sons cherish this for the sake of the memories!
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Nice looking grips on your 22A. I used to shoot mine a lot until the Great .22 Ammo Shortage of 2014-2017.
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09-19-2018, 10:15 PM
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Nice looking grips on your 22A. I used to shoot mine a lot until the Great .22 Ammo Shortage of 2014-2017.
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That is when we slowed down as well. I think it started even a few years before 2014, it at least feels like it. I used my Haemmerli 208 and 212 and my sons my Ruger MkII for accuracy while we used the 22A for fast & fun shooting. If you would shoot 110,000 rounds through the gun with today's ammo prices, it would be felt as a pain in the pocket.
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09-20-2018, 12:04 AM
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Those Nil Grips look Great on that 22A. I put around 28,000 rounds thru mine while I owned it and it was a decent gun for the price. Those Haemmerli's look Great as well.
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Looks great. Are those Mod 41 grips or did NILL make grips for the 22a?
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10-06-2018, 02:46 PM
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Those grips look awesome on your 22A. I would say that this is about the biggest positive change I have ever seen by a grip change on a handgun.
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10-06-2018, 08:56 PM
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It will never cease to amaze me how good a handgun can be made to look with the right furniture on it. That is Magnificently Beautiful with those grips on it.
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10-07-2018, 12:03 PM
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Looks great. Are those Mod 41 grips or did NILL make grips for the 22a?
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Those were made for the S&W 22A specifically. I have Nills on a lot of my guns and really like most of them but by far not all of them! The quality is generally very, very good.
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