22 Victory , Worth Buying?
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I have a MkII SS Bull, and Colt Woodsman MT. Never any problems with ammo or anything.
I’ve been quite happy with mine. A bit heavy and big for a 22.
No malfunctioning with a wide range of ammo including tracers. Have a dozen magazines for it. All work flawlessly.
Use it frequently with a Sparrow supressor. Works well together.
Don’t understand the enthusiasm for Buckmark. Inherited one from my older brother. Once the hammer was down on an empty chamber, I doubt he ever shot it again. It takes the proverbial “two men and a boy” to cock the damn thing and you’ll lose blood in the effort. I know re-cocking it was probably beyond my brothers capabilities. Stupid design.
Despite that, I’ve shot it a bit. No more accurate than my Victory, Colt woodsman or my Ruger 22/45.
None match the performance of the 41.
No malfunctioning with a wide range of ammo including tracers. Have a dozen magazines for it. All work flawlessly.
Use it frequently with a Sparrow supressor. Works well together.
Don’t understand the enthusiasm for Buckmark. Inherited one from my older brother. Once the hammer was down on an empty chamber, I doubt he ever shot it again. It takes the proverbial “two men and a boy” to cock the damn thing and you’ll lose blood in the effort. I know re-cocking it was probably beyond my brothers capabilities. Stupid design.
Despite that, I’ve shot it a bit. No more accurate than my Victory, Colt woodsman or my Ruger 22/45.
None match the performance of the 41.
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I had a Ruger MK II with an Israeli military red dot scope on it. It out shot every 22 semi aito or revolver I have owned.
I love mine, though I will admit that it sorta "fell outa the Ugly Tree", and frankly I'm not sold on the grip shape. Admittedly, I upgraded it a bit with a Tandemkross trigger and Volquartsen barrel, but I opted for those changes because the basic gun was reliable with all kinds of ammo. That's more than I can say about my model 41, my High Standards, or my Buckmarks...
My experience with the Victory. When they were first introduced I thought they were just plain butt ugly. Then I started to read reviews from other forum members who had them and I got interested. Then in 2017 Brownell's, which is 20 minutes from my home, had a special sale on them $100 off retail, so I thought why not. Mine ran perfect right out of the box. Decent trigger pull, nice sights, one of the best .22 caliber pistol magazines I have ever used, and I quickly went from hesitant to loving it. Another very unusual event, for being a newly introduced pistol, aftermarket companies like Volquartsen and Tandemkross had a multitude of add-ons available. I like to tinker so I immediately added from Tandemkross a flat faced trigger, a Halo charger, a captured recoil spring assembly. Then I added a set of Bullseye G10 grips with thumbrest, and then a improved takedown screw from DIP Products. It has actually become my favorite above my beloved Ruger MKII Target pistols. Some shooters did encounter feeding and extraction issues on early pistols but that is easily corrected by slightly bending/tweaking the ejector. Attached is my final result.
I totally get what you have said here, but I actually kind of enjoy tinkering and adding things that makes my handgun shoot better and kind of personalizes it to be my own.
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yeah.... that.
How about a S&W 22A?
Have you ever taken a Ruger MK apart????.......................Thy are HAMMER fired.
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That's what the attachment indicated. I've had one apart. I've owned about 6 or 7...
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Well this thread certainly resolved the question. 
I wonder if anyone has rigorously tested the Ruger Mk IV, the Buckmark and the Victory side by side for accuracy and reliability -- I mean really rung them out.
I wonder if anyone has rigorously tested the Ruger Mk IV, the Buckmark and the Victory side by side for accuracy and reliability -- I mean really rung them out.
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Mine has provided years of trouble free shooting.
I agree,why purchase a pistol and then add $$$ upgrades,my view is that it should be good right out of the box
I own the Victory. Had it about two years. Right out of box, cleaned and oiled, then off to the range. Suffered misdeeds and FTE almost immediately, tried four different brands of ammo in 36 and 40 grain, same issues. Contacted S&W they sent two new mags, didn’t help. Contacted them again and they sent a RMA number and label to print for warranty repair. They returned my pistol in just under 3 weeks. It’s now had more than 6k rounds through it, still stock config, except for red dot. I like the factory sights, but with my eyes the red dot is easier. I’m estimating that I about half way through the life of the slide stop pad
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I bought a Victory a few years ago. It ate anything I fed it without any hiccups. Yeah it has its favorite loads and ones it didn't shoot so well (what .22 doesn't?), but it always went bang and with the load it likes was plenty accurate.
After the first few range trips I screwed a suppressor on it. A few magazines later I saw the bullets were starting to keyhole. I took the thing apart and had a good look down the barrel, and found a small buildup of lead or wax or some combination, like a ridge running around the inner circumference of the barrel. It was just forward of the chamber and covered maybe 45 degrees of the arc. It took a LOT of elbow grease to clean that out of there, but when it was gone the keyholing stopped. Disappointing to say the least, and I haven't shot it very much since then.
I don't know if the back pressure from the suppressor somehow caused that buildup to happen, or if the timing of it was just coincidental. Maybe a tool mark in the barrel that would scrape a tiny bit of lead or jacket off each bullet at it went by. I need to have it sent back to the factory, but I assume the warranty is long expired by now, so it's become a safe queen.
After the first few range trips I screwed a suppressor on it. A few magazines later I saw the bullets were starting to keyhole. I took the thing apart and had a good look down the barrel, and found a small buildup of lead or wax or some combination, like a ridge running around the inner circumference of the barrel. It was just forward of the chamber and covered maybe 45 degrees of the arc. It took a LOT of elbow grease to clean that out of there, but when it was gone the keyholing stopped. Disappointing to say the least, and I haven't shot it very much since then.
I don't know if the back pressure from the suppressor somehow caused that buildup to happen, or if the timing of it was just coincidental. Maybe a tool mark in the barrel that would scrape a tiny bit of lead or jacket off each bullet at it went by. I need to have it sent back to the factory, but I assume the warranty is long expired by now, so it's become a safe queen.
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