I have shot easily 10k+ through mine. Whenever I get something new to me I break it down and clean up, polish, and lube to my standards. So I don’t know how it would’ve ran out of the box but it has ran reasonably since day one.
To me reasonably means that it feeds and fires but has its limitations. If you run it suppressed or dirty you will only get so many rounds off before it’s not going into battery. At that point I can thumb it home or exercise some filth out to continue. I’ve gone 1k+ without cleaning/issues when not suppressed.
When I clean it now I don’t break it down. I leave the slide back, spray in my cleaner, paper towel with a pick, bore brush, and finish with a few drops of oil on the friction points. I don’t remove the Allen key bolt and do a full break down very often because it doesn’t seem necessary.
The weight, price, materials, build, sights, and accuracy are all positives for me. I couldn’t get a ruger in stainless for close to the same price.
The negatives I’ve experienced were 2 points. First one of the magazines had a bad weld, the seam was burnt through and the follower would catch on the booger inside. S&w sent me a replacement and I used a file to fix the bad one (so I have 3 now). Second would be ammo sensitivity, I have found one round that won’t run. The norma lead free with a raccoon on the box. This stuff is either too long or something, it hits the feed ramp and is done.
I would buy the victory 22 again without considering the competition if I was starting over with the experience I’ve had.
