.22?

[silentflyer]

Ruger 10-22 a lot of bang for the bucks..my first pistol, shot 50 rounds a day for about 6 months, finally got good enough I didn't embarrass myself in front of my buddy's. Some of them still claim I am an embarrassment..

 

[Dominus_Lex]

For what you save in ammo, splurge and get a classic S-W or Colt Woodsman. While far from a "cheap" .22 they are built like tanks, and provide a ton of fun for the dollar. If price is a factor I fully agree with the Ruger option mine is going on 30 now, and never a lick of trouble.

 

[cballman]

I purchased a 22a with a 7 inch bbl. last fall. I dont know how many rounds I put thru it but dang its fun. It is very accurute. I have not yet scoped it. I paid around the 150 range. It has feed most everything I have put through it. I have some very old 22 ammo and it has only about 5-10 FTF and or FTE. Other than those has been awesome and I would reccomend to anyone.

 

[bp231986]

Great stuff guys!!! i might just end up getting the M&P22....not sure though because i would like to also have it in a revolver......

 

[gregintenn]

This GSG 1911 was about $300 new, and it's put a lot of smiles on our faces.

 

[jaykellogg]

I saw the M&P22 recently for just over $300, might have been a black Friday special. I have one. I use CCI blazer in it and it works fine. didn't like the cheap stuff at first, but might be OK now. It is a ball to shoot. I also have a Kimber rimfire conversion on a Rock island Armory 1911. I like it, but the combo is pricy. I paid $375 for the .45 and $200 for the conversion kit. Both used as new. The only reasonable revolver I am aware of is the Taurus and the trigger pull is awful out of the box. As someone said, you'd have to replace the springs. A really nice K22 masterpiece will run just shy of a grand.

 

[Grayfox]

I won't agrue that the Rugers are fine pistols, but I much prefer the Browning Buckmark. About the same price and feels so much better in my hand.

My favorite .22 revolver is the good old S&W Model 18.

As already mentioned, forget cheap. Spend the bucks to get yourself a good .22 handgun. You'll never regret it.

 

[Cyrano]

I have a S&W 41 and a Hi Standard Supermatic; the kind with the two holes on either side of the front sight. Splendid guns, and I enjoy shooting them as well as a friend's Ruger Mk II.

However I went through three Colt 22/45 convrersion units and a very expensive, very pretty Colt Service Model Ace, to find none of them were reliable as the floating chamber fouled too quickly. I was looking at the new run of Colt look-alikes in 22 when it dawned on me that I can shoot my 45s with cast bullets for about the price of 22 ammo and be shooting a real 45 at the same time.

As a result I've lost interest in most 22 autos, although my most recent pistol purchase was a Hammerli-Walther Olympia Pistole in 22 short. Wow!! what a pistol.

 

[Big Fred]

My Son calls me the "King of the turds 22's" because I love inexpensive 22 handguns. I have good ones; Smith, Colt, Ruger, ect. I also have inexpensive H&R's, High Standard revolvers, Hawes, Iver Johnson, ect. Some shoot better, usually the good ones, but all shoot well enough for everyday plinking. I love my "turds".

 

[Jlduke]

I have an M&P 22 and man is it awesome. It costs just a bit more than many other .22 pistols but it is accurate and fun to shoot. It's also a great trainer because it is an actual M&P pistol in every way.
The M&P 22 is one of those rare .22's whose bolt actually locks to the rear after the last round. Don't know why I think that is cool, but I can't help it.

My wife has a Browning Buckmark Camper and it's so accurate there really isn't even much challenge in shooting it. It's a real sweet gun and will only cost you $299 at Academy.

 

[nickn10]

[QUOTE And as for match ammo, who do I think I am, Jerry M.? Bulk pac is just fine for me.[/QUOTE]

Right on!!!!!!

 

[nipster]

If you can find a "cheap" .22, please tell me where they are.

Bought a great model 18 (4 screw too!) for $330 OTD on Saturday

I know this is a killer deal, but goes to show they are out there if you are lucky!

If you want an auto, you can find used ruger mk 3's cheap

 

[BigBill]

I picked up a ruger MkI aand MkII cheap, and S&W K22 and a colt officers 22 and some H&R 22 revolvers. There is a price difference between them and a quality difference between some of them but there all good shooters.


Go to gun-deals.com - User-Submitted Gun & Ammunition Deals and click on ammo deals, then on 22cal. the best prices will come up. I was buying the 5,000rd cases so we don't have to reload the bigger bore stuff and still beable to shoot often.

 

[BearBio]

Wife carries a Bersa 380 and has the same gun in 22. We also have several Ruger Single-sixes to practice her CAS shooting with.

 

[Dalkowski110]

As per my grandfather, a man who truly loved guns and was fascinated with guns (he had 19 up until WWII, his sister sold all but four, and of those four he kept three while trading one as part of a deal for a used 1950 Ford Fordor) the greatest .22 caliber semiautomatic pistol ever made was the Colt Woodsman. However, whilst he didn't own a .22 revolver, he was of the opinion that of the guns he'd fired, the best was a Smith & Wesson K-Frame .22. If you're going to ask me what kind of K-Frame .22, my uncle was trying to figure that out for years and eventually gave up. My grandfather had access to this gun for just one year, though: 1953. Its owner moved away after that. My grandfather got his first gun in I believe 1920 and his last in 1940.