22a or M&P22?
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Personally, I view the two pistols you mentioned as having different uses. The 22A is good for match work and plinking as it has a single action trigger of good quality. The M&P22 is an understudy for your M&P service pistol, allowing less costly practice with a pistol that operates like your duty gun.
In order to figure out which to use at the match you mention, I would want to know the course of fire, whether rapid reloading is required, whether the stages are started from the holster, and questions of that nature.
Given that it is Ruger, I would imagine it would not be set up like a combat course, so if does not require combat manipulations of the pistol, such as presentation from the holster and rapid reloading, then I would get the 22A. Just my thoughts.
In order to figure out which to use at the match you mention, I would want to know the course of fire, whether rapid reloading is required, whether the stages are started from the holster, and questions of that nature.
Given that it is Ruger, I would imagine it would not be set up like a combat course, so if does not require combat manipulations of the pistol, such as presentation from the holster and rapid reloading, then I would get the 22A. Just my thoughts.
RV4driver
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I've got both, and would recommend the M+P-22, mostly because I've had so much trouble with my 22s (steel version of the 22a). It's been back to Smith and it came back the same. Way too many ftf's.
The M+P-22 has been considerably better all around. You need to try whatever you go with, with numerous magazines of different types of ammo, as semi-auto .22's can be very picky as to what they like to digest. CCI MiniMags are among the best for semi-auto .22's, but good luck finding any of that around these days! Anything labeled "hyper-velocity" will cycle the slide just fine. Again, hard to find. CCI Stingers are great, but more expensive.
The M+P-22 has been considerably better all around. You need to try whatever you go with, with numerous magazines of different types of ammo, as semi-auto .22's can be very picky as to what they like to digest. CCI MiniMags are among the best for semi-auto .22's, but good luck finding any of that around these days! Anything labeled "hyper-velocity" will cycle the slide just fine. Again, hard to find. CCI Stingers are great, but more expensive.
5-Shot
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I've had both and to me it boils down to which one fits my hand. My hands are by no means small but they were not nearly big enough to wrap around my 22a (which was faultless and superbly accurate during its multi decade tenure at my house). My M&P, on the other hand, fits perfectly and is still here.
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